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ABNEGATION n.
a denial; a renunciation. With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Knox.
ABNET n.
The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.
ABNODATION n.
The act of cutting away the knots of trees. [R.] Crabb.
ABNORMAL a.
Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. "That deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular. " Froude.
ABNORMALITY n. 2 definitions
The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. Darwin.
ABNORMITY n.
Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity. "An abnormity . . . like a calf born with two heads." Mrs. Whitney.
ABNORMOUS a.
Abnormal; irregular. Hallam. A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. State Trials.
ABOARD adv. 4 definitions
On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
ABODE n. 7 definitions
Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] Shak. And with her fled away without abode. Spenser.
ABOLISH v. 2 definitions
To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.
ABOLISHMENT n.
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. Hooker.
ABOLITION n.
The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.
ABOLITIONISM n.
The principles or measures of abolitionists. Wilberforce.
ABOLITIONIST n.
A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.
ABOLITIONIZE v.
To imbue with the principles of abolitionism. [R.] Bartlett.
ABOMASUM; ABOMASUS n.
The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia.
ABOMINABLE a. 2 definitions
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
ABOMINABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley.
ABOMINATE v.
To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.
ABOMINATION n. 3 definitions
The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
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