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A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit.

The union of being and relation as distinguished from, and contrasted with, the ego. See Ego.

Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system.

An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance.

t); to enter judgment against (a plaintiff who fails to prosecute); as, the plaintiff was non-prossed.

Want of ability.

A neglect or refusal to accept.

Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.

Refusal of acquiescence; failure to yield or comply.

Failure to be admitted.

Not adult; immature.

Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaërobiotic.

Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority. The human mind . . . was still in its nonage. Coleridge.

Having the quality of nonage; being a minor; immature. W. Browne.

A person ninety years old.

Of or pertaining to the ninetieth degree or to a nonagesimal.

A figure or polygon having nine sides and nine angles.

Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer.

Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated.