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ad. Back, backward, rearward, regressively, to the rear.

v. a. 1. Alienate, estrange. 2. (Law.) Alienate, transfer, convey, demise, make over, deliver over.

n. (Law.) Alienation, transfer, demise, conveyance.

v. a. 1. Leave, relinquish, quit, forsake, desert, evacuate, drop, abjure, forswear, give over, cast off, retire from, withdraw from. 2. Surrender, cede, yield, resign, forego, renounce, waive, vacate, deliver up, give up, part with, let go, lay down, demit. See abdicate.

a. 1. Relinquished, deserted, forsaken, cast away, rejected, discarded, given up, given over, cast off, cast aside, thrown overboard, demitted. 2. Depraved, corrupted, corrupt, profligate, vicious, sinful, wicked, dissolute, reprobate, graceless, shameless, unprincipled, lost, obdurate, hardened, impenitent, incorrigible, irreclaimable, demoralized, lost to shame, dead to honor.

n. 1. Abandoning, relinquishment, desertion, dereliction. 2. Renunciation, surrender, cession, resignation, abnegation, abjuration, rejection, demission. See abdication.

v. a. 1. Depress, detrude, lower, reduce, drop, sink, stoop, cast down, let down, throw down, let fall. 2. Degrade, humble, disgrace, dishonor, humiliate, debase, bring low, take down.

n. 1. Depression, detrusion, reduction, lowering, fall, deterioration, degradation, debasement, degeneracy, degeneration, vitiation, perversion, depravation. 2. Abjectness, abjection, vileness, baseness, contemptibleness, despicableness, ignominy, turpitude, infamy. 3. Humiliation, condescension, submission, submissiveness, resignation, humility, meekness, humbleness, lowliness, self-abasement.

v. a. Shame, mortify, confuse, confound, disconcert, discompose, cow, humiliate, humble, snub, put to shame, make ashamed, put down, put out of countenance, take down, send away with a flea in one's ear. See discountenance.

n. Confusion, shame, mortification, embarrassment.

n. 1. Diminution, decrease, decrement, lessening, mitigation, moderation, assuagement, extenuation, remission. 2. Subsidence, decline, lowering, sinking, settling, wane, fading, evanishing, evanishment, ebb. 3. Discount, allowance, rebate, deduction, reduction, drawback.

n. Slaughter-house, slaughter-pen, shambles.

n. Monastery, convent, cloister, priory, nunnery.

v. a. Shorten (by cutting off), curtail, reduce, contract, retrench, condense, compress, epitomize, cut short, cut down. See abridge.

n. Shortening (by cutting off), curtailment, contraction, reduction, condensation, compression, brief, compend, compendium, abstract, epitome. See abridgment.

n. Abdicating, resignation, surrender, renunciation, abandonment.

n. Belly, paunch, ventral region, visceral region, visceral cavity.

a. Ventral.

a. Large-bellied, great-bellied, big-bellied, pot-bellied, tun-bellied, paunchy.

v. a. (Anat.) Withdraw, draw away, pull back, retract.

v. a. Take away (surreptitiously or forcibly, or both), kidnap, carry off, run away with, run off with, spirit away, drag away.

n. 1. Withdrawing, withdrawal, withdrawment, drawing away. 2. Kidnapping, etc. See abduct.

n. 1. Kidnapper, etc. 2. (Anat.) Muscle drawing from the axis.

n. Siskin (Carduelis spinus, Fringilla spinus).

n. Deviation, departure, wandering, roving, roaming, error, aberrancy. See aberration.

a. 1. Deviating, wandering, rambling, diverging, divergent, devious, erratic, out of the right way. 2. Irregular, abnormal, unnatural, unusual, singular, peculiar, anomalous, unconformable, exceptional, strange, anomalistic, eccentric, erratic, out of the way, disconnected, inconsequent, idiotic, monstrous, preternatural.

n. 1. Deviation, divergence, wandering, rambling, departure. 2. Irregularity, eccentricity, singularity, peculiarity, strangeness, unconformity, anomaly, abnormity, monstrosity. 3. Illusion, delusion, hallucination, monomania, self-deception.

v. a. 1. Aid, assist, help, support, succor, second, sustain, uphold, back, co-operate with, take part with, give support to, embolden, subsidize. 2. Favor, encourage, sanction, countenance, advocate, connive at, be or become subsidiary to. 3. (Law.) Instigate (to commit a crime), stimulate, incite, foment.

n. 1. Assistant, helper, aider, coadjutor, co-operator, ally, auxiliary. 2. Advocate, adviser, promoter, instigator. 3. Confederate, accomplice, accessory, particeps criminis, socius criminis.

n. 1. (Law.) Expectation, prospect, expectancy, waiting, anticipation, calculation, contemplation. 2. Suspense, suspension, suspendedness, reservation, intermission, remission, dormancy, quiescence, suppression, sublation.

v. a. Hate, abominate, detest, loathe, nauseate, shrink from, recoil from, revolt at, shudder at, view with horror.

n. Abomination, horror, detestation, hatred, loathing, disgust, antipathy, aversion.

a. 1. Hating, detesting, abominating, loathing. 2. Odious, offensive, shocking, repugnant, hateful, loathsome, revolting, nauseating, horrifying, horrible, repellent, repulsive.

Act up to, conform to, persist in, keep, fulfil, discharge (of promises, and the like).

a. Permanent, lasting, durable, constant, continuing, stable, changeless, unchangeable, immutable.

n. 1. Power (to execute anything), ableness, force, potency, might, vigor, efficiency, efficacy, strength, energy, skill, skilfulness, dexterity, address, adroitness, cleverness, ingenuity, talent, aptitude, aptness, knack, expertness, facility, quickness, readiness. 2. Qualification, competency, sufficiency. 3. Capability, capableness, faculty, gift, parts, genius, endowment, calibre, forte, turn. See capacity.

a. Base, vile, mean, low, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, paltry, dirty, squalid, grovelling, pitiful, ignoble, degraded, worthless, poor, servile, slavish, menial, cringing, sneaking, sordid, shabby, scurvy, miserable, wretched, low-minded, base-minded, earth-born, earth-bred.

n. 1. (Rare.) Humbling, humiliation. 2. Abasement. See abjectness.

n. Meanness, servility, vileness, baseness, abasement, abjection, contemptibleness. See abject.

n. 1. Renunciation (upon oath), relinquishment, rejection, abandonment, abnegation, repudiation, discarding, disowning. 2. Recantation, retraction, revocation, repeal reversal, recall, disavowal, disclaiming, disclaimer.

v. a. 1. Renounce (upon oath), relinquish, forego, reject, forswear, abandon, give up, cast off, discard, repudiate, disown. 2. Retract, revoke, recant, recall, withdraw, disavow, disclaim, take back.

a. 1. Clever, accomplished, talented, adroit, ingenious, expert, dexterous, adroit, apt, quick, skilful, efficient, proficient, good, versed, practical, au fait. 2. Qualified, fitted, competent. 3. Capable, gifted, powerful, strong, mighty, highly endowed, of talent, of great talents. 4. Masterly, effective, telling, nervous, vigorous.

n. See ability.

n. Washing (especially of the body, as a religious rite), lavation, bathing, wash, purification, cleansing, baptism.

v. a. (Rare.) Deny, reject, renounce, abjure.

n. Denial, renunciation, rejection, abandonment, surrender. See abjuration.

a. Irregular, anomalous, anomalistic, unusual, unnatural, singular, peculiar, unconformable, exceptional, heteroclite, aberrant, divergent, eccentric, erratic, strange, monstrous, preternatural.

n. Abnormality, irregularity, unconformity, anomaly, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, singularity, deformity, monstrosity.

ad. On board, in the ship, in the vessel, on, inside, within.

n. 1. Habitation, dwelling, lodging, domicile, home, house, seat, place, quarters, headquarters, place of residence. 2. (Rare.) Continuance (in a place), stay, residence.

v. a. 1. Abrogate, annul, disannul, repeal, rescind, revoke, cancel, nullify, quash, vacate, invalidate, set aside, make void. 2. Destroy, overthrow, subvert, obliterate, extirpate, eradicate, annihilate, extinguish, suppress, do away, put an end to, make an end of, batter down, raze to the ground, not to leave one stone upon another, crush out, stamp out, squelch (colloq.). See disestablish.

n. 1. Abrogation, annulment, annulling, nullification, rescinding, revocation, cancellation, cancelling, repeal, rescission. 2. Destruction, overthrow, subversion, obliteration, extirpation, eradication, annihilation, extinction, extinguishment, suppression. See disestablishment.

a. 1. Hateful, odious, detestable, horrid, horrible, execrable, nefarious, damnable, cursed, accursed, hellish. 2. Loathsome, loathly, offensive, obnoxious, foul, nauseous, nauseating, disgusting, sickening, repulsive, revolting, shocking. 3. Vile, wretched, sorry, scurvy, shabby, utterly bad.

v. a. Abhor, detest, execrate, hate, loathe, nauseate, shrink from, recoil from, revolt at, shudder at, view with horror.

n. 1. Abhorrence, detestation, execration, hatred, loathing, disgust, antipathy, utter aversion. 2. Contamination, pollution, defilement, taint, uncleanness, impurity, foulness, loathsomeness, odiousness, corruption, corruptness. 3. Nuisance, annoyance, plague, infliction, torment, curse, great evil, hateful thing.

a. Primitive, primeval, primordial, pristine, primary, prime, original, first, native, indigenous, autochthonal, autochthonous, of eld.

n. pl. Natives, aboriginals, primitive inhabitants, autochthones, indigenes, indigenous population.

n. 1. Miscarriage, premature labor, premature delivery. 2. Failure, disappointment, want of success, vain effort or attempt.

a. 1. Miscarrying, failing, untimely, immature, incomplete, stunted, rudimentary, rudimental. 2. Unavailing, vain fruitless, useless, bootless, ineffectual, ineffective, inoperative, unsuccessful, profitless, futile, unprofitable, idle, nugatory, in vain, of no account.

v. n. 1. Teem, swarm, superabound, swell, flow, increase, multiply, be in great plenty, be numerous, be very prevalent. 2. Exuberate, luxuriate, revel, wanton, be well furnished, be well supplied.

Chiefly, in the first place, first and foremost, as the chief end, as the main object, before all other considerations.

ad. Openly, candidly, ingenuously, frankly, sincerely, fairly, in open sight, without artifice, without concealment, without equivocation, without guile, without disguise, without mental reservation.

v. a. Wear away, wear off, rub off. See scrape.

n. Friction, attrition, rubbing, disintegration, wearing away, wearing off, rubbing off, rubbing down, wearing down. See Confrication.

ad. 1. Alongside, side by side, in one line, in alignment, aligned, bow to bow, stem to stem. 2. Against, off, on a line with, opposite to.

v. a. 1. Shorten, epitomize, condense, compress, make an abstract of. 2. Diminish, reduce, contract, curtail, lessen, retrench, cut down. See abbreviate. 3. Deprive of, dispossess of, divest of.

n. Epitomizer, writer of an epitome.

n. 1. Shortening, compression, condensation, compacting, contraction, diminution, reduction, curtailment, retrenchment. See abbreviation. 2. Compendium, compend, epitome, summary, abstract, digest, synopsis, syllabus, breviary, brief, conspectus, outline, bird's-eye view. 3. Deprivation, dispossession, limitation, restriction.

ad. 1. Broached, tapped, on tap, flowing, aflow, running. 2. A-going, diffused, diffusive.

ad. 1. Widely, at large, expansively, in all directions, unrestrainedly, ubiquitously. 2. Forth, out of the house, out of doors, in the open air. 3. In foreign lands, away from one's country, over sea, beyond seas, on one's travels. 4. Extensively, before the public, publicly. 5. Confused, dazed, at the end of one's wits, all at fault, quite confounded, off the scent, on the wrong track, aside of the mark, off the course, without the least clew.

v. a. Annul, disannul, repeal, revoke, rescind, cancel, abolish, nullify, quash, vacate, invalidate, overrule, set aside, do away, void, make void.

n. Repeal, rescission, rescinding, abolition, annulment, annulling, revocation, voidance, voiding, making void, cancelling, cancellation, setting aside.

a. 1. Broken, cragged, craggy, rough, rugged, jagged. 2. Steep, precipitous, acclivous, acclivitous. 3. Sudden, unexpected, unanticipated, precipitate, hasty, unseasonable, ill-timed, unlooked for, unannounced. 4. Short, blunt, unceremonious, curt, brusk (or brusque), rude, rough, inconsiderate, uncomplaisant, discourteous. 5. Inelegant (as style), stiff, cramped, harsh, disconnected, unconnected.

n. Sore, ulcer, fester, imposthume, pustule, gathering, boil.

v. n. 1. Withdraw, flee, fly, decamp, escape, elope, retreat, bolt, make off, steal away, slink away, slip away, run away, run off, sneak off, pack off, effect one's escape, make off with one's self, give the slip, take French leave, give leg bail (Am.). 2. Hide, secrete one's self, lie concealed.

n. 1. Non-attendance, non-appearance. 2. Inattention, abstraction, preoccupation, distraction, revery, musing, brown study, absence of mind. 3. Want, deficiency, lack, default, defect. 4. Privation, negation.

a. 1. Away, gone, not present. 2. Abstracted, preoccupied, inattentive, dreaming, musing, lost, napping, absent-minded, in a brown study.

a. Abstracted, preoccupied. See absent.

Be not present, stay away, keep away, keep aloof, hold aloof.

a. 1. Independent, unrestricted, unqualified, unlimited, unconditional, unconditioned, complete, perfect, self-existent, self-determined, ideal, supreme, causa sui. 2. Despotic, arbitrary, tyrannical, tyrannous, imperious, imperative, authoritative, autocratic, dictatorial, irresponsible. 3. Positive, actual, real, veritable, determinate, decided, genuine, categorical, unequivocal, unquestionable, certain.

ad. 1. Completely, unconditionally, without limit, definitely. 2. Truly, actually, positively, indeed, really, in fact, in reality, in truth, unquestionably, indubitably, beyond peradventure, infallibly.

n. 1. Despotism, arbitrariness. See absolutism. 2. Positiveness, reality, actuality, perfection, ideality, supremeness, etc. See absolute.

n. Acquittal, remission, discharge, release, liberation, deliverance, clearance, forgiveness, pardon, shriving, shrift. See indulgence, justification.

n. Absoluteness, arbitrariness, despotism, tyranny, autocracy, personal government, Caesarism, the "man on horseback."

a. Clearing, acquitting, releasing, pardoning, forgiving, absolvatory.

a. See absolutory.

v. a. Acquit, clear, release, liberate, free, discharge, loose, deliver, exculpate, exonerate, excuse, forgive, pardon, shrive, set free. See justify.

v. a. 1. Imbibe, take in, take up, suck in, suck up, drink in, appropriate, assimilate. 2. Consume, exhaust, destroy, engorge, devour, engulf, swallow up. 3. Engross, engage, immerse, occupy, arrest, fix, rivet.

a. Absorbing, imbibing.

n. 1. Absorbing. See absorb, 1 and 2. 2. Engrossment, occupation, engagement, immersion.

v. n. Refrain, forbear, desist, deny one's self, hold or keep one's self back, stay one's hand, keep one's self from indulgence.

a. Abstinent (by habit), sober, moderate, habitually temperate, sparing in diet See abstinent.

n. Temperance (as a habit), abstinence.

a. (Med.) Cleansing, purifying, purgative, cathartic.

n. 1. Abstaining, refraining, keeping aloof, avoidance. 2. Abstemiousness, soberness, temperance, moderation, non-indulgence, self-restraint, self-denial.

a. 1. Abstaining, fasting. 2. Abstemious, sober, temperate, self-restraining, self-denying, not indulgent of appetites.

a. 1. Subtile, refined, abstract, abstruse. 2. Inattentive, preoccupied, lost, dreaming, musing, absent, absent-minded, in a revery, in a brown study.

n. 1. Separation, disconnection, disjunction, isolation, partial view, consideration without completeness, severing from context, ignoring of relations, blindness to the proper whole. 2. Preoccupation, inattention, revery, musing, muse, absence, absence of mind, brown study. 3. Taking, abduction, seizure, appropriation, stealing, purloining, pilfering.

a. Recondite, remote, occult, profound, hidden, transcendental, obscure, difficult, dark, vague, indefinite, enigmatical, mysterious, mystic, mystical, high, abstract, abstracted, subtile, refined, attenuated, rarified.

a. Unreasonable, irrational, foolish, nonsensical, ridiculous, incongruous, senseless, unwise, silly, stupid, preposterous, ill-judged, ill-advised, contrary to reason, contrary to the dictates of common sense, self-contradictory, self-annulling, nugatory, self-cancelling.