All English words - page 30
Meanings of Abstention:
nounAn instance of declining to vote for or against a proposal or motion.
Usage examples:
A resolution passed by 126 votes to none, with six abstentions
Meanings of Abstentionist:
nounA person who refrains from exercising his or her vote.
adjectiveCharacterized by the practise or support of political abstention.
Meanings of Abstentions:
nounAn instance of declining to vote for or against a proposal or motion.
Usage examples:
A resolution passed by 126 votes to none, with six abstentions
Meanings of Absterge:
verbTo wipe away; to wipe clean, cleanse.
Meanings of Absterged:
verbTo wipe away; to wipe clean, cleanse.
Meanings of Abstergent:
adjectiveHaving a cleansing or abrading quality; cleansing, abrading (literal, especially with reference to the body, and figurative).
nounA cleansing or abrading agent, especially one used on the body.
Meanings of Absterges:
verbTo wipe away; to wipe clean, cleanse.
Meanings of Absterging:
verbTo wipe away; to wipe clean, cleanse.
Meanings of Absterse:
verb= absterge (literal and figurative).
Meanings of Abstersion:
nounThe act or process of wiping clean, cleansing, scouring, or purging. also : †an abstersive agent (obsolete).
Meanings of Abstersive:
adjectiveHaving the quality of cleansing, scouring, or washing away impurities; that purges.
Meanings of Abstersiveness:
nounThe quality or fact of being abstersive.
Meanings of Abstertion:
nounThe act or process of wiping clean, cleansing, scouring, or purging. also : †an abstersive agent (obsolete).
Meanings of Abstinence:
nounThe practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically alcohol or sex.
Usage examples:
I started drinking again after six years of abstinence
Meanings of Abstinency:
nounThe quality or fact of being abstinent; the habit or practice of abstaining from food, pleasure, etc.
Meanings of Abstinent:
adjectiveRefraining from an activity or from the consumption of something, especially alcohol.
Usage examples:
The patients are best advised to be totally abstinent from alcohol
Meanings of Abstinential:
adjectiveOf or relating to abstinence.
Meanings of Abstract:
adjectiveExisting in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
Usage examples:
Abstract concepts such as love or beauty
verbConsider something theoretically or separately from (something else).
Usage examples:
To abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism
nounA summary of the contents of a book, article, or speech.
Usage examples:
An abstract of her speech
Meanings of Abstractable:
adjectiveCapable of being abstracted from something or someone, especially capable of being treated separately or in the abstract.
Meanings of Abstracted:
adjectiveLacking concentration on what is happening around one.
Usage examples:
She seemed abstracted and unaware of her surroundings
verbConsider something theoretically or separately from (something else).
Usage examples:
To abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism
Meanings of Abstractedly:
adverbWithout paying attention to what is happening around you because you are thinking about something else
Usage examples:
Paul gazed abstractedly up at the ceiling., "mmm?" she said, abstractedly.
Meanings of Abstractedness:
nounSeparation; apartness, isolation. chiefly with from.
Meanings of Abstracter:
nounA person who analyses or summarizes information, in particular a person whose job is to collect and maintain data or records.
Usage examples:
We require an abstractor for our new research and development centre
Meanings of Abstracters:
nounA person who analyses or summarizes information, in particular a person whose job is to collect and maintain data or records.
Usage examples:
We require an abstractor for our new research and development centre
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