Accidentally

• by chance: without advance planning; "they met accidentally"
• incidentally: of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models"
• unintentionally: without intention; in an unintentional manner; "she hit him unintentionally"

Accident

• an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
• anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"
• An accident is a specific, identifiable, unexpected, unusual and unintended external event which occurs in a particular time and place, without apparent cause but with marked effects.
• The logical fallacy of accident, also called destroying the exception or a dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid, is a deductive fallacy occurring in statistical syllogisms (an argument based on a generalization) when an exception to the generalization is ignored.
• Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap.
• Any sudden event which is unintended.
• An unforeseen and unintentional act identifiable in time and place.
• A loss that occurs at a specific time and place.
• Unexpected or chance event.
• An event or repeated exposure to conditions that unexpectedly causes injury or damage during the policy period.

Accessory

• clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
• accessary: aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with being accessory to the crime"
• a supplementary component that improves capability
• someone who helps another person commit a crime
• furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
• That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate, an attachment; An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
• A second building on a lot and one that is not considered to be the primary building, eg a storage shed or a parking space. Usually described as 'Accessory Building' or 'Accessory Unit'.
• An item or service selected on an order designed for use with a base item.
• An extra building component added to a building such as a door, window, vent, etc.

Accession

• a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession"
• (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
• something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"
• agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination"
• entree: the right to enter
• make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
• the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"
• The act of transferring physical custody and control of records to the University Archives. The materials transferred to the archives.
• Acquiring title to additional or improvements to real property as a result of annexation of fixutres or the accretion of alluvial deposits along the banks of streams.
• An addition to property through the efforts of man or by natural forces.
• Accession is the act whereby a state accepts the offer or the opportunity to become a party to a treaty already negotiated and signed by other states.
• The formal act of entering an object into the collections of a museum. Once an object has been accessioned it has a status beyond that of merely being the property of the organization and can only be disposed of by referring to the governing body of the organization, eg, the Trustees or Director.
• The act and procedures involved in a transfer of legal title and the taking of records into the physical custody of an archives. ...

Accessary

• accessory: someone who helps another person commit a crime
• aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with being accessory to the crime"
• One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense

Accessible

• capable of being reached; "a town accessible by rail"
• capable of being read with comprehension; "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader"; "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels"
• easily obtained; "most students now have computers accessible"; "accessible money"
• easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; "an accessible and genial man"
• Easy of access or approach; approachable; Of a person, easy to approach; approachable; Open to the influence of; Obtainable; to be got at; Easily understood
• Can be approached or entered by the inspector safely, without difficulty, fear or danger.
• Having the legally required features and/or qualities that ensure entrance, participation and usability of places, programs, services and activities by individuals with a wide variety of disabilities.
• Refers to the ability to access the apartment by a wheelchair.
• A removal of barriers, both attitudinal and physical, for people with disabilities.
• Capable of being exposed for inspection, maintenance, or repair without damage to the chimney or building structure or finish, but which may require the removal of doors, panel, or coverings using commonly available tools.
• To be accessible, a piece of equipment or an area to be inspected must be within the inspector's normal reach and should not require him to remove or relocate household furniture or stored personal goods.
• Able to be reached or entered; able to be obtained.

Access

• entree: the right to enter
• the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)
• a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"
• a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)
• (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information
• obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer
• A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage; The act of approaching or entering; an advance; The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility; Admission to sexual intercourse; An increase by addition.
• The availability of or permission to use records.
• The right to enter and leave a tract of land from a public way. Can include the right to enter and leave over the lands of another.
• The act of retrieving data from the data warehouse databases.
• A general or specific right of ingress and egress to a particular property.
• To get information from something like a disk or an information service.
• The ability to gain entry to a database or other digital information.

Acceptor

• A person who accepts a time draft. By accepting the draft, the acceptor is primarily liable to pay the draft at maturity. Compare "Acceptance."
• The drawee of a * bill of exchange after acceptance of the bill, ie the acceptor has accepted liability by signing the face of the bill.
• (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated.
• the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures.
• In accounting, the acceptor, also known as the drawee, is the addressee of a bill of exchange. The acceptor is the person primarily responsible for the payment of the amount mentioned in the bill to the drawer of it on the date of its maturity.
• One who accepts; one who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted; an atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond; a chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor.

Acceptation

• acceptance as true or valid
• word meaning: the accepted meaning of a word
• adoption: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
• acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable; The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.

Acceptance

• adoption: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"
• the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club"
• (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
• banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
• toleration: a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace"
• the act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer"
• Acceptance, in spirituality, mindfulness, and human psychology, usually refers to the experience of a situation without an intention to change that situation.
• The act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; especially, favorable reception; approval; State of being accepted.
• process by which new work is approved
• Consent to an offer to enter into contract.
• A positive response to an offer or counteroffer. An acceptance may be "conditional," "express," "implied" or "qualified."
• A promise to the offeror by the offeree bounding by the exact terms of the proposed offer.
• Agree to the terms of an offer or contract.
• The seller's written approval of a buyer's offer.
• An action by an authorized representative of the acquirer by which the acquirer assumes ownership of products as a partial or complete performance of contract.
• An indication of willingness to be bound by the terms of an offer thereby establishing the "meeting of the minds".

Acceptable

• worthy of acceptance or satisfactory; "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent"
• judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage"
• satisfactory: meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat"
• adequate for the purpose; "the water was acceptable for drinking"
• Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us; Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable
• capable or worthy; meeting only minimum requirements
• Condition descriptor which indicates that the item inspected is working properly.

Accept

• consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
• receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
• give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
• react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"
• admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
• bear: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
• tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
• be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"
• receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
• take: make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
• be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"
• To receive, especially with a consent, with favour or with approval; To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse; To endure patiently; (commerce) To agree to pay.
• accept incoming connection attempts
• An authorization action. Accepting an authorization results in an Active status.
• The action taken by a user on a task when that user assumes responsibility for the completion of the task.

Accentuation

• The laying of vocal stress on certain parts of a word or phrase. Graff calls it "accent as a flowing feature of speech."
• the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
• emphasizing: the act of giving special importance or significance to something
• Act of accentuating; applications of accent; : pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Accentuate

• accent, emphasize, or to intensify
• stress: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
• stress: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
• To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress; To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize; To mark with a written accent.

Accented

• tonic: used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word"
• stressed: bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"

Accent

• distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"
• emphasis: special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
• dialect: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"
• stress: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
• stress: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
• stress: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
• a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
• In music, an accent is an emphasis placed on a particular note, either as a result of its context or specifically indicated by an accent mark. A tonic accent is an emphasis on a note by virtue of being higher in pitch than surrounding notes.
• In poetry, accent refers to the stressed syllable of a polysyllabic word, or a monosyllabic word that receives stress because it belongs to an "open class" of words (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) or because of "contrastive" or "rhetorical" stress.
• In linguistics, an accent is a manner of pronunciation of a language. Accents should not be confused with dialects which are varieties of language differing in vocabulary and syntax as well as pronunciation. Dialects are usually spoken by a group united by geography or social status.
• The emphasis on a beat resulting in that beat’s being louder or longer than another in a measure.
• The way in which language or dialect is pronounced, commonly regarded as indicating the nationality, region, or social class of the speaker.
• Emphasis or stress on one tone over others

Accelerator

• Device which quickens the operation of an expression mechanism, altering a crescendo, decrescendo, or other volume level change from slow to fast.
• A device for increasing the speed of a motor vehicle engine.
• The foot pedal the makes the car go faster.
• a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
• a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
• One who, or that which, accelerates; A device for causing acceleration; A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.

Acceleration

• The rate at which the velocity of an object is changing.
• is the rate of change in velocity with respect to time. Acceleration is also a vector.
• Change in velocity of a moving body or the rate of such change, positive or negative in relation to a known position of reference.
• Science: in general, any increase in the speed or rate at which some process occur; in technical use acceleration and speed are not synonymous.
• Change in velocity over time. Used in incremental animation.
• The changing of the speed and/or direction of an object.
• The change in the velocity of a body or particle with respect to time. The parameter that an accelerometer measures (dv/dt). Units expressed in "g".
• an increase in rate of change; "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"
• the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
• (physics) a rate of increase of velocity

Accelerate

• move faster; "The car accelerated"
• To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; To hasten, as the occurrence of an event; To become faster; to begin to move more quickly
• to speed up
• To move faster; gain speed.

Accelerando

• Growing gradually faster.
• An acceleration or speeding up of the tempo of a particular aria, chorus or ensemble.
• Achieved by gradually accelerating or getting faster
• An increase, or accelleration of the tempo, or pace of a piece
• Gradually faster; a term in general use to show that the music should be played at an increasing speed.
• A gradual increasing of speed or tempo in music.
• tempo gradually gets faster
• Gradually growing faster
• Getting faster
• a gradually increasing tempo of music; "my ear will not accept such violent accelerandos"
• with increasing speed; "here you must play accelerando"
• gradually increasing in tempo

Accession

• a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession"
• (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
• something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"
• agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination"
• entree: the right to enter
• make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
• the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"
• A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy; Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
• The act of transferring physical custody and control of records to the University Archives. The materials transferred to the archives.
• Acquiring title to additional or improvements to real property as a result of annexation of fixutres or the accretion of alluvial deposits along the banks of streams.
• An addition to property through the efforts of man or by natural forces.
• Accession is the act whereby a state accepts the offer or the opportunity to become a party to a treaty already negotiated and signed by other states.
• Addition to property by natural increase or growth or by installation of improvements.
• A sample of a plant variety collected at a specific location and time. The terms ecotype, wild type and accession are not uniformly used in the Arabidopsis field and often cause confusion.

Accede

• submit: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
• take on duties or office; "accede to the throne"
• assent: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"
• (obsolete) To approach; to arrive; to come forward; To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain; To give one's adhesion; to join a group; to become part of a country etc; To agree or assent to a proposal or a view

Academic

• associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"
• academician: an educator who works at a college or university
• Academia is a collective term for the scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
• A member of the teaching staff at a university; academics usually also undertake research as part of their job.
• refers to subject matter in a formal schooling context.
• a person who is a member of the teaching staff of a higher education institution, such as a college or university.
• a department or faculty responsible for the teaching of a group of subjects eg. Applied Sciences

Academy

• a secondary school (usually private)
• an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
• a school for special training
• a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
• A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.
• An academy is an institution for the study of higher learning.
• government sponsored art school

Acacia

• any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
• A shrub or tree of a species that belongs to the genus Acacia, is believed to belong to this genus, or once belonged to the genus; The inspissated juice of several species of Acacia; In Australia, the term is applied especially to the wattle.
• a tree with yellow or white flowers which produces a sticky gum used in cosmetic manufacture
• A large thorny tree with rough gnarled bark. The orange-brown wood was hard-grained, and it repelled insects. ...
• Also known as gum acacia or gum Arabic. Helps stabilize ingredients and maintain shape and form of tablets.

Abysmal

• very great; limitless; "abysmal misery"; "abysmal stupidity"
• resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean"
• Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound; Extremely bad

Abyss

• a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
• Abyss is a fictional chracter in the Marvel UK comics universe, a supervillain who has recently faced Nova and other Marvel cosmic entities.
• Within the mystical system of Thelema, the Abyss is the great gulf or void between the phenomenal world of manifestation and its noumenal source.
• A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit; Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth; The center of an escutcheon
• The center of an escutcheon. For example, to bear a fleur-de-lis in abyss is to have it placed in the middle of the shield free from any other bearing.
• Means "bottomless pit." In the New Testament, the sea symbolized chaos, evil, and evil beings.
• Strictly speaking, the abyss is a particular zone extending between 3000 and 6000 m depth.

Abut

• To adjoin or share a common boundary, or share even a small portion of a boundary.
• To touch or border upon. A piece of land bordering on a street or an adjoining property is said to abut such street or property.
• To end one wall where it meets the face of another wall.
• To be next to or touch another property or body of water.
• Two properties that share a common boundary. For example, a home owner could have land that "abuts" a city park, which means the two properties border each other.
• Adjacent or contiguous to. For example, if a property is adjacent or next to another, it can be said to abut each other.
• To touch or contact as with the tarsal plates of the closed eyelids.
• In property law, when two parcels abut it means they are adjacent to each other and up against each others' borders. This often leads to disputes among neighbors.
• To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent; to project; to terminate; to be contiguous; to meet; To abut on

Abusive

• expressing offensive reproach
• characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; "abusive punishment"; "argued...that foster homes are abusive"
• Abuse refers to the use or treatment of something (a person, item, substance, concept, or vocabulary) that is seen as harmful. The term comes from the words "abnormal use". It can be used for anything ranging from the misuse of a piece of equipment to the severe maltreatment of a person.
• Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; Given to misusing; also, full of abuses; Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow; Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful.

Abuser

• someone who abuses
• One who abuses; Ineffectual person; self-abuser

Abundantly

• in an abundant manner; "they were abundantly supplied with food"; "he thanked her profusely"
• In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; fully; amply; plentifully; in large measure

Abundant

• present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
• Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; in great quantity; richly supplied -- followed by in, rarely by with
• Available in large supply. Usually meaningful only in relative terms, compared to demand and/or to supply at another place or time.
• marked by great plenty

Abundance

• the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
• (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
• (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million
• Abundance is an ecological concept referring to the relative representation of a species in a particular ecosystem. It is usually measured as the mean number of individuals found per sample.
• number per unit area.
• the size of a salmonid population or of a component of the population expressed as numbers of fish.
• any measure of the amount of an organism. Can include density, biomass, frequency, cover, presence/absence, etc. See species abundances in ordination.
• the amount of a molecule relative to other molecules
• a population estimate relative to area.

Absurdity

• a message whose content is at variance with reason
• a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"
• The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment; That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction

Absurd

• inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense.
• incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable".
• a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless; "The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"--Albert Camus
• Adjective concerning a contradictory and alienating aspect in itself of the material reality.

Abstruse

• difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge.
• remote from apprehension; difficult to comprehend or understand; recondite; as, abstruse learning; concealed or hidden out of the way

Abstraction

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
• the act of withdrawing or removing something
• the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
• an abstract painting
• abstractedness: preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
• a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
• Abstraction is the rendering of the general case from which an instance occurs. It is the process of removing detail to expose the essential features of a particular concept or object. For example, a specific leather soccer ball is an arbitrary instance of the general case of leather balls.
• Sociological Abstraction refers to the varying levels at which theoretical concepts can be understood. This idea is very similar to the philosophical understanding of abstraction.
• Abstraction in mathematics is the process of extracting the underlying essence of a mathematical concept, removing any dependence on real world objects with which it might originally have been connected, and generalising it so that it has wider applications.
• In computer science, abstraction is a mechanism and practice to reduce and factor out details so that one can focus on a few concepts at a time.
• The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal; The act of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis.
• is the process of picking out common features and deriving essential characteristics from objects and procedure entities that distinguish it from other kinds of entities.
• An abstraction denotes the essential characteristics of an object that distinguish it from all other kinds of objects and thus provides crisply defined conceptual boundaries relative to the perspective of the user.
• The extraction of certain amounts of water from rivers, lakes, estuaries or underground rocks or soil, which is licenced and permitted by the Environment Agency.
• A method of valuing land. The indicated value of the improvement is deducted from the sale price.
• a generalized, condensed, or simplified concept derived from a more complex situation. A part representation of some whole.

Abstracted

• absent: lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor".
• Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart; Separated from matter; abstract; ideal; Abstract; abstruse; difficult; Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind
• Isolated and its effect changed in form, often simplified or made more accessible in the process.

Abstract

• consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
• pilfer: make off with belongings of others
• existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"
• abstraction: a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
• consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example"
• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting"
• outline: a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
• give an abstract (of)
• dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"
• In law, an abstract is a brief statement that contains the most important points of a long legal document or of several related legal papers.
• An abstract is a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject or discipline.
• a summary of a larger work, such as an article, book, or dissertation, included with citation information in many databases.
• a short summary of an article or book; abstracts are provided along with citation information in many periodical indexes, and may be written by either the paper's author or an indexer.
• Summary of an article, book, or other written publication.
• a summary of a magazine or journal article, or a book.
• A summary; an abridgment. Before the use of photostatic copying, public records were kept by abstracts of recorded documents.
• A summary of the public records relating to the title to a particular piece of land. An attorney or title insurance company reviews an abstract of title to determine whether there are any title defects which must be cleared before a buyer can purchase clear, marketable, and insurable title.
• Express important points of the documented content as concept(s) apart from itself. Do not refer to any part of the content, or speak of results, conclusions or recommendations, yet summarize the content without using examples.
• An abstract is a short summary describing the main idea or content of a work such as an article, book or dissertation.
• A summary of the contents of a periodical article or book.
• a written summary of the main points in a document.
• A summary of an article.
• A short account of the contents of an article, book, dissertation, report, etc.
• A summary of a journal or magazine article, book. Use abstracts to determine of the content of the reading is relevant to your topic.

Abstemiousness

• restricted to bare necessities
• moderation in eating and drinking
• The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance

Abstemious

• sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"
• marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"
• Abstaining from wine; Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions; Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.

Abstinence

• the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
• act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
• Abstinence is a voluntary restraint from indulging a desire or appetite for certain bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to abstention from sexual intercourse, alcohol or food.
• Self-denial
• The voluntary self-denial of food, drink, or sex. Today, abstinence is commonly taken to mean no sexual activity.
• Refraining from sexual intercourse. To avoid pregnancy, abstinence includes the avoidance of genital contact during the fertile phase of the cycle.
• We must distinguish between private abstinence and communal church fastings. See "Fasting."
• Not using a substance at all.
• Ingesting no alcohol.
• The act or practice of refraining from indulgence in an appetite, as for certain foods, drink, alcoholic beverages, drugs, or sex. (In this case sexual intercourse or other sexual behaviors)
• Non-use of a specific substance. In recovery, non-use of any addictive psychoactive substance. May also denote cessation of addictive behavior, such as gambling, over-eating, etc.
• Generally speaking it is the act or practice of refraining from feeding an appetite, but as found on our web site the word is always used to mean not engaging in sex while unmarried.
• Refraining from eating meat
• Refraining from participating in a behavior. In terms of HIV prevention, abstinence generally refers to not engaging in sexual intercourse or injecting drugs.
• not participating in a practice such as sexual intercourse
• To refrain from having sex
• The Catholic penitential practice of moderation in the consumption of food or drink, more commonly as refraining from certain kinds of food or drink.

Abstention

• abstinence: the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
• Abstention is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote, but does not cast a ballot.
• The act of abstaining; a holding aloof

Abstainer

• someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
• a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
• One who abstains; especially, one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors

Abstain

• refrain from voting
• choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
• Refrain from (something); hold one's self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from; To shun voluntarily; Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present; Hinder; withhold
• refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from action or practice
• the practice of denying oneself food, drink, or other pleasures. Catholics over age 14 abstain from eating meat on Ash Wednesday and on Fridays during Lent.

Absorption

• (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
• (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules"
• assimilation: the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
• assimilation: the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
• concentration: complete attention; intense mental effort
• preoccupation: the mental state of being preoccupied by something
• Absorption is a route by which substances can enter the body through the skin. Along with inhalation, ingestion and injection, dermal absorption is a route of exposure for toxic substances and route of administration for medication.
• Digestion is the process of metabolism where by a biological entity processes a substance in order to chemically and mechanically convert the substance for the body to use.
• Absorption refers to the absorption of sound waves by a material. The absorption is the "missing piece", when comparing the total reflected and transmitted energy with the incident energy.
• Absorption is the total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves.
• In pharmacology (and more specifically pharmacokinetics), absorption is the movement of a drug into the bloodstream.
• In physics, absorption is the process by which the energy of a photon is taken up by another entity, for example, by an atom whose valence electrons make transition between two electronic energy levels. The photon is destroyed in the process.
• The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance by conversion to some other form of energy.
• the penetration of atoms, ions, or molecules into the bulk mass of a substance.
• In acoustics, the energy of sound waves being taken in (entering) the surface of any material rather than being bounced off or reflected. Materials are rated in terms of their ability to absorb sounds.
• Process in which digested food is absorbed by the lower part of the small intestine into the bloodstream.
• Acceptance by the carrier of a portion of a joint rate or charge which is less than the amount which it would receive for the service in the absence of such joint rate or charge.
• The process of an agent being taken into the vegetation, skin, materiel, or soil. Important for only a few agents.
• The allocation of specific pools or groups of fixed costs to associated units of production by a predetermined percentage or dollar amount, based on unit cost, machine or labor hours, or other factors.

Absorbing

• capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story"
• Engrossing

Absorbent

• The substrate into which a substance is absorbed.
• An herb or substance that promotes absorption, soaks up liquid, or acts as a sponge.
• capable of absorbing
• having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge"
• absorbent material: a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
• Anything which absorbs; Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.

Absorb

• become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"
• take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
• take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something"
• take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
• cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
• suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"
• steep: devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"
• assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society"
• consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
• To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to incorporate; to assimilate; To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
• To suck up; to take in; collect; accumulate.
• To take up light, noise, moisture, or energy and not transmit it.
• Physically or chemically assimilate (or take in) a substance, for example, as soils or plants take in water and food.
• To transform radiant energy into a different form, usually with a resultant rise in temperature.
• To soak up or take in.
• The process by which a liquid penetrates the solid structure of the absorbent's fibers or particles, which then swell in size to accommodate the liquid.
• To take in. Many things absorb water.
• Take up fluids, take in.
• To take in as through pores; liquid or gas into the bulk of another material, to neutralize an acid.
• Taking up of a substance into the carpet through pores or small opening (ie chalk, talc, and sawdust are absorbent powders).

Absolve

• shrive: grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"
• let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
• Absolution in a liturgical church refers to the pronouncement of God's forgiveness of sins.
• To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.); To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, sin or guilt; (theology) To pronounce free or give absolution from sin; (obsolete) To finish; to accomplish; To resolve or explain.
• pardon (an offense)

Absolution

• the condition of being formally forgiven by a priest in the sacrament of penance
• the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
• An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense; An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
• the act by which a priest, acting as an agent of Christ, grants forgiveness of sins in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
• Forgiveness of an offense; a setting free from guilt or sin
• the act of releasing someone from their sin by God, through the means of a priest.

Absolutely

• completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea";
• totally and definitely; without question; "we are absolutely opposed to the idea"; "he forced himself to lie absolutely still"; "iron is absolutely necessary"
• In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively; With absolution; Yes; certainly; expression indicating strong agreement

Absolute

• perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol"
• complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie".
• not limited by law; "an absolute monarch"
• expressing finality with no implication of possible change; "an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority"
• something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative; "no mortal being can influence the absolute"
• not capable of being violated or infringed; "infrangible human rights"
• the ultimate basis of reality; that which is totally unconditioned, unrestricted, pure, perfect, or complete
• Whole in it self.
• The highest Reality; supreme Consciousness; the pure, untainted, changeless Truth.
• Extraction of essence from plants or flowers using solvents. Usually used with plants that have very low yields or change under the heat of steam distillation.
• Perfect in quality or nature; unconditional completeness.

Absinth | Absinthe

• wormwood
• let there be no ill-will

Absenteeism

• Absenteeism consists of days not at work, being late and taking excessively long breaks
• A pattern of not showing up to obligations.
• The frequent absence from work or other duty without good reason. See also: Presenteeism.
• habitual absence from work
• Absenteeism is a habitual pattern of from a duty or obligation.
• The state of being absent, especially frequently; the practice of an absentee; The practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated

Absentee

• one that is absent or not in residence
• A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc; A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated

Absent-minded

• Thinking profoundly and heedless of present circumstances or activities; preoccupied
• tending to fail to remember.
• Absent-mindedness can refer to three very different things:
• a low level of attention
• Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted

Absent

• not being in a specified place
• lacking: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"
• go away or leave; "He absented himself"
• lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"
• Absenteeism is a habitual pattern of from a duty or obligation.
• To go away from a place; to leave; To withhold from being present; Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; Not existing; lacking; Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied
• (verb) - not present; away from where one usually is; missing
• Not present at a session.

Absence

• the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation"
• failure to be present
• the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence"
• the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
• Absenteeism is a habitual pattern of from a duty or obligation.
• A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence; Want; lack; destitution; withdrawal; Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind
• is a generalized seizure where a person's consciousness is interrupted. This is sometimes confused with 'day dreaming'
• An "excused" absence where the employer is notified ahead of time that the day will be taken off. An "unexcused" absence is unplanned and unauthorized time off work. In these cases, disciplinary action may be required.
• state of staring at nothing, eye fluttering, or slight muscle spasm associated with seizure.

Abscond

• run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver".
• To hide; to withdraw; to be concealed :; To depart secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution :; To withdraw from, to leave from; to hide from :; (obsolete) To hide [something], to conceal [something]; to take away [something] :

Abscess

• An infection which produces pus; can be the result of a blister, callus, penetrating wound or laceration.
• pocket of pus.
• A collection of pus. Usually forms because of infection.
• pus-filled, inflamed area around a tooth.
• a hole filled with pus that forms as a result of a local infection.
• infection caused by severe decay, trauma, or gum disease. You may have pain and swelling.
• An abscess can occur as a result of a new piercing that cannot drain fluid properly (where the entry and exit points have been left crusted by blood or, more commonly, puss) and can appear as reddish-pink bumps in between the ends of the piercing.
• A localized accumulation of pus; usually associated with infection.
• A collection of pus in any part of the body.
• A pus-filled cavity.
• Gum tissue filled with pus as the result of infection. This swelling exerts pressure on the surrounding tissues, causing pain.
• A localised collection of pus in a cavity formed by the decay of diseased tissues.
• A localized collection of pus in part of the body, formed by tissue disintegration and surrounded by an inflamed area.
• A local accumulation of pus anywhere in the body.
• localized collection of pus in a cavity in tissue
• cavity filled with pus.
• A localized inflammation in the bone or soft tissue, usually caused by an infection.
• Pus that has collected and formed into a pocket. In Crohn's disease this can also refer to a fistula that has tracked into the abdominal cavity, sometimes developing an infection.
• (ab-ses): a collection of pus in tissues, organs, or other parts of the body.
• symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
• An abscess is a collection of pus (dead neutrophils) that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue on the basis of an infectious process (usually caused by bacteria or parasites) or other foreign materials (e.g. splinters, bullet wounds, or injecting needles).
• A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue; To form such a collection of pus

Abruptness

• an abrupt discourteous manner
• the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
• the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
• The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness; Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner

Abruptly

• quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"
• In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously
• (adverb) - suddenly and unexpectedly

Abrupt

• marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose"
• exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"
• extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
• surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"
• Something which is abrupt; To tear off or asunder; To interrupt suddenly; Broken off; very steep or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; as, abrupt places; Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious; Curt in manner; rude; uncivil; impolite.

Abrogation

• Signed closing documents replace the Real Estate Purchase Contract that the seller and buyer previously signed.
• the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
• The act of abrogating; repeal by authority - Hume

Abrogative

• Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law

Abrogate

• verb - to cancel or repeal by authority; annul
• revoke formally
• To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc; To put an end to; to do away with; Abrogated; abolished.

Abroad

• to or in a foreign country; "they had never travelled abroad"
• afield: far away from home or one's usual surroundings; "looking afield for new lands to conquer"
• in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets"
• overseas: in a place across an ocean
• At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree spreads its branches abroad; Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad; Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as, we have broils at home and enemies abroad.
• means any country outside the borders of the Republic of South Africa;

Abridgement

• condensation: a shortened version of a written work
• Abridgement or abridgment is a term defined as "shortening" or "condensing" and is most commonly used in reference to the act of reducing a written work, typically a book, into a shorter form.
• A shortened version; A reduction of rights

Abridge

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
• lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
• To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights; To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a history or dictionary; To deprive; to cut off.
• To reduce the scope; to shorten by means of the omission or words without sacrificing their meaning
• To shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents; to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.
• Order to bring forward date allocated for hearing (or arbitration) etc.

Abreast

• alongside each other, facing in the same direction
• Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted; Side by side, with breasts in a line; as; Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of; Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.
• Off the side, even with the boat.
• When two vessels are side-by-side; along side
• side by side; abeam of
• synonymous with Abeam.
• side by side; alongside; as far ahead as [abreast of the gangway]

Abrasive

• A very hard, brittle, heat-resistant substance that is used to grind the edges or rough surfaces of an object. ...
• a harsh cleaning agent that destroys the surface of a coin.
• Diamonds of Industrial grade are used as abrasives for tools such as drill bits and grinding wheels. Smaller particles may also be used for polishing.
• A coarse material used in blast cleaning, such as sand, steel shot, glass beads or plastics.
• The cutting medium of an abrasive jet. Usually garnet or similar "sand like" substance.
• A substance used to scour, scrub, smooth or polish.
• used for cutting some stronger materials such as steel and tile. Often used in masonry work with products such as stone, brick, breezeblock etc.
• A substance used for grinding, honing, lapping, superfinishing, polishing, pressure blasting or barrel finishing. ...
• Sharp mineral particles, used for metal removal.
• Hard, tough material used to smooth out rough surfaces; a common abrasive is sandpaper.
• Hard granular material of varying particle size, used in grinding and/or polishing, or incorporated in non-slip surface coatings.
• The material comprised of hard particles and a binder that is used to wear away softer material
• substance that is suitable for carving and eroding due to its hardness and shape.
• General name for a loose granular material used to roughen or wear away a substrate to a high pressure stream of air/abrasive mix.
• causing abrasion
• a substance that abrades or wears down
• harsh: sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"
• An abrasive is a material, often a mineral, that is used to shape or finish (see metal polishing and wood finishing) a workpiece through rubbing which leads to part of the workpiece being worn away.
• Substance used for wearing away a surface by rubbing.

Abrasion

• Any injury which rubs off the surface of the skin.
• General wearing of a surface by constant scratching, due to the presence of foreign matter such as metallic particles grit, or dirt in the lubricant. It may also cause a break down of material (such as gears tooth's surfaces). Lack of lubrication may result in abrasion.
• Tiny nicks along facet junctions, producing white fuzzy lines instead of sharp crisp facet edges.
• a superficial rub or wearing off of the skin, usually caused by a scrape or "brush burn."
• Wearing or rubbing away of a part.
• Removal of tooth structure due to rubbing and scraping (eg incorrect brushing method)
• A form of mechanical weathering that occurs when loose fragments or particles of rocks and minerals that are being transported, as by water or air, collide with each other or scrape the surfaces of stationary rocks.
• The technique of grinding shallow decoration with a wheel. The decorated areas are left unpolished.
• A wearing of away of material by friction.
• Using something rough (such as sandpaper).
• A rubbing and wetting technique used on the surface of the garment to make it look worn or faded.. Pumice stones are used most frequently.
• frictional erosion by material transported by wind and waves See also: abrasion platform, erosion
• the process of particles rubbing against each other, wearing down the sharp edges into smaller pieces.
• to wear down by being rubbed against.
• The process in which one material (such as sand-laden water) grinds away at another (such as a stream channel’s floor and walls).
• General wearing of the surface, as a result of constant contact with foreign substances like dirt.
• Abnormal loss of tooth structure due to non-masticatory physical friction.
• It is the cause of the consumption of the tread and is determined by friction between the tread and the ground. It is heightened for instance by temperature increases, different pressure than the nominal one, etc.
• an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
• erosion by friction
• grinding: the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
• The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; The substance thus rubbed off; A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds; The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching.

Abrade

• to scrape or grind away flashing to expose the base glass.
• to grind a rock surface by the friction of rock particles carried by water
• To grind shallow patterns into glass with a wheel.
• wear away
• scour: rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
• To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; to damage or make rough; as, to abrade rocks

Above-mentioned

• mentioned or named earlier in the same text
• Mentioned or named before
• aforesaid

Above-board

• Open; transparent; honest; legal; : (nautical) Above the deck and therefore open and visible; hence the idiomatic use

Above

• at an earlier place; "see above"
• in or to a place that is higher
• an earlier section of a written text; "for instructions refer to the above"
• appearing earlier in the same text; "flaws in the above interpretation"
• That which is higher; over; beyond a Now location.
• Upward, higher, as to go above; above the flight deck
• in, at, or to a higher place.
• at a higher level on board [above decks]

About turn

• A 180° turn to the right, done as an exaggerated version of the right turn.
• about-face: act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
• An about face; a military command to a formation of soldiers to reverse the direction in which they are facing; A complete change of opinion, direction, etc; To perform an about turn

About

• approximately: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30.
• all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her"
• in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight"
• used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around"
• in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around"
• in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play"
• about(p): on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident"
• (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted".
• On all sides; around; In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across; Here and there; around; in one place and another; Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.
• the clear and simple use of this idiom ("The book is about space travel") has been distorted in the media. ...
• as in "going about" - meaning to change direction by tacking
• Changing a boat's direction by passing the wind across the its bow first
• A term used in letter of credit practice which allows a 10% variance above or below the letter of credit value, or quantity of goods, or unit price of the goods. See also "Approximately."

Abound

• be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities
• be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
• To be plentiful; to be very prevalent; to overflow; To be copiously supplied; to be wealthy in; to teem with; -- followed by in or with
• be in a state of movement or action

Abortive

• failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President"
• That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
• arrested in development; rudimentary
• From which rises nothing, or nothing but the monstrous

Abortion

• Any pregnancy that ends before 20 weeks, though the term miscarriage is now used more to differentiate between a termination.
• The intentional termination of pregnancy by killing and expelling an embryo or a fetus. Also, any of various procedures that result in such termination and removal. Also called induced abortion.
• Koop, a religiously inclined man, took a relatively hard line on abortion; his opinions on the subject were the matter of some disquiet when he was nominated for the post.
• The loss of an embryo or fetus either spontaneously (miscarriage) or induced (when a pregnancy is terminated on purpose) before 20 weeks. After 20 weeks, the spontaneous loss of a fetus is called a stillbirth.
• The spontaneous or induced termination of pregnancy.
• The premature termination of pregnancy, before the birth of the fetus. Abortions are not legal in every country; in India it is possible under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act within a stipulated time period of the pregnancy.
• Pregnancy lost before the fetus can survive independently.
• The premature expulsion of the fetus or foal generally attributed to one of three causes: (1) Improper rations; (2) Injuries; (3) Bacillus abortus.
• medical termination of a pregnancy before the fetus has developed enough to survive outside the uterus; several types, including clinical, habitual, incomplete, missed, spontaneous, therapeutic and threatened.
• In medicine, an abortion is the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and placenta) from the uterus. It is the loss of a pregnancy and does not refer to why that pregnancy was lost.
• termination of pregnancy
• miscarriage: failure of a plan

aborigines

• The first people to inhabit Australia, Tasmania and other nearby islands. Although they share a common identity as Aborigines, they encompass many.

Aboriginal

• of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia; "an Aboriginal rite"
• native: characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
• Aborigine: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
• native: an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"
• having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"
• An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines; An animal or a plant native to the region; First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America; Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood
• Pagan tradition of the native Australian people.
• A person of Aboriginal descent who identifies as an Aboriginal and is accepted as such by the community in which he or she lives.
• The term "Aboriginal" is appropriate when referring to matters that affect First Nations (Indian).
• refers to the First Nation peoples of Canada
• first or earliest known of its kind in a region, having existed in a region from the beginning
• persons who are members of or descendants of North America's Aboriginal tribal groupings or First Nations people.

Abomination

• a person who is loathsome or disgusting
• abhorrence: hate coupled with disgust
• an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"
• The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination; That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
• Anything associated with the worship of other gods and any behavior that perverts the lifestyle God intended human beings to live.
• An act or an object that is abhorrent, repulsive, or that is contrary to one’s religious practices or beliefs (eg, Gen 43:32; Prov 3:32).
• A terrible, nasty, ugly, despicable, disgusting thing.

Abominable

• unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern.
• atrocious: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
• Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable; Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive; Very bad or inferior.

Abominate

• abhor: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
• To feel disgust towards; to abhor; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; Abominable; detested

Abolitionist

• person opposed to slavery and in favor of ending it
• Physical or mental exertion, especially when difficult or exhausting; work.
• A person who supported the movement to end the Transatlantic Slave Trade and slavery.
• someone who believes in the termination of slavery
• a person who worked to get slavery abolished (or eliminated)
• a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
• A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery

Abolition

• the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment"
• Abolition is the act of formally repealing an existing practice legal means, either by making it illegal, or simply no longer allowing it to exist in any form.
• a movement calling for the prohibition of slavery
• To do away with or bring to an end. It is used in this site to mean the campaign to end the slave trade and slavery.
• The act of abolishing, as in the abolition/ending of slavery

Abolish

• do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
• Abolition is the act of formally repealing an existing practice legal means, either by making it illegal, or simply no longer allowing it to exist in any form.
• To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; to end a law, system, custom or institution; To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out
• to put and end to, or do away with.

Abode

• residence: any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences"
• dwelling: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
• Act of waiting; delay; Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn; Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation
• the house or place where one lives
• a place where one lives or stays; home; residence.
• A place of residence.

Aboard

• on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
• on first or second or third base; "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard"
• side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship"
• part of a group; "Bill's been aboard for three years now"
• On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car; Alongside; as, close aboard; Successfully reached base
• On or within the boat.
• On or in a vessel. - Close aboard means near a ship.
• Onboard; the opposite of ashore. Used when referring to being or doing something on the ship.
• On board. In, into or inside a vessel. Close alongside.
• On, or in, the canoe.
• the inside of a ship : hence, any person who enters a ship is said to go aboard; but, when an enemy enters in time of battle, he is said to board. To fall aboard, is to strike against another ship. To haul aboard the main tack, is to bring the clew of the mainsail down to the chess-tree.
• In or on a ship. Sometimes used in reference to being in or on a station, when there is a close-by shore facility to avoid confusion.

Abnormally

• in an abnormal manner; "they were behaving abnormally"; "his blood pressure was abnormally low"
• In an abnormal manner; in a way that deviates from a standard or average

Abnormality

• Deviates from the normal.
• an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
• retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
• marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
• behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
• Abnormality is a subjectively defined characteristic, assigned to those with rare or dysfunctional conditions. Defining who is normal or abnormal is a contentious issue in abnormal psychology.
• The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity - Darwin; Something abnormal

Abnormal

• not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain";
• departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development; "they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal"; "an abnormal personality"
• A person or object that is not normal; Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular; Of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health; Odd, strange
• Not normal; may be cancerous or pre-malignant.
• Any state, structure, or function that differs substantially from the norm of its kind, exhibiting abnormality.
• Different from normal in whatever sense the latter term is used. When normal signifies typical, abnormal means unusual.
• Different from the most common pattern found in a particular tissue.
• Something that is outside the normal range, not found to be as expected and/or different from the average.
• Any change from the average, not necessarily harmful. When used in reference to genes, an abnormal gene might result in a specific disorder.
• Occupying a point outside the shifting boundaries of social convention, like a same-sex couple before the 1970s.
• Something that is outside the normal operation of the aircraft but which does not constitute an immediate danger..
• atypical, unusual or uncommon. When used in reference to chromosomes, an abnormal chromosome complement may result in a specific disorder.
• Different from the average; inappropriate with regard to the standards of society, social role or the existing set of circumstances.
• unusual; unnatural

Ablutions

• The cleansing of the chalice(s), paten, and other vessels after the administration of Communion. This may be done at the altar.
• the cleaning of the vessels used during communion. This is done by the chalice bearers and subdeacon in the sacristy.
• An act of washing; a cleansing or purification by water as Muslims do before offering prayers.

Ablaze

• keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire"
• ablaze(p): lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire"
• resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn"
• ablaze(p): lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire"
• On fire; in a blaze, gleaming; In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire; On fire; in a blaze, gleaming; In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.

Abjuration

• A renunciation, under oath, of heresy to the Christian faith, made by a Christian wishing to be reconciled with the Church.
• retraction: a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
• Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege.
• The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return; A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy.

Abjure

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion".
• Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege.
• To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; To renounce on oath.

Abjectness

• The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility

Abjection

• abasement: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"
• The term Abjection literally means "the state of being cast off." The concept of abject exists in between the concept of an object and the concept of the subject, something alive yet not.
• The act of bringing down or humbling; The state of being rejected or cast out; A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

Abject

• of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak".
• most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty"
• showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"
• showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology"
• a person in the state of being cast off
• A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; (obsolete) To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase; Cast down; low-lying; Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable.

Able

• have the skills and qualifications to do things well; "able teachers"; "a capable administrator"; "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable"
• having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings"
• having a strong healthy body; "an able seaman"; "every able-bodied young man served in the army"
• In grammar, a suffix or ending is an affix which is placed at the end of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs.
• (obsolete) To make capable; to enable; to strengthen; (obsolete) To vouch for; Healthy; Not prevented from; permitted to; having the power or capacity to; Skillful; Legally qualified or competent
• This term is usually linked with “ready” and “willing.” “The buyer is ready, willing and able.” It refers to the buyer’s financial capability to close the transaction.

Ability

• the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
• possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
• The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent; Considerable proficiency; natural capability
• A characteristic that is indicative of competence in a field. (See also aptitude.)
• A present competence to perform an observable behavior or a behavior that results in an observable product.
• the power to perform or accomplish something.
• the level of successful performance of the objects of measurement on the variable.
• The present capacity to perform a physical or mental function.

Abidance

• conformity: acting according to certain accepted standards;
• residency: the act of dwelling in a place
• the act of abiding (enduring without yielding)
• The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance

Abiding

• unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths"
• Continuing; lasting

Abide

• bide: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
• digest: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
• To wait; to pause; to delay; To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place; To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain; To wait for; to be prepared for.

Abhorrent

• offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior".
• Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts; Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent.

Aboherrence

• hate coupled with disgust
• Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike; A person or thing that is loathsome
• a feeling of repugnance or loathing

Abhor

• find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"
• To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward.
• To detest to extremity; to loathe; To fill with horror or disgust; To protest against; to reject solemnly; To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike. to be contrary or averse.

Abeyance

• temporary cessation or suspension
• Expectancy; condition of being undetermined; Suspension; temporary suppression; Expectancy of a title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended
• A lapse or break in the succession of title.
• To withhold further activity

Abettor

• one who helps or encourages or incites another

Abetment

• the verbal act of urging on
• The act of abetting; as, an abetment of treason, crime, etc

Abet

• assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
• Act of abetting; aid; To assist or encourage by aid or countenance, especially in crime; To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain
• adult basic education and training.
• To encourage someone to commit a criminal offence;

Aberration

• aberrance: a state or condition markedly different from the norm
• a disorder in one's mental state
• an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
• Any inherent deficiency of a lens or optical system. Aberrations are responsible for imperfections in shape or sharpness of the image.
• Abnormally deviant, abnormality, abnormal variant.
• A species that was not created naturally and/or was modified through various means.
• An inherent flaw - or deviation from a theoretical ideal - in a lens which leads to a degradation of some aspect of image quality. The most common forms are spherical aberration, coma, astigmatism, curvature of field, curvilinear distortion (barrel and pincushion) and chromatic aberration.

Abel

• "Vanity", Son of Adam, murdered by his brother Cain.
• Adam's son, a prophet, seer, and revelator, whose innocent blood was shed at the hands of Cain, who is Perdition (Gen. 4:8)

Abed

• In bed, or on the bed; To childbed (in the phrase “brought abed,” that is, delivered of a child)

Abduction

• the movement of the limb away from the body
• to draw away from the middle of the body or limb
• Movement away from the midline of the body in the transverse plane. To learn more, View The Transverse Plane
• The lateral movement of a leg or arm away from the axis of the body.
• Unlawfully taking another.
• Taking away by violence or fraud and persuasion; kidnapping. Usually a female or wife, child or ward.

Abduct

• Movement of any extremity away from the midline of the body. This action is achieved by an abductor muscle
• when one area of the body moves away from another part (such as one leg moving forward to meet the other).
• kidnap: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
• pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts"
• To take away secretly by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap; To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position

Abdominal

• pertaining to the belly
• Pertaining to structures on the abdomen.
• An adjective used to relate something to the abdomen, for instance, the abdominal wall or abdominal pain.
• Pertaining to the belly or abdomen. Pelvic fins are abdominal if situated well behind the pectoral fins.
• relating to the abdomen (inside and out).
• the muscles of the abdomen
• of or relating to or near the abdomen; "abdominal muscles"

Abdomen

• A region of the body between the chest and the pelvis; belly.
• the posterior of the three main body divisions
• area between the chest and the hips that contains the stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen.
• the soft area between the rib cage and the pubic area. A common area for excess hair, often in a line from the belly button to the pubic hair.
• This is the section of the body that sits between the chest and the pelvis. A large number of the body's organs are located there, such as the stomach, small intestine, colon, kidneys, bladder and several others.
• The body of the Butterfly behind the thorax.
• The posterior or third region of the body of the bee that encloses the honey stomach, stomach, intestines, sting and the reproductive organs.
• The hindmost of the three main body divisions of an insect: head, thorax and abdomen.
• area below the ribs containing the digestive organs.
• That portion of an insect's body located between the thorax (legged portion) and tail; various filaments, hairs, and plate like or filamentous gills may be attached to the abdominal segments, but not legs.
• The part of the body that lies between the thorax and the pelvis and encloses the stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, and pancreas. Also called belly.
• portion of the body lying between the thorax and pelvis.
• This where most of the spider is. The lungs, heart, stomach, and basically everything else is there.
• The body of an adult insect is divided into three segments. The abdomen is the third, or tail end, segment. The reproductive organs are in this segment.
• In mammals and other vertebrates the abdomen (belly) constitutes the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis. ...
• The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis; The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera.

Abdicate

• give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
• Abdication (from the Latin abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, away from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one) is the act of renouncing and resigning from a formal office, especially from the supreme office of state.
• To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy; (obsolete) To reject; to cast off.
• To formally give up power. When a monarch gives up his throne, for example.

Abbreviation

• The act of removing one or more components of a word or phrase by clipping, acronymy, initializing, or blending. The designation formed by omitting words or letters from a longer designation. For examples, laboratory as lab and Wolrd Wide Web as www.
• abbreviations were often used to save space and effort when writing. They generally fall into three categories: 'suspensions', in which the end of the word is abbreviated, signaled by the use of a horizontal bar or another graphic symbol; 'contractions', in which another part of a word is abbreviated with the use of a graphic symbol; 'abbreviation symbols', used for whole words and often derived from the tachygraphic (shorthand) systems of Antiquity.
• The shortened form of a written word or phrase (cf. Acronym and Nickname). Inc. magazine is an excellent example of an abbreviation which outdoes its full form by conveying an insider image.
• Description
• the shortened version of a word
• a shortened form of a word or phrase
• shortening something by omitting parts of it
• An abbreviation (from Latin brevis "short") is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word "abbreviation" can itself be represented by the abbreviation "abbr." or "abbrev."

Abbreviate

• abridge: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
• shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
• An abbreviation (from Latin brevis "short") is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word "abbreviation" can itself be represented by the abbreviation "abbr." or "abbrev."
• An abridgment; To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken; To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction; Abbreviated; abridged; shortened; Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type

Abbot

• the superior of an abbey of monks
• The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity and Buddhism. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery. The female equivalent is Abbess.
• The superior or head of an abbey or monastery; One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys. "Encyclopedia Britannica"
• The superior of a monastary. From the Syriac, meaning father. The term was used from the 5th century.
• the head of a monastic house of the Benedictine or related orders, and of certain orders of Augustinian canons
• A monk who is the head of an abbey for men. The title originates from the Aramaic word 'ABBA' meaning 'father'.
• The head of a male monastery.
• The head of the monastery or abbey, leader of the monks.
• Superior of a monastery of monks.

Abbey

• a church associated with a monastery or convent
• a convent ruled by an abbess
• a monastery ruled by an abbot
• An abbey (from Latin abbatia, derived from Syriac abba, "father"), is a Christian monastery or convent, under the government of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community. A nunnery is a convent of nuns.
• large religious house belonging either to one of the orders of the Benedictine family or to certain orders of the Canons Regular (Augustinian Canons)
• An abbey is the home of a community of vowed men or women who live according to the monastic tradition of the Church, and who have as their leader an abbot or abbess.

Abbess

1. the superior of a group of nuns
2. An abbess (Latin abbatissa, fem. form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior, or Mother Superior, of an abbey of nuns.
3. A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks; A bawd, the mistress of a brothel (1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue)
4. (from masc. abbot; Gr. Hegoumeni). The female superior of a community of nuns appointed by a bishop; Mother Superior. She has general authority over her community and nunnery under the supervision of a bishop.
5. The female form of abbot. The superior of a convent.
6. female head of a nunnery of the Benedictine or related orders

Abate

• slake: make less active or intense
• become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
• Injunction has been received by the courts. Property is out of compliance
• Abate and abatement have several uses. In a lawsuit, an abatement is a court order to terminate the suit, either because the plaintiff dropped the suit, or one of the parties died, or the defendant moved out of the court’s jurisdiction. When applied to a bequest or a judgment, it normally means that assets were insufficient to cover the amount, and the amount due was reduced. In general, it means that something was terminated or lessened.
• In stone carving or sand blasting clay masonry, to cut away material, leaving parts in relief.
• to lessen, do away with, or nullify as in the case of pollution; to quash, beat down, or destroy, as in the case of a nuisance.
• to diminish in intensity, violence, amount, etc.

Abashed

• feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"
• Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed

Abuse

• mistreat: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
• maltreatment: cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse"
• pervert: change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"
• use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"
• misuse: improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds"
• use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"
• Abuse refers to the use or treatment of something (a person, item, substance, concept, or vocabulary) that is seen as harmful. The term comes from the words "abnormal use". It can be used for anything ranging from the misuse of a piece of equipment to the severe maltreatment of a person.
• Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; perversion; Physical maltreatment; injury; Sexual assault; violation; rape; An unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; To put to a wrong use.
• Improper or excessive use of program benefits or services by providers or beneficiaries. Abuse can occur intentionally or unintentionally.
• Occurs when alcohol or drug use adversely affects the health of the user or when the use of a substance imposes social, as well as personal costs.
• the mistreatment of another person with physical or mental cruelty, usually on a regular basis and against their will.
• the non-accidental commission of any act by a caretaker upon a child under age 18 which causes.
• Continued use despite negative consequences.
• means the infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation or cruel punishment with resulting physical harm or pain or mental anguish.
• pattern of abnormal drug use that occurs despite negative consequences or the threat of physical damage; not the same as addiction.
• The disregard of financial ability to repay. An example of abuse in this context would be the purchase of items before the bankruptcy filing with no reasonable means of repayment.
• Abuse occurs when one person causes physical or emotional injury or harm to another person. Abuse can also be sexual, if a sexual act is performed on another person without their consent. When older individuals are abused, like in nursing home abuse, the results can be very serious.
• Harmful use of a specific psychoactive substance. The term also applies to one category of psychoactive substance use disorder. ...
• Contact(s) between a child and an adult, or person significantly older, or in a position of power or control over the child, where the child is being used for sexual stimulation of the older person.
• The term drug-abuse is a social, legal and medical construction; legally, the use of any illegal drug could be construed as drug-abuse. Medically, the use of medicines in a non-prescribed manner would be drug-abuse.
• Any physical injury, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse inflicted on a child other than by accidental means by those responsible for his care, custody, and control, except that discipline including spanking, administered in a reasonable manner, shall not be construed to be abuse.
• to use in a way other than the intended use