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abstention, inaction, laissez faire
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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Abstinence — • Includes information about old and new testament fasting as well as church laws Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Abstinence Abstinence … Catholic encyclopedia
Abstinence — Ab sti*nence, n. [F. abstinence, L. abstinentia, fr. abstinere. See {Abstain}.] 1. The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abstinence — noun 1) AA endorses a path of abstinence Syn: teetotalism, temperance, sobriety, abstemiousness, abstention; rare nephalism 2) of course abstinence is the most effective form of birth control, but is it the most realistic? Syn: celibacy, chastity … Thesaurus of popular words
total abstinence — Abstinence Ab sti*nence, n. [F. abstinence, L. abstinentia, fr. abstinere. See {Abstain}.] 1. The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bhagavad Gita — Gita redirects here. For other uses, see Gita (disambiguation). Krishna and Arjuna at Kurukshetra, 18–19th century painting. The … Wikipedia
abstention — ab·sten·tion /əb sten chən/ n: the staying of the exercise of federal jurisdiction in a case that involves a question of state law or policy which the federal court prefers to have resolved by a state court or agency Bur·ford abstention / bər… … Law dictionary
Inaction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inaction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inaction inaction passiveness abstinence from action Sgm: N 1 noninterference noninterference Sgm: N 1 Fabian policy Fabian policy conservative policy Sgm: N 1 neglect neglect &c.… … English dictionary for students
laissez faire — noun abstinence from action, hands off policy, nonhampering. noninfringement, noninterference, nonintermeddling, noninterruption, nonintervention, nonintrusion, nontampering, refraining from involvement, refusal to become involved Burton s Legal… … Law dictionary
inaction — I noun abeyance, abrogation, abstinence from action, cessatio, cessation, dormancy, failure to act, idleness, immobility, impotence, indolence, inertness, inoccupation, languor, latency, motionlessness, otium, paralysis, passiveness, passivity,… … Law dictionary
abstention — /əbˈstɛnʃən / (say uhb stenshuhn) noun 1. a holding off or refraining; abstinence from action. 2. a deliberate withholding of one s vote. {Latin abstentus, past participle, abstained + ion} –abstentious, adjective …
