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1. abhorrer, n. View full entry ?1538
...A person who loathes or detests something. Freq. with of....
2. abolitionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1791
...spec....
3. absentee, n. and adj. View full entry 1537
...A landowner who resides abroad or at a distance from his or her estate; (formerly also) a clergyman who is habitually absent from his parish. Also more generally: a person who is...
4. absolutism, n. View full entry 1753
...Theol. The doctrine of God's absolute sovereignty, esp. that salvation is preordained absolutely; the doctrine of predestination....
5. absolutist, n. and adj. View full entry 1799
...Polit. A supporter or advocate of absolute government. Also: a person who rules or governs absolutely....
6. abstentionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1857
...A person who refrains from exercising his or her vote. Cf. abstention2....
7. abstractionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1832
...A person who prefers to view, analyse, and discuss the world in abstract rather than practical terms; a thinker who gives precedence to abstract ideas and concepts over concrete and particular ones....
8. acceptance, n. View full entry 1528-30
...Law. An agreement to abide by the act or contract of another, such as a predecessor in an office, by some act which amounts to a recognition or approval of it,...
9. accountability, n. View full entry 1750
...The quality of being accountable; liability to account for and answer for one's conduct, performance of duties, etc. (in modern use often with regard to parliamentary, corporate, or financial liability to the...
10. accreditation, n. View full entry 1806
...The action of accrediting; the fact of being accredited; recommendation to credit or (esp. with reference to diplomats and journalists) to official recognition....
11. accrediting, n. View full entry 1818
...The action or process of providing with (official) accreditation....
12. activist, adj. and n. View full entry 1908
...Philos. Of or relating to the theory of activism (activism2)....
13. Act of Parliament, n. View full entry 1456
...Originally: a law made by the British monarch with the advice of Parliament (now hist.). In later use: a statute passed by a parliament....
14. additional, adj. and n. View full entry 1563
...That is in addition to something else; added, extra, supplementary. Also used predicatively, with to (freq. in postmodifying verbless clause)....
15. addled, adj. View full entry 1599
...fig. Esp. of a person's brain: muddled; unsound; having lost the ability to think clearly or rationally....
16. address, n. View full entry 1477
...Guidance; aid. Cf. address9. Obs....
17. addresser, n. View full entry 1643
...Polit. A person who puts forward or supports a political declaration or petition (cf. address2c); spec. any of those who in 1680 presented addresses in support...
18. addressor, n. View full entry 1658
...Polit. = addresser1. hist. in later use....
19. adjutator, n. View full entry 1647
...A person empowered to act on behalf of others; spec. each of the delegates chosen to represent the private soldiers of some units of the Parliamentary army during the English...
20. administrative, adj. and n. View full entry 1651
...Of, relating to, or concerned with administration (in various senses); (in later use esp.) relating to or required for the running of a business, organization, etc....
