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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abhorrence, n. View full entry 1592
...The condition of abhorring or recoiling from something; detestation, hatred, repugnance. Also: a feeling of repugnance or loathing....
3. abhorrer, n. View full entry ?1538
...A person who loathes or detests something. Freq. with of....
4. abjuration, n. View full entry ?a1439
...Renunciation on oath; forswearing, esp. of heretical opinions; (also) an instance of this. Now chiefly hist....
5. abolitionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1791
...spec....
6. absent, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Not present in a place or at an occasion; away. Freq. in predicative use....
7. 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...
8. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
9. absolutism, n. View full entry 1753
...Theol. The doctrine of God's absolute sovereignty, esp. that salvation is preordained absolutely; the doctrine of predestination....
10. absolutist, n. and adj. View full entry 1799
...Polit. A supporter or advocate of absolute government. Also: a person who rules or governs absolutely....
11. abstentionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1857
...A person who refrains from exercising his or her vote. Cf. abstention2....
12. abstinence, n. View full entry ?c1225
...The practice or discipline of resisting self-indulgence; self-restraint....
13. 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....
14. 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,...
15. access, n. View full entry c1300
...An attack, or the onset (of fever or disease); a repeated episode (of an intermittent or chronic disease); (esp. in early use) spec. the characteristic paroxysm...
16. acclamation, n. View full entry 1541
...An act of acclaiming; an exclamation or other expression of sentiment addressed to someone in a loud voice....
17. 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...
18. 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....
19. accrediting, n. View full entry 1818
...The action or process of providing with (official) accreditation....
20. act, n. View full entry a1382
...In pl., with capital initial, and freq. with the. More fully Acts of the Apostles. (The name of) one of the books of the New Testament...
