Abdication, n. Abdicating, resignation, surrender, renunciation, abandonment.
Abdomen, n. Belly, paunch.
Abdominal, a. Ventral.
Abdominous, a. Large-bellied, great-bellied, big-bellied, pot-bellied, tun-bellied.
Abduce, v. a. (Anat.) Withdraw, draw away, pull back.
Abduct, v. a. Kidnap, carry off, run away with, run off with.
Abduction, n. 1. Withdrawing, withdrawal, withdrawment, drawing away.
2. Kidnapping.
Aberdevine, n. Siskin (Carduelis spinus).
Aberrance, n. Deviation, departure.
Aberrant, a. 1. Deviating, wandering, rambling, diverging, divergent, devious, erratic, out of the way.
2. Irregular, abnormal, unnatural, unusual, singular, peculiar, anomalous, unconformable, exceptional, strange, anomalistic, eccentric, monstrous, preternatural.
Aberration, n. 1. Deviation, divergence, wandering, rambling, departure.
2. Irregularity, eccentricity, singularity, peculiarity, strangeness, unconformity, anomaly, abnormity, monstrosity.
3. Illusion, delusion, hallucination, monomania, self-deception.
Abet, v. a. 1. Aid, assist, help, support, succor, second, sustain, uphold, back, co-operate with, take part with, give support to.
2. Favor, encourage, sanction, countenance, advocate, connive at.
3. (Law.) Instigate (to commit a crime), stimulate, incite, foment.
Abettor, n. 1. Assistant, helper, aider, coadjutor, co-operator, ally, auxiliary.
2. Advocate, adviser, promoter, instigator.
3. Confederate, accomplice, accessory, particeps criminis, socius criminis.
Abeyance, n. 1. (Law.) Expectation, prospect, expectancy, waiting, anticipation, calculation, contemplation.
2. Suspense, reservation, intermission, remission, dormancy, quiescence.
Abhor, v. a. Hate, abominate, detest, loathe, nauseate, shrink from, recoil from, shudder at, view with horror.
Abhorrence, n. Abomination, horror, detestation, hatred, loathing, disgust, antipathy, aversion.
Abhorrent, a. 1. Hating, detesting, abominating, loathing.
2. Odious, offensive, shocking, repugnant, hateful, loathsome.
Abide, v. n. 1. Stay, sojourn, tarry, lodge, rest, keep, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent.
2. Dwell, reside, live, inhabit, settle, plant one's self, get a footing, get a foothold.
3. Remain, continue, persist, persevere, subsist, go on, keep on, be steadfast, be constant.
4. Endure, bear.