Chapter Aback to Abominable of A by Soule's Synonymes

Abattoir, n. Slaughter-house, slaughter-pen, shambles.

Abbey, n. Monastery, convent, cloister, priory, nunnery.

Abbreviate, v. a. Shorten (by cutting off), curtail, reduce, contract, retrench, condense, compress, epitomize, cut short, cut down. See abridge.

Abbreviation, n. Shortening (by cutting off), curtailment, contraction, reduction, condensation, compression, brief, compend, compendium, abstract, epitome. See abridgment.

Abdicate, v. a. Resign (an office or dignity), surrender (a right), cede, forego, renounce, relinquish, abandon, quit, vacate, give up, part with, lay down, renounce all claim to.

Abdicate, v. n. Resign, relinquish office, (especially that of a king), vacate the throne, retire to private life, go into retirement.

Abdication, n. Abdicating, resignation, surrender, renunciation, abandonment.

Abdomen, n. Belly, paunch, ventral region, visceral region, visceral cavity.

Abdominal, a. Ventral.

Abdominous, a. Large-bellied, great-bellied, big-bellied, pot-bellied, tun-bellied, paunchy.

Abduce, v. a. (Anat.) Withdraw, draw away, pull back, retract.

Abduct, v. a. Take away (surreptitiously or forcibly, or both), kidnap, carry off, run away with, run off with, spirit away, drag away.

Abduction, n.

1. Withdrawing, withdrawal, withdrawment, drawing away.

2. Kidnapping, etc. See abduct.

Abductor, n.

1. Kidnapper, etc.

2. (Anat.) Muscle drawing from the axis.

Aberdevine, n. Siskin (Carduelis spinus, Fringilla spinus).

Aberrance, n. Deviation, departure, wandering, roving, roaming, error, aberrancy. See aberration.

Aberrant, a.

1. Deviating, wandering, rambling, diverging, divergent, devious, erratic, out of the right way.