English to English Dictionary

Abandonment

The action or an instance of abandoning or being abandoned.

Abate

To become less intense, widespread, or severe.

Abattoir

A slaughterhouse.

Abdicate

To renounce or relinquish a throne, high office, or responsibility.

Abdication

The formal act of resigning from, relinquishing, or giving up a throne, high office, or formal responsibility.

Abhor

Regard with disgust and hatred.

Abolition

The action of officially ending or stopping a law, system, practice, or institution.

Aboriginal

Inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists; indigenous.

Aborigine

An Indigenous inhabitant of Australia, belonging to the world's oldest continuous living culture.

Abridgment

A shortened form of a book, play, or other piece of writing.

Abscess

A swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus.

Absolve

To set or declare (someone) free from blame, guilt, or responsibility.