Abdicate:Abdicate. V. To renounce a responsibility or position; generally used to describe the act of a sovereign giving up a throne or an official renouncing the privileges and duties of his or her office; also used to describe a government or official failing to fulfill responsibilities or duties. N. abdication.
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Abduct:Abduct. V. (1) To take or carry away a person illegally by force or persuasion. (2) To take away or detain unlawfully a female, intending to force her into marriage, concubinage, or prostitution. (3) For a woman to entice a husband to abandon his wife for her.. N. abduction. See also kidnap, alienation of affections. [...]
Abet:Abet. V. To help or encourage someone else to commit a crime.
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Abettor:Abettor. N. A person who abets or instigates a crime; an abettor shares criminal intent with the person who in fact commits the crime. See also aid and abet, accessory, accomplice. abeyance. N. A state of temporary disuse or suspension; an unsettled state; the condition of an estate in fee or freehold during a lapse [...]
Ab Initio:Ab Initio.. Adj. (Latin) From the beginning; used to describe contracts, marriages, deeds, etc., that are either valid or void from their inception.
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ABM:ABM. Abbrv. Anti-ballistic missile.
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Abode:Abode. N. A home or place of residence; a domicile.
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Abolish:Abolish. V. To end or do away with; generally used to describe formally ending an institution, system, or custom, such as slavery or a tax. N. abolition.
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Aboriginal:Aboriginal. Adj. Indigenous, native to a place from earliest times.
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Aboriginal Title:Aboriginal Title. N. The exclusive rights of American Indians to lands and waters they occupied before the United States claimed them.
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