English to English Dictionary

Abhorred

To regard with disgust and hatred.

Ability

The possession of the means or skill to do something.

Able

Having the power, skill, capacity, or requisite time to do something.

Abolition

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

Abominate

To detest thoroughly; to loathe, hate, or abhor intensely.

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.

Absentee

A person who is regularly or deliberately absent from a place of work, duty, or study.

Absolute-beginner

A person who is starting to learn a subject, skill, or activity with zero prior knowledge or experience.

Absolve

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