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A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. Syn. -- Indigence; deficiency; defect; destitution; lack; failure; dearth; scarceness. (more info) 1. The state of not having; the condition of being without

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A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place. Syn. -- Indigence; deficiency; defect; destitution; lack; failure; dearth; scarceness. (more info) 1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing. And me, his parent, would full soon devour For want of other prey. Milton. From having wishes in consequence of our wants, we often feel wants in consequence of our wishes. Rambler. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and more saucy. Franklin. 2. Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need. Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches, as to conceive how others can be in want. Swift. 3. That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure. Habitual superfluities become actual wants. Paley.

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  • ABSENCE
    1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12. 2. Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law."
  • NONEXISTENCE
    1. Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity. A. Baxter. 2. A thing that has no existence. Sir T. Browne.
  • FAULTINESS
    Quality or state of being faulty. Round, even to faultiness. Shak.
  • DEPARTURE
    The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another. Bouvier. (more info) 1. Division; separation; putting away. No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton.
  • DISTRACTION
    1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in
  • DEFECTIONIST
    One who advocates or encourages defection.
  • PASSIONAL
    Of or pertaining to passion or the passions; exciting, influenced by, or ministering to, the passions. -- n.
  • DEFECTUOSITY
    Great imperfection. W. Montagu.
  • DEFECTIBILITY
    Deficiency; imperfection. Ld. Digby. Jer. Taylor.
  • DEFECTIVE
    Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- De*fect"ive*ly, adv. -- De*fect"ive*ness, n. (more info) 1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied
  • CRAVEN
    Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless. "His craven heart." Shak. The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. Sir. W. Scott. In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. Macualay. (more info) struck down, p. p. of cravanter, crevanter, to break, crush,
  • PROPENSION
    The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.
  • FAULT
    A lost scent; act of losing the scent. Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, With much ado, the cold fault cleary out. Shak. (more info) falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to 1. Defect; want;
  • PROCLIVITY
    1. Inclination; propensity; proneness; tendency. "A proclivity to steal." Abp. Bramhall. 2. Readiness; facility; aptitude. He had such a dexterous proclivity as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. Sir H. Wotton.
  • FAULTING
    The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.
  • PASSIONLESS
    Void of passion; without anger or emotion; not easily excited; calm. "Self-contained and passionless." Tennyson.
  • LAPSED
    1. Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses. Once more I will renew His lapsed powers, though forfeit. Milton. 2. Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed
  • BLEMISHLESS
    Without blemish; spotless. A life in all so blemishless. Feltham.
  • APPETENCY
    1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite. They had a strong appetency for reading. Merivale. 2. Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to
  • CRAVATTED
    Wearing a cravat. The young men faultlessly appointed, handsomely cravatted. Thackeray.
  • COMPASSIONATELY
    In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.
  • PICK-FAULT
    One who seeks out faults.
  • INDEFECTIBLE
    Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay. An indefectible treasure in the heavens. Barrow. A state of indefectible virtue and happiness. S. Clarke.
  • PROLAPSE
    The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum. Dunglison.
  • DELAPSE
    To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton.
  • OUTPASSION
    To exceed in passion.
  • INCOMPASSIONATE
    Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.
  • IMPASSIONABLE
    Excitable; susceptible of strong emotion.
  • IMPASSIONATE
    Strongly affected. Smart.

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