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Definition of Abient
1. Adjective. Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
Partainyms: Abience
Derivative terms: Abience
Antonyms: Adient
Definition of Abient
1. Adjective. (context: psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Abient
1. Having a tendency to move away from the source of a stimulus, as opposed to adient. Origin: L. Abiens, fr. Ab-eo, to go from (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abient
Literary usage of Abient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Revised Statutes of the State of New York: As Altered by Subsequent by New York (State). (1882)
"... Penalty for bribery or intimidation of abient elector. § 13. Any officer of
this state, or of the United States, or any other person, who shall, ..."
2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1849)
"Av. time abient. Manila. Day,. 65 55 42 43 48 34 31 13 28 20 14 12 13 14 15 16
7 7 9 21 Sperm oil. ВЫ,. 280 288 248 238 259 228 303 Whale oil ВЫ». ..."
3. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres by Hugh Blair (1793)
"... but one u Kb is either abient or dead, as ir'he were ... who are dead or
abient, than to animate ..."
4. Decisions of the Court of King's Bench, Upon the Laws Relating to the Poor by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain, Francis Const (1793)
"... prentice the lum of Ti:N POUNDS) lhall abient him- at any time, if.' "
ielf from his matter's ..."
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