Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: objection – obloquy
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objection, n. [Fr. < L. 'a throwing before, upbraiding, reproach, objection.]
Dissent; protest; opposition; abhorrence; feeling of disgust.
objective, n. [L.]
Goal; destination; extremity; final point; furthest distance away.
obligation (-s), n. [OFr < L. 'binding agreement or bond.]
Commitment; contract; promise.
oblige (-d), v. [Anglo-Norman and OFr. < L. ob + ligāre, tie, bind.]
- Bound; beholden; required; constrained; compelled.
- Make; cause; force.
- Have; must; be obligated.
obliging, verbal adj. [see oblige, v.]
Compelling.
oblique, adj. [L. licinus, bent upward.]
Deviating; aslant.
obliquity, n. [Fr. < L.; see oblique, adj.]
Divergence from moral rectitude.
obliterate, v. [L. 'to strike, blot out of remembrance, erase'.]
- Erase; remove.
- Obscure; hide from sight.
- Destroy; strike from existence.
- Eliminate; get rid of.
oblivion (-s), n. [OFr < L. 'forgetfulness, state of being forgotten'.]
- Lack of renown; state of being forgotten; [fig.] earth; soil; graveyard dirt.
- Chaos; limbo; farthest reach of space; place where the forgotten live.
- Amnesia; black-out; forgetfulness; stupor; loss of consciousness.
- Amnesty; acquittal; pardon; forgiveness.
obloquy (obloquies), n. [AN < L. obloqui, to speak against, gainsay, contradict.]
Reproachful language.