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ABIENCE

Dictionary entry overview: What does abience mean?

• ABIENCE (noun)
The noun ABIENCE has 1 sense:

1. (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object

Familiarity information: ABIENCE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABIENCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Hypernyms ("abience" is a kind of...):

impulse; urge (an instinctive motive)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Antonym:

adience ((psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object)

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