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abrupt (iou) and asylum (sh)


abrupt (iou)



abrupt adjective, noun, & verb. L16.
[Latin abruptus broken off, steep, pa. pple of abrumpere, from ab AB- + rumpere break.]
A. adjective.
Broken away (from restraint). rare. Only in L16.
Characterized by sudden interruption or change; sudden, hasty; curt in manner. L16.
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI The cause of your abrupt departure. E. O'Neill Talking in..abrupt sentences.
Broken off. E17-M18.
Precipitous, steep. E17.
O. Sitwell The abrupt and mountainous grey background.
Botany. Truncated. E19.
b. noun. An abrupt place; an abyss. literary. M17.
Milton Upborn with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt.
C. verb trans. Break off; interrupt suddenly. M17.
M. Innes To abrupt his journey in a strange town.
abruptly adverb L16.
abruptness noun E17.

asylum (sh)




Protection from arrest and extradition given to political refugees by a country or by an embassy that has diplomatic immunity.

No one has a legal right to asylum, and the sheltering state, which has the legal right to grant asylum, is under no obligation to give it. It is thus a right of the state, not the individual. Its traditional use has been to protect those accused of political offenses such as treason, desertion, sedition, and espionage. Beginning in the 20th century, asylum also was granted to those who could demonstrate a significant risk of politically motivated persecution if they returned to their Home countries.