abient

[ab-ee-uhnt]

ab·i·ent

[ab-ee-uhnt]
adjective Psychology.
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
Compare adient.


Origin:
< Latin abient- (stem of abiēns, present participle of abīre), equivalent to ab- ab- + -i- go + -ent- -ent
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Abient is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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abient

adjective
characterized by avoidance or withdrawal [ant: adient
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