| strong or vehement expression of disapproval; an official reprimand, as by a legislative body of one of its members |
| a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation. |
lateral lat·er·al (lāt'ər-əl)
adj.
Relating to or situated at or on the side.
Situated or extending away from the median plane of the body.
Relating to the left or right lateral region of the abdomen.
lateral
in phonetics, a consonant sound produced by raising the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth so that the airstream flows past one or both sides of the tongue. The l sounds of English, Welsh, and other languages are laterals
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