Definition of off

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Off (a.) Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics..

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Comitia :: Comitia (n. pl.) A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws.
Take-off :: Take-off (n.) An imitation, especially in the way of caricature..
Semidouble :: Semidouble (n.) An office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones. See Double, n., 8..
Course :: Course (n.) The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
Rasp :: Rasp (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper..
Fence :: Fence (n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
Gather :: Gather (n.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7..
Postmaster :: Postmaster (n.) One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution and forwarding of mails..
Proxene :: Proxene (n.) An officer who had the charge of showing hospitality to those who came from a friendly city or state.
Barmecide :: Barmecide (n.) One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal.
Master :: Master (n.) A person holding an office of authority among the Freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies..
Repulsion :: Repulsion (n.) A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.
Information :: Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment..
Present :: Present (a.) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
Tribuneship :: Tribuneship (n.) The office or power of a tribune.
Grail :: Grail (n.) A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
Spoiled :: Spoffish (a.) Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling.
Colonelcy :: Colonelcy (n.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel..
Inferiae :: Inferiae (n. pl.) Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.
Scandal :: Scandal (n.) Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace..
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