Non

[nɒn] or [nɑn]

Definition

(a.) No; not. See No, a.

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Definition

adv. not a Latin word used as a prefix as in ns. Non-abil′ity want of ability; Non-accept′ance want of acceptance: refusal to accept; Non-ac′cess (law) absence of opportunity for marital commerce; Non-acquaint′ance want of acquaintance; Non-acquiesc′ence refusal of acquiescence; Non-admiss′ion refusal of admission: failure to be admitted; Non-alienā′tion state of not being alienated: failure to alienate; Non-appear′ance failure or neglect to appear esp. in a court of law; Non-arrī′val failure to arrive; Non-attend′ance a failure to attend: absence; Non-atten′tion inattention; Non′-claim a failure to make claim within the time limited by law; Non-com′batant any one connected with an army who is there for some other purpose than that of fighting as a surgeon &c.: a civilian in time of war.—adjs. Non-commiss′ioned not having a commission as an officer in the army below the rank of commissioned officer—abbrev. Non-com′.; Non-commit′tal unwilling to commit one's self to any particular opinion or course of conduct free from any declared preference or pledge.—ns. Non-commū′nicant one who abstains from joining in holy communion or who has not yet communicated; Non-commūn′ion; Non-complī′ance neglect or failure of compliance.—adj. Non-comply′ing.—n. Non-concur′rence refusal to concur.—adj. Non-conduct′ing not conducting or transmitting: not allowing a fluid or a force to pass along as glass does not conduct electricity.—n. Non-conduct′or a substance which does not conduct or transmit certain properties or conditions as heat or electricity.—adj. Nonconform′ing not conforming esp. to an established church.—n. and adj. Nonconform′ist one who does not conform: esp. one who refused to conform or subscribe to the Act of Uniformity in 1662—abbrev. Non-con′.—n. Nonconform′ity want of conformity esp. to the established church.—adj. Non-contā′gious not infectious.—ns. Non′-content one not content: in House of Lords one giving a negative vote; Non-deliv′ery failure or neglect to deliver.—adj. Non-effect′ive not efficient or serviceable: unfitted for service.—n. a member of a force who is not able for some reason to take part in active service.—adj. Non-effic′ient not up to the mark required for service.—n. a soldier who has not yet undergone the full number of drills.—n. Non-ē′go in metaphysics the not-I the object as opposed to the subject whatever is not the conscious self.—adjs. Non-egois′tical; Non-elas′tic not elastic; Non-ēlect′ not elect.—n. one not predestined to salvation.—n. Non-ēlec′tion state of not being elected.—adjs. Non-elec′tric -al not conducting the electric fluid; Non-emphat′ic; Non-empir′ical not empirical not presented in experience; Non-epis′copal.—n. Non-episcopā′lian.—adj. Non-essen′tial not essential: not absolutely required.—n. something that may be done without.—n. Non-exist′ence negation of existence: a thing that has no existence.—adj. Non-exist′ent.—n. Non-exportā′tion.—adj. Non-for′feiting of a life insurance policy not forfeited by reason of non-payment.—ns. Non-fulfil′ment; Non-importā′tion.—adj. Non-import′ing.—ns. Non-interven′tion a policy of systematic non-interference by one country with the affairs of other nations; Non-intru′sion in Scottish Church history the principle that a patron should not force an unacceptable clergyman on an unwilling congregation; Non-intru′sionist.—adj. Non-iss′uable not capable of being issued: not admitting of issue being taken on it.—n. Non-join′der (law) the omitting to join all the parties to the action or suit.—adj. Nonjur′ing not swearing allegiance.—n. Nonjur′or one of the clergy in England and Scotland who would not swear allegiance to William and Mary in 1689 holding themselves still bound by the oath they had taken to the deposed king James II.—adjs. Non-lū′minous; Non-manufact′uring; Non-marr′ying not readily disposed to marry; Non-metal′lic not consisting of metal: not like the metals; Non-mor′al involving no moral considerations; Non-nat′ural not natural: forced or strained.—n. in ancient medicine anything not considered of the essence of man but necessary to his well-being as air food sleep rest &c.—ns. Non-obē′dience; Non-observ′ance neglect or failure to observe; Non-pay′ment neglect or failure to pay; Non-perform′ance neglect or failure to perform.—adjs. Non-placent′al; Non-pon′derous.—n. Non-produc′tion.—adj. Non-profess′ional not done by a professional man amateur: not proper to be done by a professional man as unbecoming conduct in a physician &c.—ns. Non-profic′ient one who has made no progress in the art or study in which he is engaged; Non-regard′ance want of due regard; Non-res′idence failure to reside or the fact of not residing at a certain place where one's official or social duties require one to reside.—adj. Non-res′ident not residing within the range of one's responsibilities.—n. one who does not do so as a landlord clergyman &c.—n. Non-resist′ance the principle of not offering opposition: passive or ready obedience.—adjs. Non-resist′ant Non-resist′ing; Non-sex′ual sexless asexual; Non-socī′ety not belonging to a society esp. of a workman not attached to a trades-union or of a place in which such men are employed.—n. Non-solū′tion.—adjs. Non-sol′vent; Non-submis′sive.—n. Non′suit a legal term in England which means that where a plaintiff in a jury trial finds he will lose his case owing to some defect or accident he is allowed to be nonsuited instead of allowing a verdict and judgment to go for the defendant.—v.t. to record that a plaintiff drops his suit.—n. Non′-term a vacation between two terms of a law-court.—adj. Non-un′ion (see Non-society).—ns. Non-ū′sager (see Usage); Non-ū′ser (law) neglect of official duty: omission to take advantage of an easement &c.—adj. Non-vī′able not viable of a fœtus too young for independent life.

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