cave of Adullam
noun
Roget 832:
discontent,
discontentment;
dissatisfaction;
dissent
etc.
489.
disappointment,
mortification;
cold comfort;
regret
etc.
833;
repining,
taking on
etc.
v.;
heart-burning,
heart-grief;
querulousness
etc.
(lamentation)
839;
hypercriticism.
inquietude,
vexation of spirit,
soreness;
worry,
concern,
fear
etc.
860.
[person who is discontented]
malcontent,
grumbler,
growler,
croaker,
dissident,
dissenter,
laudator temporis acti [Lat.];
censurer,
complainer,
fault-finder,
murmerer†.
cave of Adullam†,
indignation meeting,
winter of our discontent"
[Henry VI];
with what I most enjoy contented least"
[Shakespeare].
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Roget 624:
relinquishment,
abandonment;
desertion,
defection,
secession,
withdrawal;
cave of Adullam†;
nolle prosequi [Lat.].
discontinuance
etc.
(cessation)
142;
renunciation
etc.
(recantation)
607;
abrogation
etc.
756;
resignation
etc.
(retirement)
757;
desuetude
etc.
614;
cession
etc.
(of property)
782.
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