Meaning of absit omen | Babel Free

Definitions

May what is said not come true.

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Examples

“Now it was very obvious we should require⟳ a much stronger Navy in the event of war, say⟳ with France and Russia—absit omen—if we were obliged to maintain⟳ our flag in the Mediterranean, than if we were to withdraw⟳ from the Mediterranean.”

“It was only after the younger branch annexed the elder in 679 that Tsin became powerful and began to expand⟳; and it was only when a policy of "home rule⟳" and disintegration set⟳ in, involving the splitting up of Tsin's orthodox power into three royal states of doubtful orthodoxy, that China fell a prey to Ts'in ambition. Absit omen to us.”

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