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Meaning of O/W | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2

Definitions

Initialism of overt/withhold.

abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Examples

“WENDELL REYNOLDS then mounted the rostrum and made the audience there and then write down all their O/Ws (overts and withholds, or sins to use religious terminology).”
“In confessional rituals, a parishioner must declare his O/Ws -- "overts and withholds" -- immoral acts that include harmful, undisclosed transgressions against Scientology.”
“These courses were introductions, respectively, to […] O/W (Overt/Withhold) Write-Ups, and cycles of action (start, change, stop).”
“The nature of the O/W was not really important at that time, only that I felt guilt.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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