Word Meanings - UNEXPECTATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Absence of expectation; want of foresight. Bp. Hall.

ABSENCE
1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12. 2. Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law."
EXPECTATION
The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. Expectation of life, the mean or average duration of the life individuals after any specified age. Syn. -- Anticipation; confidence; trust. (more info) 1. The act
FORESIGHT
Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction. (more info) 1. The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge. Milton. 2. Action
FORESIGHTFUL
Foresighted.
FORESIGHTED
Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. Bartram.
UNEXPECTATION
Absence of expectation; want of foresight. Bp. Hall.
PREEXPECTATION
Previous expectation.
INEXPECTATION
Absence of expectation. Feltham.