the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial); "he is out on bail"
(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"
remove (water) from a vessel with a container
empty (a vessel) by bailing
secure the release of (someone) by providing security
deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts
an advocate of the principles of humanism
pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education"
of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion; "the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas
a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God; "agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence"
a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"
a nonverbal message; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention"
(music) the presentation of a musical theme; "the initial statement of the sonata"
the act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police"
polite or favorable attention; "his hard work soon attracted the teacher's notice"
a short critical review; "the play received good notices"
an announcement containing information about a future event; "you didn't give me enough notice"
advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement or contract; "we received a notice to vacate the premises"; "he gave notice two months before he moved"
express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with; "He never acknowledges his colleagues when they run into him in the hallway"; "She acknowledged his complement with a smile"; "it is important to acknowledge the work of others in one's own writing"
notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her"; "mark my words"
beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote; "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw
a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; "procedural inexperience created difficulties"; "their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops"
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"
a television station and its programs; "a satellite TV channel"; "surfing through the channels"; "they offer more than one hundred channels"
a path over which electrical signals can pass; "a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company"
(often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel"
direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad audience"