Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

o/w

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables: o/w
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of overt/withhold.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

O/Ws (plural)

Questions

What does o/w mean?: Initialism of overt/withhold.

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