judgment ②divination ③judgment

negligence

decision

constant ②indecisiveness ③usual

decision

isolation

cutting

absolutely

prohibition ②forbidden

firmly ②definitely (wrong, different, etc.) ③by far

conclusion ②affirmative

interruption

absence of permission ②absence of (advance) notice

assertion

one's own judgment (judgment) ②dogmatism

dividing into parts

firm

diagnosis

judgment (of a crime) ②beheading

judgment

to refuse ②to inform ③to ask leave

declining ②announcement

notice ②permission ③rejection ④excuse

without permission

No Admittance

explanatory note

needless to say

to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them

unrefusable

to ask for permission (before doing something)

to sever ②to suppress ③to abstain (from)

to cut (cloth, paper, etc.) ②to sever (ties) ③to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.)

to cut open

swearing off liquor

abstinence from salt (for vow or spiritual reasons)

foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted

giving up or abstaining from tea

abstinence

to fast

to cut off the retreat

to cut the Gordian knot

cutting apart

to lose a battle to win the war

to interpret (and use) a passage without regard to its context

trimming (of paper)