a warding off; the act of preventing, avoiding or removing (sufferings, evil, danger etc.).

(geol.) a sharply arched fold of stratified rock from whose central axis the strata slope downward in opposite directions; anticline.

removed from; disconnected from and taken away.

the state or quality of being immoral.

the policy that supports immoral behaviour.

an unsuitable, improper or socially detrimental, policy (as that of a government).

the ocean.