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abyss

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1. abyss - Noun

2. abyss - Adjective

3. Abyss - Proper noun

Meaning

A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit.

Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.

The center of an escutcheon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. Honoré de Balzac

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. Friedrich Nietzsche

Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. Zhu Rongji

An abyss calls another. Portuguese Proverb

The body is a sponge, the soul an abyss. Yiddish Proverb

The abyss laughs at the plain. Bajan Proverb

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