Antonyms for habit

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hab-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæb ɪt

Definition of habit

Origin : early 13c., "characteristic attire of a religious or clerical order," from Old French habit, abit (12c.) "clothing, (ecclesiastical) habit; conduct," from Latin habitus "condition, demeanor, appearance, dress," originally past participle of habere "to have, to hold, possess," from PIE root *ghabh- "to seize, take, hold, have, give, receive" (cf. Sanskrit gabhasti- "hand, forearm;" Old Irish gaibim "I take, hold, I have," gabal "act of taking;" Lithuanian gabana "armful," gabenti "to remove;" Gothic gabei "riches;" Old English giefan, Old Norse gefa "to give").
Base sense probably "to hold," which can be either in offering or in taking. Applied in Latin to both inner and outer states of being, and taken over in both sense by English, though meaning of "dress" is now restricted to monks and nuns. Meaning "customary practice" is early 14c. Drug sense is from 1887.

noun tendency, practice
noun dress, clothing, often for a particular purpose

Example sentences :

In you I was sure of a mind strong enough to break the fetters of habit.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

It was his habit to affect that he constantly forgot his mother's name.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

She was not a woman in the habit of reasoning, and had no conception of the difficulties in his way.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

I am in the habit of boarding at a quiet house kept by a widow.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

At first you kept on wondering what the joke was, till you saw it was only a habit Sarah had.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

She lived by habit, by the punctual fulfillment of her expectation.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

We form a habit of conquering as insistent as any other habit.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

To the material alone we are in the habit of ascribing power.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Aggie demanded, with that slangy diction which was her habit.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

It is an English habit to rail at the lavish expenditure of the French Government.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

Synonyms for habit

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