بُخْلٌ

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بُخْلٌ and بَخَلٌ , [both of which are properly inf. ns.,] and بَخْلٌ , which is a simple subst., and بُخُلٌ and بَخِلٌ and بِخْلٌ and بُخُولٌ , of all which, the first is that which commonly obtains, are syn., signifying Niggardliness, tenaciousness, stinginess, penuriousness, or avarice; contr. of كَرَمٌ and جُودٌ; and its definition is the withholding of acquired articles of property from that wherefrom it is not lawful to withhold them: or the debarring the asker, or beggar, from what one has that is superabundant: and in the law, the refusal of what is incumbent, or obligatory.

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