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disinterest

disinterest is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [Obs.] Glanvill.
  2. 2.Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] Johnson.
  3. 3.To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.] Feltham.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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