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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

निवृत्तिnivṛttif.Returning or coming back, return; दुर्गमेकमपुनर्निवृत्तये यं विशन्ति वशिनं मुमुक्षवः Śi.14.64; R.4. 87.
1. Returning or coming back, return; दुर्गमेकमपुनर्निवृत्तये यं विशन्ति वशिनं मुमुक्षवः Śi.14.64; R.4. 87.
2. Disappearance, cessation, termination, suspension; शापनिवृत्तौ Ś.7; R.8.82.
3. Abstaining from work, inactivity (Opposite of प्रवृत्ति); प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः Bg.16.7.
4. Abstaining from, aversion; प्राणाघाता- न्निवृत्तिः Bh.3.63.
5. Leaving off, desisting from.
6. Resignation, discontinuance of worldly acts or emotions, quietism, separation from the world.
7. Repose, rest.
8. Felicity, beatitude.
9. Denial, refusal.
10. Abolition, prevention.
11. Ceasing to be valid or binding (as a rule.).
12. Completion.
13. (In drama.) Citation of an example.
In the Gita16·7 18·30

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः ।

pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca janā na vidurāsurāḥ, — Asuric men have no true knowledge of the way of action or the way of abstention; truth is not in them, nor clean doing, nor faithful observance. 16·7
- निवृत्तिम्nivṛttimaccusative singular of the feminine noun nivṛtti (the way of abstention).
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अभूयःसंनिवृत्तिabhūyaḥsaṃnivṛttif.No return any more i. e. absolution; त्वय्यावेशितचित्तानां त्वत्समर्पितकर्मणाम् । गतिस्त्वं वीत-…

No return any more id est, that is absolution; त्वय्यावेशितचित्तानां त्वत्समर्पितकर्मणाम् । गतिस्त्वं वीत- रागाणामभूयःसंनिवृत्तये ॥ R.1.27.

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अविनिवृत्तिavinivṛttif.Absence of destruction; लिङ्गस्याविनिवृत्तेः Sāṅ. K.55.

Absence of destruction; लिङ्गस्याविनिवृत्तेः Sāṅ. K.55.

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असंनिवृत्तिasaṃnivṛttif.Non-return; असंनिवृत्त्यै तदतीतमेव Ś.6.1 gone never to return; परलोकमसंनिवृत्तये R.8.49.

Non-return; असंनिवृत्त्यै तदतीतमेव Ś.6.1 gone never to return; परलोकमसंनिवृत्तये R.8.49.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

निवृत्तिnivṛttif. (often w.r. for निर्-व्˚) returning, return, MBh. Ragh.
1. feminine (often wrong reading for निर्-व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) returning, return, MBh. Ragh.
2. feminine ceasing, cessation, disappearance S3rS. Up. MBh. etc.
3. feminine leaving off, abstaining or desisting from (ablative) Mn. MBh. Bhartr2. etc.
4. feminine escaping from (ablative) Pan5c. ii, 87 (wrong reading that the rest of a word is to be suppliedत्तः)
5. feminine ceasing from worldly acts, inactivity, rest, repose (opp. to प्र-वृत्ति) Bhag. Prab.
6. feminine (in dramatic language) citation of an example Sa1h.
7. feminine suspension, ceasing to be valid (as of a rule) Pa1n2. Scholiast or Commentator
8. feminine destruction, perdition Ra1matUp.
9. feminine denial, refusal W.
10. feminine abolition, prevention ibidem
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अभूयःसंनिवृत्तिabhūyaḥsaṃnivṛttif. no return any more Ragh. x, 28.

feminine no return any more Ragh. x, 28.

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इच्छानिवृत्तिicchānivṛttif. suppression or cessation of desire.

feminine suppression or cessation of desire.

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कर्मनिवृत्तिkarmanivṛttif. the end of a rite, A1pGr2.

feminine the end of a rite, A1pGr2.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

अनिवृत्तिanivṛtti[a-nivritti] f. brave resistance; non-cessation.

[a-nivritti] feminine; also equal for brave resistance; non-cessation.

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अभूयःसंनिवृत्तिabhūyaḥsaṃnivṛtti[a-bhûyah-samnivritti] f. non-return.

[a-bhûyah-samnivritti] feminine; also equal for non-return.

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