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withoute

withoute is the obsolete spelling of without.

Meaning of without

Adverb

without (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, literary) Outside, externally.
    • And as each and all of them were warmed without by the sun, so each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in; some dream, some affection, some hobby, at least some remote and distant hope which, though perhaps starving to nothing, still lived on, as hopes will.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 18
  2. Lacking something; failing.
    • Being from a large, poor family, he learned to live without.
  3. (euphemistic) Without a condom being worn.
    • “What's within reason?” “Hand-job, blow-job, full sex — straight, full service. Greek, maybe, if you're not too big. Golden shower, if you like, but not reverse. No hardsports. And absolutely nothing without.”2012, Maxim Jakubowski, The Best British Crime Omnibus

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Questions about withoute

What is withoute the obsolete spelling of?
Withoute is the obsolete spelling of without.

Words near withoute in the dictionary

  1. without troubling the scorers
  2. without welt or guard
  3. without-door
  4. withoutcha
  5. withoutdoors
  6. withoute
  7. withoutforth
  8. withoutness
  9. withoutside
  10. withoutward
  11. withoutwards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: withoute (page history and authors); without (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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