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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A voluntary fast undertaken as a means of political protest, as by a prisoner.

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  • noun a fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner

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  • noun a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest

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