gist

gist
noun /dʒɪst/
a) The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter).

"Should they live and build their church in the American wilderness, their worst dangers would rise in and among themselves rather than outside. That was the gist of the lesson from their pastor and "wellwiller" John Robinson."

b) The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action.

I was really just vomiting images like spoiled sushi (that may be an ill-considered metaphor, but you get my gist).


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