overt act or overt.<\/a>When a person does something that is contrary to the moral code he has agreed to, or when he omits to do something that he should have done per that moral code, he has committed an overt act. An overt act violates what was agreed upon.<\/p>\n\u201cAn unspoken, unannounced transgression against a moral code by which the person is bound is called a withhold. A withhold is, then, an overt act that a person committed that he or she is not talking about. Any withhold comes after an overt act.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese transgressions are the degree that a person has separated himself from free communication with the remainder of the group. If, for example, a man gambles away the money needed to pay the family bills, he has committed an overt act. And if he then hides this fact and never mentions it to his wife or family, he would be pretending to be part of the group while no longer being part of it, as he has broken the agreements that the group is based on. It is this factor which causes divorce or the disintegration of a group or a family.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026 All a divorce is, or all an inclination or withdrawal is, is simply too many overts and withholds against the marital partner. It\u2019s as uncomplicated as that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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