Dictionary Definition ：
Definition[1]
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戒有止持戒和作持戒二種，止是制止，制止身口意不作諸惡，如五戒乃至具足戒等是；作是造作，策勵三業以造作眾善。以上二戒又名止持門和作持門，諸惡莫作是止持門，眾善奉行是作持門。
Source
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陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》
Definition[2]
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Active keeping of the commandments, active law in contrast with 止持戒 passive, such as not killing, not stealing, etc. v. 持犯.
Source
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
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