| aftercare | (noun) care and treatment of a convalescent patient | - |
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| care | (noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order | Synonyms: maintenance, upkeep |
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| (noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | Synonyms: aid, attention, tending |
| (noun) attention and management implying responsibility for safety | Synonyms: charge, guardianship, tutelage |
| (noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger | Synonyms: caution, forethought, precaution |
| (noun) a cause for feeling concern | - |
| (noun) an anxious feeling | Synonyms: concern, fear |
| careen | (noun) pitching dangerously to one side | Synonyms: rock, sway, tilt |
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| career | (noun) the particular occupation for which you are trained | Synonyms: calling, vocation |
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| (noun) the general progression of your working or professional life | Synonyms: life history |
| careerism | (noun) the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity | - |
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| careerist | (noun) a professional who is intent on furthering his or her career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity | - |
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| carefreeness | (noun) the trait of being without worry or responsibility | - |
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| (noun) the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you | Synonyms: insouciance, lightheartedness, lightsomeness |
| carefulness | (noun) the quality of being careful and painstaking | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger | Synonyms: caution, cautiousness |
| caregiver | (noun) a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult | - |
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| (noun) a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability | Synonyms: health care provider, health professional, PCP, primary care provider |
| carelessness | (noun) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | Synonyms: neglect, negligence, nonperformance |
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| (noun) the quality of not being careful or taking pains | Synonyms: sloppiness |
| caress | (noun) a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it) | - |
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| caressing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| caret | (noun) a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text | - |
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| caretaker | (noun) a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person) | - |
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| (noun) an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily | - |
| childcare | (noun) a service involving care for other people's children | Synonyms: child care |
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| daycare | (noun) childcare during the day while parents work | Synonyms: day care |
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| haircare | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, hairdressing |
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| healthcare | (noun) the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession | Synonyms: health care |
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| scare | (noun) a sudden attack of fear | Synonyms: panic attack |
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| (noun) sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events | Synonyms: panic |
| scarecrow | (noun) an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds | Synonyms: bird-scarer, scarer, straw man, strawman |
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| scaremonger | (noun) a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble | Synonyms: stirrer |
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| scarer | (noun) an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds | Synonyms: bird-scarer, scarecrow, straw man, strawman |
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| skincare | (noun) care for the skin | Synonyms: skin care |
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