confederation | (noun) the act of forming an alliance or confederation | Synonyms: alliance |
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(noun) a union of political organizations | Synonyms: confederacy, federation |
(noun) the state of being allied or confederated | Synonyms: alliance |
confederative | (adjective) united in a confederacy or league | Synonyms: allied, confederate |
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confer | (verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confab, confabulate, consult |
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(verb) present | Synonyms: bestow |
conferee | (noun) a member of a conference | - |
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(noun) a person on whom something is bestowed | - |
conference | (noun) a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic | Synonyms: group discussion |
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(noun) a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) | - |
(noun) an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members | Synonyms: league |
conferment | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, bestowment, conferral |
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conferral | (noun) the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift | Synonyms: bestowal, bestowment, conferment |
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conferrer | (noun) person who makes a gift of property | Synonyms: bestower, donor, giver, presenter |
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(noun) someone who converses or confers (as in a conference) | - |
conferva | (noun) any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water | - |
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confess | (verb) confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure | Synonyms: fink, squeal |
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(verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: concede, profess |
(verb) confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith | - |
confessedly | (adverb) as acknowledged | Synonyms: admittedly, avowedly, true |
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confession | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution | - |
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(noun) an admission of misdeeds or faults | - |
(noun) a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party | - |
(noun) a public declaration of your faith | - |
(noun) the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century) | - |
confessional | (noun) a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions | - |
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confessor | (noun) a priest who hears confession and gives absolution | - |
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(noun) someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves) | - |
confetti | (noun) small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding) | - |
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conifer | (noun) any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones | Synonyms: coniferous tree |
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coniferous | (adjective) of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves | Synonyms: cone-bearing |
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coreference | (noun) the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent | - |
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coreferent | (adjective) related by sharing a symbolic link to a concrete object or an abstraction | - |
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coreferential | (adjective) relating to coreference | Synonyms: co-referent |
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corticoafferent | (adjective) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticipetal |
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corticoefferent | (adjective) of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex | Synonyms: corticifugal, corticofugal |
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counterfeit | (adjective) not genuine; imitating something superior | Synonyms: imitative |
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(noun) a copy that is represented as the original | Synonyms: forgery |
(verb) make a copy of with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: fake, forge |
counterfeiter | (noun) someone who makes copies illegally | Synonyms: forger |
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counteroffensive | (noun) a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force | - |
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counteroffer | (noun) an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer | - |
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countertransference | (noun) the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction | - |
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crucifer | (noun) any of various plants of the family Cruciferae | Synonyms: cruciferous plant |
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cruciferous | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae | - |
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curfew | (noun) a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions | - |
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(noun) an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited | - |
(noun) the time that the curfew signal is sounded | - |
cybercafe | (noun) a cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink | - |
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deafen | (verb) make soundproof | - |
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(verb) make or render deaf | Synonyms: deaf |
(verb) be unbearably loud | - |
deafened | (adjective) caused to hear poorly or not at all | - |
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deafening | (adjective) loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | Synonyms: earsplitting, thunderous, thundery |
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decaffeinate | (verb) remove caffeine from (coffee) | - |
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dedifferentiate | (verb) lose specialization in form or function | - |
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dedifferentiated | (adjective) having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function | - |
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dedifferentiation | (noun) the loss of specialization in form or function | - |
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defeasible | (adjective) capable of being annulled or voided or terminated | - |
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defeat | (noun) an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest | Synonyms: licking |
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(noun) the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals | Synonyms: frustration |
(verb) win a victory over | Synonyms: get the better of, overcome |
(verb) thwart the passage of | Synonyms: kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out |
defeated | (adjective) beaten or overcome; not victorious | - |
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(adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted |
(noun) people who are defeated | Synonyms: discomfited |
defeatism | (noun) acceptance of the inevitability of defeat | - |
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defeatist | (noun) someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions | Synonyms: negativist |
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defecate | (verb) have a bowel movement | Synonyms: ca-ca, crap, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit |
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defecation | (noun) the elimination of fecal waste through the anus | Synonyms: laxation, shitting |
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defecator | (noun) (obsolete) that which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and syrups. | - |
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(noun) a person who defecates | Synonyms: shitter, voider |
defect | (noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | Synonyms: blemish, mar |
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(noun) a failing or deficiency | Synonyms: shortcoming |
(noun) an imperfection in an object or machine | Synonyms: fault, flaw |
(noun) an imperfection in a bodily system | - |
(verb) desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army | Synonyms: desert |
defection | (noun) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility | Synonyms: abandonment, desertion |
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(noun) the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) | Synonyms: apostasy, renunciation |
defective | (adjective) markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior | - |
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(adjective) having a defect | Synonyms: faulty |
(adjective) not working properly | Synonyms: bad |
defectively | (adverb) in a defective manner | - |
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defectiveness | (noun) the state of being defective | Synonyms: faultiness |
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defector | (noun) a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) | Synonyms: deserter |
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defeminise | (verb) remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | Synonyms: defeminize |
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defeminize | (verb) remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | Synonyms: defeminise |
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defence | (noun) (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | Synonyms: defense, defensive measure |
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(noun) the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | Synonyms: defense |
(noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defense, demurrer, denial |
(noun) protection from harm | Synonyms: defense |
(noun) a structure used to defend against attack | Synonyms: defense, defensive structure |
(noun) the justification for some act or belief | Synonyms: defense, vindication |
(noun) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | Synonyms: defense, refutation |
(noun) the defendant and his legal advisors collectively | Synonyms: defense, defense lawyers, defense team |
(noun) (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring | Synonyms: defending team, defense |
(noun) an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack | Synonyms: defence force, defense, defense force |
(noun) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Synonyms: defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction |
defenceless | (adjective) lacking weapons for self-defense | Synonyms: defenseless |
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(adjective) lacking protection or support | Synonyms: defenseless |
(adverb) without defense | Synonyms: defencelessly, defenseless, defenselessly |
defencelessly | (adverb) without defense | Synonyms: defenceless, defenseless, defenselessly |
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defencelessness | (noun) the property of being helpless in the face of attack | Synonyms: defenselessness, unprotectedness |
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defend | (verb) argue or speak in defense of | Synonyms: fend for, support |
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(verb) state or assert | Synonyms: maintain |
(verb) be on the defensive; act against an attack | - |
(verb) protect against a challenge or attack | Synonyms: guard, hold |
(verb) protect or fight for as a champion | Synonyms: champion |
(verb) fight against or resist strongly | Synonyms: fight, fight back, fight down, oppose |
(verb) be the defense counsel for someone in a trial | Synonyms: represent |
defendable | (adjective) capable of being defended | Synonyms: defensible |
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defendant | (noun) a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused | Synonyms: suspect |
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defender | (noun) a person who cares for persons or property | Synonyms: guardian, protector, shielder |
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(noun) a fighter who holds out against attack | Synonyms: withstander |
defending | (adjective) attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring | - |
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defenestrate | (verb) throw through or out of the window | - |
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defenestration | (noun) the act of throwing someone or something out of a window | - |
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defense | (noun) (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | Synonyms: defence, defensive measure |
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(noun) the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | Synonyms: defence |
(noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defence, demurrer, denial |
(noun) protection from harm | Synonyms: defence |
(noun) a structure used to defend against attack | Synonyms: defence, defensive structure |
(noun) the justification for some act or belief | Synonyms: defence, vindication |
(noun) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | Synonyms: defence, refutation |
(noun) the defendant and his legal advisors collectively | Synonyms: defence, defense lawyers, defense team |
(noun) (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring | Synonyms: defence, defending team |
(noun) an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack | Synonyms: defence, defence force, defense force |
(noun) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Synonyms: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction |
defenseless | (adjective) lacking weapons for self-defense | Synonyms: defenceless |
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(adjective) having no protecting or concealing cover | Synonyms: naked |
(adjective) lacking protection or support | Synonyms: defenceless |
(adverb) without defense | Synonyms: defenceless, defencelessly, defenselessly |
defenselessly | (adverb) without defense | Synonyms: defenceless, defencelessly, defenseless |
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defenselessness | (noun) the property of being helpless in the face of attack | Synonyms: defencelessness, unprotectedness |
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defensibility | (noun) capability of being defended | - |
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defensible | (adjective) capable of being defended | Synonyms: defendable |
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defensive | (adjective) intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack | - |
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(adjective) attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing | Synonyms: justificative, justificatory |
(noun) an attitude of defensiveness | Synonyms: defensive attitude |
defensively | (adverb) in a defensive manner | - |
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(adverb) in an apologetic and defensive manner | - |
defensiveness | (noun) excessive sensitivity to criticism | - |
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defer | (verb) yield to another's wish or opinion | Synonyms: accede, bow, give in, submit |
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(verb) hold back to a later time | Synonyms: hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table |
deference | (noun) a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard | Synonyms: respect |
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(noun) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others | Synonyms: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness |
(noun) courteous regard for people's feelings | Synonyms: respect, respectfulness |
deferent | (adjective) showing deference | Synonyms: deferential, regardful |
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deferential | (adjective) showing deference | Synonyms: deferent, regardful |
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deferentially | (adverb) in a respectfully deferential manner | - |
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(adverb) in a servile manner | Synonyms: submissively |
deferment | (noun) act of putting off to a future time | Synonyms: deferral, postponement |
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deferral | (noun) act of putting off to a future time | Synonyms: deferment, postponement |
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(noun) a state of abeyance or suspended business | Synonyms: recess |
defervesce | (verb) experience an abatement of a fever | - |
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defervescence | (noun) abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature | - |
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defervescent | (adjective) of or relating to the reduction of a fever | - |
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differ | (verb) be of different opinions | Synonyms: disagree, dissent, take issue |
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(verb) be different | - |
difference | (noun) the quality of being unlike or dissimilar | - |
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(noun) a disagreement or argument about something important | Synonyms: conflict, difference of opinion, dispute |
(noun) a variation that deviates from the standard or norm | Synonyms: departure, deviation, divergence |
(noun) the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend | Synonyms: remainder |
(noun) a significant change | - |
different | (adjective) unlike in nature or quality or form or degree | - |
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(adjective) distinctly separate from the first | - |
(adjective) differing from all others; not ordinary | - |
(adjective) distinct or separate | - |
differentia | (noun) distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) | - |
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differentiable | (adjective) possessing a differential coefficient or derivative | - |
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(adjective) capable of being perceived as different | - |
differential | (adjective) relating to or showing a difference | - |
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(adjective) involving or containing one or more derivatives | - |
(noun) a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves | Synonyms: differential gear |
(noun) a quality that differentiates between similar things | - |
(noun) the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx | Synonyms: derivative, derived function, differential coefficient, first derivative |
differentially | (adverb) in a differential manner | - |
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differentiate | (verb) become distinct and acquire a different character | - |
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(verb) become different during development | - |
(verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: specialise, specialize, speciate |
(verb) calculate a derivative; take the derivative | - |
(verb) mark as different | Synonyms: distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
(verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense | Synonyms: distinguish, mark |
differentiated | (adjective) made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different | - |
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(adjective) exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment | - |
differentiation | (noun) the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function | - |
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(noun) a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes | Synonyms: distinction |
(noun) (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function | Synonyms: specialisation, specialization |
differentiator | (noun) a person who (or that which) differentiates | Synonyms: discriminator |
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differently | (adverb) in another and different manner | Synonyms: otherwise |
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disaffect | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: alienate, estrange |
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disaffected | (adjective) discontented as toward authority | Synonyms: ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious |
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disaffection | (noun) disloyalty to the government or to established authority | - |
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(noun) the feeling of being alienated from other people | Synonyms: alienation, estrangement |
disinfect | (verb) destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing | - |
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