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rustication |
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temporary dismissal of a student from a university |
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rustication |
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the action of retiring to and living in the country |
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rustication |
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the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner |
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rustication |
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the condition naturally attaching to life in the country |
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resistance |
Noun
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the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with |
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resistance |
Noun
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the military action of resisting the enemy's advance |
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resistance |
Noun
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group action in opposition to those in power |
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resistance |
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an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current |
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resistance |
Noun
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(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
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resistance |
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the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) |
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resistance |
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a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force |
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resistance |
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any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion |
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resistance |
Noun
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a material's opposition to the flow of electric current |
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resistance |
Noun
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the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents |
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resistance |
Noun
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(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease |
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Russian roulette |
Noun
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a stunt in which you spin the cylinder of a revolver that is loaded with only one bullet and then point the muzzle at your head and pull the trigger |
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reaction |
Noun
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doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like |
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reaction |
Noun
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a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent |
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reaction |
Noun
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an idea evoked by some experience |
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reaction |
Noun
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extreme conservatism in political or social matters |
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reaction |
Noun
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a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude |
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reaction |
Noun
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(mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body |
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reaction |
Noun
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(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others |
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reduction |
Noun
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the act of reducing complexity |
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reduction |
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the act of decreasing or reducing something |
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reduction |
Noun
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any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion, as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen |
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replacement |
Noun
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the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another |
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replacement |
Noun
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a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another |
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replacement |
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an event in which one thing is substituted for another |
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replacement |
Noun
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a person who follows next in order |
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replacement |
Noun
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someone who takes the place of another person |
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replacement |
Noun
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filling again by supplying what has been used up |
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rejection |
Noun
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the act of rejecting something |
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rejection |
Noun
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the speech act of rejecting |
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rejection |
Noun
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(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign |
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rejection |
Noun
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the state of being rejected |
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replacing |
Noun
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the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another |
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retrenchment |
Noun
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the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable |
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retrenchment |
Noun
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entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense |
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renunciation |
Noun
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the act of renouncing |
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renunciation |
Noun
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rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid |
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renunciation |
Noun
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an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned |
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renunciation |
Noun
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the state of having rejected your religious beliefs, your political party, or a cause, often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes |
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readjustment |
Noun
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the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) |
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readjustment |
Noun
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the act of adjusting something to match a standard |
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reorganization |
Noun
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an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government |
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reorganization |
Noun
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the imposition of a new organization |
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riddance |
Noun
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the act of forcing out someone or something |
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riddance |
Noun
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the act of removing or getting rid of something |
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ritual killing |
Noun
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the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity |