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absentee
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n 1: one that is absent or not in residence
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adoptee
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n 1: someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
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amputee
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n 1: someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
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appointee
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n 1: an official who is appointed
2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn:
appointee, appointment]
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bootee
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n 1: a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) [syn:
bootee, bootie]
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community
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n 1: a group of people living in a particular local area; "the
team is drawn from all parts of the community"
2: common ownership; "they shared a community of possessions"
3: a group of nations having common interests; "they hoped to
join the NATO community"
4: agreement as to goals; "the preachers and the bootleggers
found they had a community of interests" [syn: community,
community of interests]
5: a district where people live; occupied primarily by private
residences [syn: residential district, residential area,
community]
6: (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the
same region and interacting with each other [syn:
community, biotic community]
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compatibility
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n 1: a feeling of sympathetic understanding
2: capability of existing or performing in harmonious or
congenial combination [ant: incompatibility]
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confidentiality
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n 1: the state of being secret; "you must respect the
confidentiality of your client's communications"
2: discretion in keeping secret information
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conformity
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n 1: correspondence in form or appearance [syn: conformity,
conformance]
2: acting according to certain accepted standards; "their
financial statements are in conformity with generally
accepted accounting practices" [syn: conformity,
conformation, compliance, abidance] [ant:
disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance,
nonconformity]
3: orthodoxy in thoughts and belief [syn: conformity,
conformism] [ant: nonconformance, nonconformism,
nonconformity]
4: concurrence of opinion; "we are in accord with your proposal"
[syn: accord, conformity, accordance]
5: hardened conventionality [syn: ossification, conformity]
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congeniality
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n 1: compatibility between persons [syn: congenialness,
congeniality]
2: a congenial disposition [ant: uncongeniality]
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congruity
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n 1: the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
[syn: congruity, congruousness, congruence] [ant:
incongruity, incongruousness]
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contiguity
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n 1: the attribute of being so near as to be touching [syn:
adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness]
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continuity
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n 1: uninterrupted connection or union [ant: discontinuity]
2: a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid
discontinuities from shot to shot
3: the property of a continuous and connected period of time
[syn: continuity, persistence]
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conventionality
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n 1: conformity with conventional thought and behavior
2: unoriginality as a result of being too conventional [ant:
unconventionality]
3: orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional [syn:
conventionality, convention, conventionalism] [ant:
unconventionality]
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convexity
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n 1: the property possessed by a convex shape [syn: convexity,
convexness]
2: a shape that curves or bulges outward [syn: convex shape,
convexity]
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conviviality
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n 1: a jovial nature [syn: conviviality, joviality]
2: a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity [syn:
merrymaking, conviviality, jollification]
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cordiality
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n 1: a cordial disposition [syn: amity, cordiality]
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corruptibility
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n 1: the capability of being corrupted [ant: incorruptibility]
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creativity
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n 1: the ability to create [syn: creativity, creativeness,
creative thinking] [ant: uncreativeness]
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credibility
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n 1: the quality of being believable or trustworthy [syn:
credibility, credibleness, believability] [ant:
incredibility, incredibleness]
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credulity
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n 1: tendency to believe readily
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deportee
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n 1: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
[syn: exile, deportee]
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devotee
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n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff,
devotee, lover]
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draftee
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n 1: someone who is drafted into military service [syn:
draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military
volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]
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equality
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n 1: the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or
value or status [ant: inequality]
2: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally
balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: equality,
equivalence, equation, par]
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frivolity
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n 1: the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible [syn:
frivolity, frivolousness] [ant: earnestness,
serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity]
2: something of little value or significance [syn: bagatelle,
fluff, frippery, frivolity]
3: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery,
clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank]
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garrulity
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n 1: the quality of being wordy and talkative [syn: garrulity,
garrulousness, loquaciousness, loquacity,
talkativeness]
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incredulity
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n 1: doubt about the truth of something [syn: incredulity,
disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection]
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inequality
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n 1: lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and
poor" [ant: equality]
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jollity
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n 1: feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor [syn:
jollity, jolliness, joviality]
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nullity
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n 1: the state of nonexistence [syn: nothingness, void,
nullity, nihility]
2: something that is null (especially an enactment that has no
legal validity)
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polity
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n 1: the form of government of a social organization [syn:
civil order, polity]
2: a politically organized unit
3: shrewd or crafty management of public affairs; "we was
innocent of stratagems and polity"
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quality
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adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize
carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn:
choice, prime(a), prize, quality, select]
2: of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality
family"
n 1: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or
someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--
Shakespeare
2: a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of
students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" [syn:
quality, caliber, calibre]
3: a characteristic property that defines the apparent
individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all
its own"; "the radical character of our demands" [syn:
quality, character, lineament]
4: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice
or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was
rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell
summoned them to meet" [syn: timbre, timber, quality,
tone]
5: high social status; "a man of quality"
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sedulity
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n 1: the quality of being constantly diligent and attentive
[syn: sedulity, sedulousness]
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smutty
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adj 1: characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul
language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: cruddy, filthy,
foul, nasty, smutty]
2: soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing
outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour" [syn:
black, smutty]
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sooty
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adj 1: of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or
coal [syn: coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy,
sooty]
2: covered with or as if with soot; "a sooty chimney"
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suttee
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n 1: the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the
funeral pyre of her dead husband
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coatee
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n 1: a short close-fitting coat
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confraternity
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constitutionality
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contractibility
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controllability
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corruptibly
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allottee
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