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amity
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n 1: a cordial disposition [syn: amity, cordiality]
2: a state of friendship and cordiality
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calamity
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n 1: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole
city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the
earthquake was a disaster" [syn: calamity, catastrophe,
disaster, tragedy, cataclysm]
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cavity
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n 1: a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to
bury the body" [syn: pit, cavity]
2: space that is surrounded by something [syn: cavity,
enclosed space]
3: soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to
the death of a tooth [syn: cavity, caries, dental
caries, tooth decay]
4: (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body [syn:
cavity, bodily cavity, cavum]
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chastity
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n 1: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious
vows) [syn: chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention]
2: morality with respect to sexual relations [syn: virtue,
chastity, sexual morality]
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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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depravity
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n 1: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral
principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper
classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual
degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its
depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" [syn:
corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity,
putrefaction]
2: a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the
various turpitudes of modern society" [syn: depravity,
turpitude]
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eternity
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n 1: time without end [syn: eternity, infinity]
2: a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to
characterize the afterlife [syn: eternity, timelessness,
timeless existence]
3: a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)
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gravity
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n 1: (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the
universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for
bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less
the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is
proportional to the product of their masses and inversely
proportional to the square of the distance between them";
"gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling
in love"--Albert Einstein [syn: gravity, gravitation,
gravitational attraction, gravitational force]
2: a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: graveness,
gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness,
sombreness]
3: a solemn and dignified feeling [syn: gravity, solemnity]
[ant: levity]
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humanity
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n 1: the quality of being humane
2: the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of
all manhood" [syn: humanness, humanity, manhood]
3: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the
world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because
`mankind' seemed to slight the women" [syn: world, human
race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans,
mankind, man]
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inhumanity
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n 1: the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for
others [syn: inhumaneness, inhumanity] [ant:
humaneness]
2: an act of atrocious cruelty [syn: atrocity, inhumanity]
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insanity
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n 1: relatively permanent disorder of the mind [ant: saneness,
sanity]
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manatee
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n 1: sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the
flat tail is rounded [syn: manatee, Trichechus manatus]
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profanity
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n 1: vulgar or irreverent speech or action
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reality
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n 1: all of your experiences that determine how things appear to
you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different
worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as
trees were" [syn: world, reality]
2: the state of being actual or real; "the reality of his
situation slowly dawned on him" [syn: reality, realness,
realism] [ant: irreality, unreality]
3: the state of the world as it really is rather than as you
might want it to be; "businessmen have to face harsh
realities"
4: the quality possessed by something that is real [ant:
unreality]
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rickety
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adj 1: inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety
table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder
felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though
one of the arches is wonky" [syn: rickety, shaky,
wobbly, wonky]
2: affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets;
"rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient" [syn:
rickety, rachitic]
3: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble
old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit,
debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak,
weakly]
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rigidity
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n 1: the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
[syn: rigidity, rigidness]
2: the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe [syn:
inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness] [ant:
flexibility, flexibleness]
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rotundity
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n 1: the roundness of a 3-dimensional object [syn: sphericity,
sphericalness, globosity, globularness, rotundity,
rotundness]
2: the fullness of a tone of voice; "there is a musky roundness
to his wordiness" [syn: roundness, rotundity]
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salinity
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n 1: the taste experience when common salt is taken into the
mouth [syn: salt, saltiness, salinity]
2: the relative proportion of salt in a solution [syn:
brininess, salinity]
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sanctity
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n 1: the quality of being holy [syn: holiness, sanctity,
sanctitude] [ant: unholiness]
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sanguinity
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n 1: feeling sanguine; optimistically cheerful and confident
[syn: sanguinity, sanguineness]
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sanity
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n 1: normal or sound powers of mind [syn: sanity, saneness]
[ant: insanity]
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serenity
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n 1: a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn: repose,
quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity,
tranquility]
2: the absence of mental stress or anxiety [syn: peace,
peacefulness, peace of mind, repose, serenity,
heartsease, ataraxis]
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stolidity
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n 1: apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
[syn: emotionlessness, impassivity, impassiveness,
phlegm, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality]
2: an indifference to pleasure or pain [syn: stoicism,
stolidity, stolidness]
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stupidity
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n 1: a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience
[ant: intelligence]
2: a stupid mistake [syn: stupidity, betise, folly,
foolishness, imbecility]
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subjectivity
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n 1: judgment based on individual personal impressions and
feelings and opinions rather than external facts [syn:
subjectivity, subjectiveness]
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superconductivity
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n 1: the disappearance of electrical resistance at very low
temperatures
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taciturnity
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n 1: the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering
anything more than necessary [syn: reserve, reticence,
taciturnity]
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vanity
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n 1: feelings of excessive pride [syn: amour propre,
conceit, self-love, vanity]
2: the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the
vanities of the world" [syn: vanity, emptiness]
3: the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
[syn: conceit, conceitedness, vanity] [ant:
humbleness, humility]
4: low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while
dressing or applying makeup [syn: dressing table,
dresser, vanity, toilet table]
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christianity
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n 1: a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the
Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the
New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior
[syn: Christianity, Christian religion]
2: the collective body of Christians throughout the world and
history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and
Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church
was the principal church of Christendom" [syn: Christendom,
Christianity]
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retroactivity
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