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absence 0
n 1: the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation" [ant: presence] 2: failure to be present [ant: presence] 3: the time interval during which something or somebody is away; "he visited during my absence" 4: the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy [syn: absence, absence seizure]
adolescence 0
n 1: the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood 2: in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood
allegiance 0
n 1: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" [syn: commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication] 2: the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) [syn: allegiance, fealty]
ambivalence 0
n 1: mixed feelings or emotions [syn: ambivalence, ambivalency]
ambulance 0
n 1: a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
balance 0
n 1: a state of equilibrium [ant: imbalance, instability, unbalance] 2: equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account 3: harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin [syn: proportion, proportionality, balance] 4: equality of distribution [syn: balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance] 5: something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn: remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest] 6: the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account 7: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra [syn: Libra, Balance] 8: the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22 [syn: Libra, Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales] 9: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane [syn: symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance] [ant: asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance] 10: a weight that balances another weight [syn: counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser] 11: a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat [syn: balance wheel, balance] 12: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity v 1: bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" [syn: balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise] [ant: unbalance] 2: compute credits and debits of an account 3: hold or carry in equilibrium [syn: poise, balance] 4: be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"
beneficence 0
n 1: doing good; feeling beneficent [ant: maleficence] 2: the quality of being kind or helpful or generous [ant: balefulness, maleficence, mischief]
benevolence 0
n 1: disposition to do good [ant: malevolence, malignity] 2: an inclination to do kind or charitable acts 3: an act intending or showing kindness and good will [syn: benevolence, benefaction]
bioluminescence 0
n 1: luminescence produced by physiological processes (as in the firefly)
birefringence 0
n 1: splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly [syn: double refraction, birefringence]
brilliance 0
n 1: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance] 2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness] 3: unusual mental ability [syn: brilliance, genius]
cense 0
v 1: perfume especially with a censer [syn: cense, incense, thurify]
coalescence 0
n 1: the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts [syn: coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination]
cognisance 0
n 1: having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive" [syn: awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness] [ant: incognizance]
commence 0
v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end, terminate] 2: set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" [syn: begin, lead off, start, commence] [ant: end, terminate] 3: get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack" [syn: start, start up, embark on, commence]
commonsense 0
adj 1: exhibiting native good judgment; "arrive home at a reasonable hour"; "commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius"; "unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated" [syn: commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensical]
complaisance 0
n 1: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference]
concupiscence 0
n 1: a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction]
condense 0
v 1: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" [syn: condense, distill, distil] 2: make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" [syn: digest, condense, concentrate] 3: remove water from; "condense the milk" 4: cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; "The cold air condensed the steam" 5: become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed" 6: develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material" 7: compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" [syn: condense, concentrate, contract]
condolence 0
n 1: an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences" [syn: condolence, commiseration]
conscience 0
n 1: motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions [syn: conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong] 2: conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; "a person of unflagging conscience" 3: a feeling of shame when you do something immoral; "he has no conscience about his cruelty"
consequence 0
n 1: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn: consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot] 2: the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual [syn: consequence, aftermath] 3: having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence" [syn: consequence, import, moment] [ant: inconsequence]
contents 0
n 1: a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start [syn: contents, table of contents]
convalescence 0
n 1: gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury [syn: convalescence, recuperation, recovery]
convergence 0
n 1: the occurrence of two or more things coming together 2: the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit [syn: convergence, convergency] [ant: divergence, divergency] 3: a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals" [syn: overlap, convergence, intersection] 4: the act of converging (coming closer) [syn: convergence, converging, convergency]
conversance 0
n 1: personal knowledge or information about someone or something [syn: acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy]
corpulence 0
n 1: the property of excessive fatness [syn: corpulence, overweight, stoutness, adiposis]
counterbalance 0
n 1: a weight that balances another weight [syn: counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser] 2: equality of distribution [syn: balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance] 3: a compensating equivalent [syn: counterbalance, offset] v 1: adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" [syn: compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up] 2: contrast with equal weight or force [syn: oppose, counterbalance] 3: oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" [syn: counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance]
counterintelligence 0
n 1: intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
covalence 0
n 1: valence characterized by the sharing of electrons in a chemical compound; the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share [syn: covalence, covalency]
defence 0
n 1: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires [syn: defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence] 2: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense" [syn: defense, defence, defending team] [ant: offence, offense] 3: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively; "the defense called for a mistrial" [syn: defense, defence, defense team, defense lawyers] [ant: prosecution] 4: an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion" [syn: defense, defence, defense force, defence force] 5: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it" [syn: refutation, defense, defence] 6: the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory" [syn: defense, defence, vindication] 7: a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses" [syn: defensive structure, defense, defence] 8: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense" [syn: defense, defence, denial, demurrer] [ant: criminal prosecution, prosecution] 9: (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program" [syn: defense, defence, defensive measure] 10: protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease" [syn: defense, defence] 11: the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury; "a good boxer needs a good defense"; "defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem" [syn: defense, defence]
dense 0
adj 1: permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom" [syn: dense, heavy, impenetrable] 2: hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods" [syn: dense, thick] 3: having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead" 4: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" [syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow]
diligence 0
n 1: conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation 2: persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues" [syn: diligence, industriousness, industry] 3: a diligent effort; "it is a job requiring serious application" [syn: application, diligence]
dispense 0
v 1: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out] 2: grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task" 3: give or apply (medications) [syn: administer, dispense]
divergence 0
n 1: the act of moving away in different direction from a common point; "an angle is formed by the divergence of two straight lines" [syn: divergence, divergency] 2: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" [syn: deviation, divergence, departure, difference] 3: an infinite series that has no limit [syn: divergence, divergency] [ant: convergence, convergency] 4: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn: discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance]
divulgence 0
n 1: the act of disclosing something that was secret or private [syn: divulgence, divulgement]
effervescence 0
n 1: the process of bubbling as gas escapes 2: the property of giving off bubbles [syn: bubbliness, effervescence, frothiness]
efflorescence 0
n 1: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush] 2: any red eruption of the skin [syn: rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rash] 3: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [syn: blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence] 4: a powdery deposit on a surface [syn: efflorescence, bloom]
effulgence 0
n 1: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light [syn: radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency]
eloquence 0
n 1: powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police" [syn: eloquence, fluency, smoothness]
emergence 0
n 1: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: emergence, outgrowth, growth] 2: the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" [syn: emergence, egress, issue] 3: the act of emerging [syn: emergence, emersion] 4: the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent [syn: egress, egression, emergence]
equivalence 0
n 1: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: equality, equivalence, equation, par] 2: essential equality and interchangeability [ant: nonequivalence] 3: qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare" [syn: comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability]
evanescence 0
n 1: the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight; "the evanescence of the morning mist"
excellence 0
n 1: the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree 2: an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine" [syn: excellence, excellency]
excrescence 0
n 1: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 2: (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
expense 0
n 1: amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) [syn: expense, disbursal, disbursement] 2: a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of" 3: money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting" v 1: reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer" [syn: expense, write off, write down]
feculence 0
n 1: something that is feculent
fence 0
n 1: a barrier that serves to enclose an area [syn: fence, fencing] 2: a dealer in stolen property v 1: enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard" [syn: fence, fence in] 2: receive stolen goods 3: fight with fencing swords 4: surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround] 5: have an argument about something [syn: argue, contend, debate, fence]
flatulence 0
n 1: a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: flatulence, flatulency, gas] 2: pompously embellished language [syn: turgidity, turgidness, flatulence]
flense 0
v 1: strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal)
florescence 0
n 1: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [syn: blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence]
fluorescence 0
n 1: light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
grandiloquence 0
n 1: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" [syn: grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric]
hence 0
adv 1: (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted" [syn: therefore, hence, thence, thus, so] 2: from this place; "get thee hence!" 3: from this time; "a year hence it will be forgotten"
imbalance 0
n 1: a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium; "a hormonal imbalance" [syn: imbalance, instability, unbalance] [ant: balance] 2: (mathematics) a lack of symmetry [syn: asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance] [ant: balance, correspondence, symmetricalness, symmetry]
immense 0
adj 1: unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge [syn: huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian]
impatience 0
n 1: a lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay [syn: restlessness, impatience] 2: a restless desire for change and excitement 3: a dislike of anything that causes delay [ant: forbearance, longanimity, patience]
incandescence 0
n 1: the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised [syn: incandescence, glow] 2: light from heat
incense 0
n 1: a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned 2: the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned; "incense filled the room" v 1: perfume especially with a censer [syn: cense, incense, thurify] 2: make furious [syn: infuriate, exasperate, incense]
inconsequence 0
n 1: having no important effects or influence [ant: consequence, import, moment] 2: invalid or incorrect reasoning [syn: illogicality, illogicalness, illogic, inconsequence] [ant: logicality, logicalness]
indigence 0
n 1: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" [syn: indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization]
indolence 0
n 1: inactivity resulting from a dislike of work [syn: indolence, laziness]
indulgence 0
n 1: an inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires [syn: indulgence, self-indulgence] 2: a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child" [syn: indulgence, lenience, leniency] 3: the act of indulging or gratifying a desire [syn: indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring] 4: foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence] 5: the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution; "in the Middle Ages the unrestricted sale of indulgences by pardoners became a widespread abuse"
inflorescence 0
n 1: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms [syn: blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence] 2: the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
innocence 0
n 1: the quality of innocent naivete [syn: artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness] 2: the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil [syn: purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness] 3: a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence" [ant: guilt, guiltiness]
insentience 0
n 1: lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations [ant: sentience]
insolence 0
n 1: the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties [syn: crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness] 2: an offensive disrespectful impudent act
insurgence 0
n 1: an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict [syn: insurgency, insurgence]
intelligence 0
n 1: the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience [ant: stupidity] 2: a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy [syn: intelligence, intelligence service, intelligence agency] 3: secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy); "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage" [syn: intelligence, intelligence information] 4: information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome" [syn: news, intelligence, tidings, word] 5: the operation of gathering information about an enemy [syn: intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation]
intense 0
adj 1: possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" [ant: mild] 2: extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" [syn: acute, intense] 3: (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue" [syn: intense, vivid]
intransigence 0
n 1: the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise [syn: intransigency, intransigence]
iridescence 0
n 1: the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface [syn: opalescence, iridescence]
juvenescence 0
n 1: the process of growing into a youth
licence 0
n 1: excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke [syn: license, licence] 2: freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) [syn: license, licence] 3: a legal document giving official permission to do something [syn: license, licence, permit] v 1: authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state" [syn: license, licence, certify] [ant: decertify, derecognise, derecognize]
license 0
n 1: a legal document giving official permission to do something [syn: license, licence, permit] 2: freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) [syn: license, licence] 3: excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke [syn: license, licence] 4: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization [syn: license, permission, permit] v 1: authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state" [syn: license, licence, certify] [ant: decertify, derecognise, derecognize]
luminescence 0
n 1: light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures 2: light from nonthermal sources [syn: luminescence, glow]
magnificence 0
n 1: splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora" [syn: impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness] 2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness]
magniloquence 0
n 1: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" [syn: grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric]
malevolence 0
n 1: wishing evil to others [syn: malevolence, malignity] [ant: benevolence] 2: the quality of threatening evil [syn: malevolence, malevolency, malice]
malfeasance 0
n 1: wrongful conduct by a public official
misfeasance 0
n 1: doing a proper act in a wrongful or injurious manner
munificence 0
n 1: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit [syn: munificence, largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness]
negligence 0
n 1: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances [syn: negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance] 2: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern [syn: negligence, neglect, neglectfulness]
nonchalance 0
n 1: the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern [syn: nonchalance, unconcern, indifference]
nonfeasance 0
n 1: a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do
nuisance 0
n 1: (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive 2: a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain" [syn: pain, pain in the neck, nuisance]
obsolescence 0
n 1: the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date; "a policy of planned obsolescence"
omnipresence 0
n 1: the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once) [syn: ubiquity, ubiquitousness, omnipresence]
opalescence 0
n 1: the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface [syn: opalescence, iridescence]
opulence 0
n 1: wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living [syn: luxury, luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness]
outbalance 0
v 1: weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our wishes" [syn: preponderate, outweigh, overbalance, outbalance]
overbalance 0
v 1: weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our wishes" [syn: preponderate, outweigh, overbalance, outbalance] 2: cause to be off balance; "It is not desirable to overbalance the budget"
overindulgence 0
n 1: excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence" [syn: overindulgence, excess]
parlance 0
n 1: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language [syn: parlance, idiom]
patience 0
n 1: good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence [syn: patience, forbearance, longanimity] [ant: impatience] 2: a card game played by one person [syn: solitaire, patience]
pestilence 0
n 1: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal [syn: plague, pestilence, pest, pestis] 2: any epidemic disease with a high death rate [syn: plague, pestilence, pest] 3: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst" [syn: pestilence, canker]
petulance 0
n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler]
phosphorescence 0
n 1: a fluorescence that persists after the bombarding radiation has ceased
pleasance 0
n 1: a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion 2: a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure" [syn: pleasure, pleasance] [ant: pain, painfulness]
polyvalence 0
n 1: (chemistry) the state of having a valence greater than two [syn: polyvalence, polyvalency, multivalence, multivalency] 2: (toxicology) the state of being capable of counteracting more than one toxin or antigen or kind of microorganism [syn: polyvalence, polyvalency]