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| calculating, data processing machine |
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| washing |
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bath, cleansing, decontamination, lavation, purification, shower, showering |
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| formally put an end to |
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abate, abolish, annul, cancel, dissolve, do in, end, finish off, invalidate, knock out, negate, nix, nullify, quash, reject, renege, repeal, retract, revoke, scrub, torpedo, undo, vacate, vitiate, void |
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approve, establish, fix, institute, legalize, ratify, sanction, support |
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hold back from doing
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abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
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indulge, use |
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restraining behavior or appetite |
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abstinent, ascetic, austere, continent, frugal, moderate, moderating, restrained, self-denying, self-restrained, sober, sparing, temperate |
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gluttonous, greedy, hungry |
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| something very deep, usually a feature of land |
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abysm, chasm, crevasse, depth, fissure, gorge, gulf, hole, pit, void |
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| scholarly world |
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academe , academic community, academicians, college, savants, school |
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| expression of approval |
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PR, acclamation, acknowledgment, applause, approbation, celebration, cheering, clapping, commendation, eulogizing, exaltation, honor, kudos, pat on the back, pat on the head, plaudits, praise, puff, pumping up, rave, recognition, strokes, stroking |
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beratement, criticism, disapproval, jeering, vituperation |
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