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to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen;diminish
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Law .
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to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance).
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to suspend or extinguish (an action).
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to remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down,
as inmetalwork, (a portion of a surface) in order to
produce a figure or pattern in low relief.
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the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
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the act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normaltype.
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deviation from truth or moral rectitude.
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mental irregularity or disorder, esp. of a minor or temporarynature; lapse from a sound mental state.
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Astronomy . apparent displacement of a heavenly body,owing to the motion of the earth in its orbit.
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Optics . any disturbance of the rays of a pencil of light suchthat they can no longer be brought to a sharp focus or forma clear image.
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Photography . a defect in a camera lens or lens system, dueto flaws in design, material, or construction, that can distortthe image.
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–verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval,
usually in wrongdoing
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to depart in a sudden and secret manner,
esp. to avoid capture and legal prosecution
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–verb (used without object)
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to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
–verb (used with object)
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to make agree or correspond; adapt.
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to grant; bestow: to accord due praise.
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Archaic . to settle; reconcile.
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proper relationship or proportion; harmony.
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a harmonious union of sounds, colors, etc.
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consent or concurrence of opinions or wills; agreement.
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an international agreement; settlement of questionsoutstanding among nations.
—Idiom
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of one's own accord, without being asked or told;voluntarily: We did the extra work of our own accord.
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–adjective
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sour or astringent in taste
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harsh or severe, as of temper or expression
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–adjective
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utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of allappeals, urgings, etc.
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too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
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any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
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a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerlysometimes identified with the diamond.
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–adjective
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expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
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cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious: an adroit debater.
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–adjective
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pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science ofaesthetics.
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having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love ofbeauty.
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pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion andsensation as opposed to pure intellectuality.
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a philosophical theory or idea of what is aesthetically validat a given time and place: the clean lines, bare surfaces,and sense of space that bespeak the machine-age aesthetic.
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Archaic . the study of the nature of sensation.
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–verb (used with object)
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to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
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to settle or determine (an issue or dispute) judicially.
–verb (used without object)
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to sit in judgment (usually fol. by upon ).
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