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Approbation |
(noun) The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval Synonyms: commendation, sanction Antonyms; disapproval, condemnation, censure |
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Assuage |
(Verb) To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay Antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
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Coalition |
(noun) Combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine Antonym: splinter group |
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Decadence |
(noun) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence Synonyms: degeneration, corruption Antonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation |
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Elicit |
(verb) To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe Antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle |
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Expostulate |
(verb) To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain |
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Hackneyed |
(adjective) used so often as to lack freshness or originality Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny Antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original |
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Hiatus |
(noun) A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) synonyms: pause, lacuna Antonyms: continuity, continuation |
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Innuendo |
(noun) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) synonyms: insinuation, intimation Antonym: direct statement |
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Intercede |
(verb) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement synonyms: intervene, mediate |