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20 Cards in this Set
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Attribution
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The act of setting down or thinking of as belonging to, produced by, or resulting from
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Censor
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An official with the power to examine publications, movies, television and to remove or prohibit anyhting considered obscene
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Censure
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a condemning as wrong, strong disapproval
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Chase
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sexually abstinent
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Chasten
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to punish in order to correct or make better
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Defamation
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slander, an attack or insult to injure ones reputation
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Eccentric
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deviating from the norm
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Ethics
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the study or standards of conduct or moral judgement
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Malefactor
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An evildoer or criminal
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Mollify
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to make less intense, severe, violent
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Prurient
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having or expressing lustful ideas of desires
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Rebuff
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snub
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Languid
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without vigor or vitality
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Incongruity
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a lacking of harmony or agreement
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Impunity
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exemption from punishment or penalty
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Ignominy
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loss of one's reputation
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Feign
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to make up or invent
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Idiosyncrasy
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The temperament or mental constituion peculiar to a person or group
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Plagiarism
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thought or idea thathas been taken from another and represented as ones own
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Libel
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any false and malicious written or printed statement tending to expose a person to public ridicule, hatred, or contempt or to injure his reputation.
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