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Adjuration

The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.

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Appeal 76% connected

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

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Entreaty 76% connected

Treatment; reception; entertainment.

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Prayer 76% connected

One who prays; a supplicant.

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Adjure 74% connected

To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to en…

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Adjure 74% connected

To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to en…

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Address noun · 77% connection

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

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Abjuration noun · 78% connection

The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave…

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Affidavit noun · 78% connection

written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath

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Affirmation noun · 78% connection

A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is…

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Amercement noun · 78% connection

The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the…

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Arles n. pl. · 78% connection

An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.

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Blast verb · 78% connection

Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with…

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Call noun · 78% connection

A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.

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Conjuration noun · 78% connection

The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.

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Forswearer noun · 78% connection

One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.

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Imprecation noun · 78% connection

The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon any one; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on any one; a curse.

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Indemnification noun · 78% connection

The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalt…

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Invocation noun · 78% connection

The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to…

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Mulct noun · 78% connection

A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty.

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Mute adjective · 78% connection

expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless" - Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her l…

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Oath noun · 78% connection

An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an in…

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Penalize verb · 78% connection

To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3.

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Perjure verb · 78% connection

To cause to violate an oath or a vow; to cause to make oath knowingly to what is untrue; to make guilty of perjury; to forswear; to co…

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Protest verb · 78% connection

A solemn declaration of opinion, commonly a formal objection against some act; especially, a formal and solemn declaration, in writing…

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