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Boycott

To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott.

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Dissent 76% connected

To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.

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Objection 76% connected

The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection.

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Ostracize 76% connected

To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

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Protest 76% connected

To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

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Shop 94% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

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Shop 94% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

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Affinity noun · 78% connection

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -…

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Algebra noun · 78% connection

That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is appli…

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Allegory noun · 78% connection

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and…

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Bluff verb · 78% connection

To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand al…

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Broken verb · 78% connection

Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.

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Call noun · 78% connection

A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.

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Character noun · 78% connection

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;…

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Character reference noun · 78% connection

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;…

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Cointension noun · 78% connection

The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension.

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Combine verb · 78% connection

To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the in…

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Complicate verb · 78% connection

To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.

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Deterred imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Deter

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Deterrent adjective · 78% connection

Serving to deter.

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Deterring p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Deter

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Discourage verb · 78% connection

To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his eff…

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Discouragement noun · 78% connection

That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; a…

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Doubt verb · 78% connection

To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confide…

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Formidable adjective · 78% connection

Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming.

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