The act or operation of eroding or eating away.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity, Land and soil.Brutalisation
the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
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The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reestablishment;…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity, Land and soil.exemption from taxation or normal processes of law that is offered to diplomatic personnel in a foreign country
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnest…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; p…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.The quality or state of being ratable.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.The quality or state of being taxable; taxableness.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
Used in the same subject area: Law, Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ.
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.
Used in the same subject area: Criminal law, Law.Words connected by meaning
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A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examinati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, treating, savagely, viciously.A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treatin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, treating, savagely, viciously.One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, treating, savagely, viciously.Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with nitric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, treating, savagely, viciously.The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, treating, savagely, viciously.Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, treating, savagely, viciously.(medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, treating, savagely, viciously.The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, treating, savagely, viciously.A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alka…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, treating, savagely, viciously.the use of chemicals containing gold for treating diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, treating, savagely, viciously.of Communicate
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, treating, savagely, viciously.The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: activity, treating, savagely, viciously.Explore Academic Dictionary
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