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Capitulation

A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

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Document 76% connected

That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

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Loss 76% connected

The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

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Summary 76% connected

Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.

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Recapitulation 76% connected

The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, a…

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Capitulate 74% connected

To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.

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Capitulate 74% connected

To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.

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Fall 92% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Surrender 92% connected

To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy…

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Conservation noun · 78% connection

the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

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Biodiversity noun · 78% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Conserve verb · 78% connection

keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not…

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Defunctness noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Endangered adjective · 78% connection

(of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction; "an endangered species"

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Extinction noun · 78% connection

no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

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Habitat noun · 78% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Home ground noun · 78% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Keep up verb · 78% connection

keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not…

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Maintain verb · 78% connection

keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not…

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Modesty noun · 78% connection

formality and propriety of manner

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Preserve verb · 78% connection

keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not…

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Protect verb · 78% connection

shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

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Protected adjective · 78% connection

kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss; "the most protected spot I could find"

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Reserve noun · 78% connection

formality and propriety of manner

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Restoration noun · 78% connection

a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.

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Threatened adjective · 78% connection

(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered on…

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Wildlife noun · 78% connection

all living things (except people) that are undomesticated; "chemicals could kill all the wildlife"

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Address verb · 78% connection

A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal stateme…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reducing, heads, articles, formal, agreement.
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Alliance noun · 78% connection

a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim

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Analysis noun · 78% connection

The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.

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Antenna noun · 78% connection

A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually fo…

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Appointment noun · 78% connection

Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appoint…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reducing, heads, articles, formal, agreement.
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Article noun · 78% connection

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treatin…

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At one unknown · 78% connection

In concord or friendship; in agreement (with each other); as, to be, bring, make, or set, at one, i. e., to be or bring in or to a sta…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reducing, heads, articles, formal, agreement.
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Champerty noun · 78% connection

The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein,…

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Chicory noun · 78% connection

perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reducing, heads, articles, formal, agreement.
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Composition noun · 78% connection

Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement…

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Compression noun · 78% connection

encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

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Concentration noun · 78% connection

The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.

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Conspire verb · 78% connection

To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; to plot t…

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Contract noun · 78% connection

The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreemen…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reducing, heads, articles, formal, agreement.
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Convention verb · 78% connection

An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respec…

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Conventional adjective · 78% connection

Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal.

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Correspondence noun · 78% connection

Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.

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Covenant verb · 78% connection

To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.

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