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Cession

A yielding to physical force.

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Recession 76% connected

The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.

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Relinquishing 76% connected

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Relinquishment 76% connected

The act of relinquishing.

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Ceding 92% connected

of Cede

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Acceptance noun · 78% connection

(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

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Contract noun · 78% connection

a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

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Act of God noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Force majeure noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Illegality noun · 78% connection

unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

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Inevitable accident noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Recission noun · 78% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Rescission noun · 78% connection

(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…

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Unavoidable casualty noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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Vis major noun · 78% connection

a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured aga…

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-ferous unknown · 78% connection

A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.

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Agnosticism noun · 78% connection

The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necess…

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Coercion noun · 78% connection

The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…

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Compel verb · 78% connection

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

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Compulsion noun · 78% connection

The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subj…

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Conquer verb · 78% connection

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to…

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Conquest noun · 78% connection

The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or mo…

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Coriolis force noun · 78% connection

(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…

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Counterpoise noun · 78% connection

An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.

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Dyne noun · 78% connection

The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a…

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Elan vital noun · 78% connection

(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of orga…

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Energetics noun · 78% connection

That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which…

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Engine noun · 78% connection

A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.

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Farad noun · 78% connection

The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equ…

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Force noun · 78% connection

Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, wh…

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form noun · 78% connection

(physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and s…

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Life noun · 78% connection

The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their sev…

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Life force noun · 78% connection

(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of orga…

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