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Conformation

The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

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Narrower term 23

Angularity 76% connected

The quality or state of being angular; angularness.

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Bluntness 76% connected

Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.

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Concaveness 76% connected

Hollowness; concavity.

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Concavity 76% connected

A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.

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Convexity 76% connected

The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness.

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Convexness 76% connected

The state of being convex; convexity.

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Crookedness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

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Curvature 76% connected

The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direct…

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Curve 76% connected

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

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Dullness 76% connected

The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightn…

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Formality 76% connected

The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc.

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Honoring 76% connected

of Honor

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Keenness 76% connected

The quality or state of being keen.

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Keeping 76% connected

of Keep

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Narrowing 76% connected

of Narrow

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Observance 76% connected

The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and f…

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Rectilinearity 76% connected

The quality or state of being rectilinear.

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Roundness 76% connected

The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

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Sharpness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.

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Straightness 76% connected

The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.

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Stratification 76% connected

The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.

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Topography 76% connected

The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in min…

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Balance 76% connected

An apparatus for weighing.

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Cooperation 76% connected

The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

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Counterbalance 76% connected

To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

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Equilibrium 76% connected

Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

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Equipoise 76% connected

Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equa…

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Follow 74% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Follow 74% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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form 74% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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form 74% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Attribute 4

Straight 66% connected

A variant of Strait, a.

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Straight 66% connected

A variant of Strait, a.

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Synonym 7

Abidance 92% connected

The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with).

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Compliance 92% connected

The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.

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Configuration 92% connected

Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure.

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Conformity 92% connected

Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.

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Contour 92% connected

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

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form 92% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Shape 92% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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