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Cooperation

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

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Abidance 76% connected

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

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Allegiance 76% connected

The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or…

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Coaction 76% connected

Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling.

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Collaboration 76% connected

The act of working together; united labor.

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Commitment 76% connected

The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

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Compliance 76% connected

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

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Compromise 76% connected

A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators.

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Concurrence 76% connected

The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.

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Concurrency 76% connected

Concurrence.

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Conformation 76% connected

The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

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Conformity 76% connected

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

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Dedication 76% connected

The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedic…

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Loyalty 76% connected

The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.

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Reconciliation 76% connected

The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship.

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Self-sacrifice 76% connected

The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion.

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Selflessness 76% connected

Quality or state of being selfless.

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Teamwork 76% connected

Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Competition 94% connected

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…

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Competition 94% connected

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…

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