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Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

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Broader term 23

Accomplishment 76% connected

The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.

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Account 76% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Achievement 76% connected

The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.

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Annotation 76% connected

A note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.

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Approval 76% connected

Approbation; sanction.

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Approximation 76% connected

The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.

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Ascribe 76% connected

To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a boo…

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Assets 76% connected

Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or…

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Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Attainment 76% connected

The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.

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Attribute 76% connected

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to…

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Calculate 76% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

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Commendation 76% connected

The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.

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Entry 76% connected

The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city;…

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Estimate 76% connected

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of…

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Estimation 76% connected

The act of estimating.

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Idea 76% connected

The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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Impute 76% connected

To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in…

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Notation 76% connected

The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.

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Note 76% connected

To butt; to push with the horns.

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Payment 76% connected

The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.

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Title 76% connected

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

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Trust 76% connected

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

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Believe 76% connected

To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arg…

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Finance 76% connected

The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available mo…

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Narrower term 7

Commemoration 76% connected

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Memorial 76% connected

Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

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Ovation 76% connected

A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves.

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Remembrance 76% connected

The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

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Salutation 76% connected

The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; als…

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Salute 76% connected

To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

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Derivationally related 4

Creditor 74% connected

One who credits, believes, or trusts.

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Creditor 74% connected

One who credits, believes, or trusts.

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Recognition 74% connected

The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

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Recognition 74% connected

The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

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Containing whole 4

Film 70% connected

A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.

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Flick 70% connected

To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

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Pic 70% connected

A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

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Picture 70% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

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Synonym 8

Accredit 92% connected

To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.

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Acknowledgment 92% connected

The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Citation 92% connected

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cite 92% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mention 92% connected

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quotation 92% connected

The act of quoting or citing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Recognition 92% connected

The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reference 92% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

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Antonym 4

Cash 94% connected

A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.

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Cash 94% connected

A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.

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Debit 94% connected

A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.

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Debit 94% connected

A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.

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