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Demur

To linger; to stay; to tarry.

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Objection 76% connected

The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection.

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Plead 76% connected

of Plead

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Demurral 74% connected

Demur; delay in acting or deciding.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Demurral 74% connected

Demur; delay in acting or deciding.

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Demurrer 74% connected

One who demurs.

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Demurrer 74% connected

One who demurs.

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Demurral 92% connected

Demur; delay in acting or deciding.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Demurrer 92% connected

One who demurs.

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Except 92% connected

To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.

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Citation noun · 86% connection

(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

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Disclaimer noun · 86% connection

(law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something

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Dissent noun · 86% connection

(law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion"

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Judicial admission noun · 86% connection

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Stipulation noun · 86% connection

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Illation noun · 85% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Inference noun · 85% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Acceptance noun · 85% connection

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

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Analogy noun · 84% connection

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

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Corollary noun · 84% connection

(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition

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Deduction noun · 84% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Derivation noun · 84% connection

a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

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Entailment noun · 84% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Extrapolation noun · 84% connection

an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations

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Implication noun · 84% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Slander noun · 84% connection

words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

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Abide verb · 78% connection

To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in b…

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Abode noun · 78% connection

Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

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Anchorless adjective · 78% connection

Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

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Appui noun · 78% connection

A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.

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Arrest verb · 78% connection

To tarry; to rest.

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Attend verb · 78% connection

To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do…

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Avast adjective · 78% connection

Cease; stop; stay.

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Await verb · 78% connection

To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.

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Backstay noun · 78% connection

A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast.

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Behind adverb · 78% connection

After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.

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Bend verb · 78% connection

To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.

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Bide verb · 78% connection

To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.

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