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The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.

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Argument 76% connected

Proof; evidence.

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Argumentation 76% connected

The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositi…

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Conference 76% connected

The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.

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Consideration 76% connected

The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

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Debate 76% connected

To engage in combat for; to strive for.

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Deliberation 76% connected

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

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Detail 76% connected

A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.

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Dialogue 76% connected

A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.

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Dilation 76% connected

Delay.

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Elaboration 76% connected

The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

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Enlargement 76% connected

The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

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Expansion 76% connected

The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

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Negotiation 76% connected

The act or process of negotiating; a treating with another respecting sale or purchase. etc.

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Post-mortem 76% connected

After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Ventilation 76% connected

The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a…

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Communicating 76% connected

of Communicate

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Communication 76% connected

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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Language 76% connected

Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, artic…

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Speech 76% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Discourse 74% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

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Discourse 74% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

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Synonym 3

Discourse 92% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

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Treatment 92% connected

The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

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Word 92% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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