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Disfavor

Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard.

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Discriminate 76% connected

Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens.

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Disposition 76% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Rejection 76% connected

Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Tendency 76% connected

Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.

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Manner of action 4

Hamper 76% connected

A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which…

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Handicap 76% connected

An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additiona…

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Hinder 76% connected

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

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Prejudice 76% connected

Foresight.

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Reprobation 76% connected

The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.

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Wilderness 76% connected

A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pa…

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Disadvantage 92% connected

Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or inj…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disapproval 92% connected

Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dislike 92% connected

To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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