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Dismissive

Giving dismission.

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Rejective 84% connected

Rejecting, or tending to reject.

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Rejective 84% connected

Rejecting, or tending to reject.

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Uninterested 84% connected

Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business.

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Uninterested 84% connected

Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business.

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Dismiss 74% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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Dismiss 74% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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Affirmative adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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feeling or expressive of gratitude; "was appreciative of his efforts"; "an appreciative word"

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expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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Approbatory adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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Approving adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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Complimentary adjective · 78% connection

conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary remark"

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Critical adjective · 78% connection

marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

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Damaging adjective · 78% connection

designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"

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Favorable adjective · 78% connection

(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

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Favourable adjective · 78% connection

(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

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Negative adjective · 78% connection

designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"

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Plausive adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a…

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Abandon noun · 78% connection

A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.

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Arbitrement noun · 78% connection

the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment; "they submitted their disagreement to arbitration"

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Area noun · 78% connection

The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.

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Authorisation noun · 78% connection

a document giving an official instruction or command

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Calender noun · 78% connection

A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, o…

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Consideration noun · 78% connection

the process of giving careful thought to something

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Correlation noun · 78% connection

Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place…

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Correlation matrix noun · 78% connection

a matrix giving the correlations between all pairs of data sets

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Deposit account noun · 78% connection

a savings account in which the deposit is held for a fixed term or in which withdrawals can be made only after giving notice or with l…

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Discharge verb · 78% connection

Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.

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Dismissal noun · 78% connection

Dismission; discharge.

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Dismission noun · 78% connection

The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.

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Formative adjective · 78% connection

Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.

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Heterozygote noun · 78% connection

(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring

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Income tax return noun · 78% connection

document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a t…

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Judgment verb · 78% connection

That act of the mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining thei…

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Licensing agreement noun · 78% connection

contract giving someone the legal right to use a patent or trademark

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Mission noun · 78% connection

Dismission; discharge from service.

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