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Infidelity

Want of faith or belief in some religious system; especially, a want of faith in, or disbelief of, the inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of Christianity.

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Disloyalty 76% connected

Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.

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Falseness 76% connected

The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy;…

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Fickleness 76% connected

The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy.

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Inconstancy 76% connected

The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Ability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 86% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 86% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Aridity noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Asset noun · 86% connection

a useful or valuable quality

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Atmosphere noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Attraction noun · 86% connection

the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"

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Aura noun · 86% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Bad noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Badness noun · 86% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Barrenness noun · 86% connection

the quality of yielding nothing of value

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Believability noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Brachycephalism noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Brachycephaly noun · 86% connection

the quality of being brachycephalic

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Credibility noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Credibleness noun · 86% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Apostasy noun · 78% connection

An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the…

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Bible noun · 78% connection

The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and auth…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: want, faith, belief, some, religious.
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Bigot noun · 78% connection

A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or d…

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Canon noun · 78% connection

The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, giv…

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Convert noun · 78% connection

A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religio…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: want, faith, belief, some, religious.
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Disopinion noun · 78% connection

Want or difference of belief; disbelief.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: want, faith, belief, some, religious.
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Divine adjective · 78% connection

Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.

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Enthusiasm noun · 78% connection

Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: want, faith, belief, some, religious.
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Evidence noun · 78% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Expiration noun · 78% connection

The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration…

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Faith noun · 78% connection

That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of…

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Glassite noun · 78% connection

A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught t…

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Gnostic noun · 78% connection

One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian…

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