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Nonresistant

Making no resistance.

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Similar meaning 4

Compliant 84% connected

Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Compliant 84% connected

Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.

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Susceptible 84% connected

Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteratio…

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Susceptible 84% connected

Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteratio…

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Nonresistance 74% connected

The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nonresistance 74% connected

The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition.

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Liable 92% connected

Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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