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Parole

A word; an oral utterance.

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Arcanum 76% connected

A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Free 76% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Freeing 76% connected

of Free

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Liberate 76% connected

To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Liberation 76% connected

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Loose 76% connected

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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Promise 76% connected

In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specif…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Release 76% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Secret 76% connected

Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unloose 76% connected

To make loose; to loosen; to set free.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unloosen 76% connected

To loosen; to unloose.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Probationer 74% connected

One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a novice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Probationer 74% connected

One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a novice.

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Synonym 4

Countersign 92% connected

To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attes…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Password 92% connected

A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Watchword 92% connected

A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person w…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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