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Providence

The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.

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Care 76% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Destiny 76% connected

That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

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Fate 76% connected

A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence…

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Fortune 76% connected

The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determinin…

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Guardianship 76% connected

The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

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Lot 76% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

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Luck 76% connected

That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such…

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Prudence 76% connected

The quality or state of being prudent; wisdom in the way of caution and provision; discretion; carefulness; hence, also, economy; frugality.

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Tutelage 76% connected

The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.

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Foresight 76% connected

The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.

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Divine 74% connected

Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.

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Divine 74% connected

Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.

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Provident 74% connected

Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of;…

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Provident 74% connected

Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of;…

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Improvidence 94% connected

The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.

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Improvidence 94% connected

The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.

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