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Narrower term 18

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Cogitation 76% connected

The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.

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Ebullition 76% connected

A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.

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Echo 76% connected

A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

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Effusion 76% connected

The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.

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Flare 76% connected

To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

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Gush 76% connected

To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.

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Introspection 76% connected

A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and fee…

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Lamentation 76% connected

The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.

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Meditation 76% connected

The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing.

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Mourning 76% connected

of Mourn

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Outburst 76% connected

A bursting forth.

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Replication 76% connected

An answer; a reply.

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Retrospect 76% connected

To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past.

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Reverberation 76% connected

The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the rever…

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Self-examination 76% connected

An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.

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Speculation 76% connected

The act of speculating.

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Comment 76% connected

To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to expla…

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Consideration 76% connected

The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

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Demonstration 76% connected

The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

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Icon 76% connected

An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

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Image 76% connected

An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a v…

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Likeness 76% connected

The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.

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Picture 76% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

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Remark 76% connected

To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.

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Similitude 76% connected

The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance.

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Reflective 74% connected

Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

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Reflective 74% connected

Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

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Contemplation 92% connected

The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.

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Expression 92% connected

The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…

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Manifestation 92% connected

The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exh…

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Musing 92% connected

of Muse

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Observation 92% connected

The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.

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Reflection 92% connected

The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.

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Rumination 92% connected

The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.

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