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Remand

To recommit; to send back.

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Broader term 4

Challenge 76% connected

An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message con…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Confine 76% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Detain 76% connected

To keep back or from; to withhold.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Remission 74% connected

The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Remission 74% connected

The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Remit 74% connected

To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Remit 74% connected

To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Remitment 74% connected

The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Remitment 74% connected

The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 8

Gaol 92% connected

A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Immure 92% connected

To wall around; to surround with walls.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Imprison 92% connected

To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Incarcerate 92% connected

To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jail 92% connected

A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future ju…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jug 92% connected

A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lag 92% connected

Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Remit 92% connected

To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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