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Retrieval

The act retrieving.

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Broader term 4

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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deed 76% connected

Dead.

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Memory 76% connected

The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Remembering 76% connected

of Remember

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Narrower term 8

Deliverance 76% connected

The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Delivery 76% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ransom 76% connected

The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recapture 76% connected

The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reclamation 76% connected

The act or process of reclaiming.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repossession 76% connected

The act or the state of possessing again.

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Rescue 76% connected

To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Saving 76% connected

of Save

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Recollect 74% connected

To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recollect 74% connected

To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Regain 74% connected

To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Regain 74% connected

To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Recovery 92% connected

The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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