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Retrospection

The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past.

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Memory 76% connected

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

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Mention 76% connected

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

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Reference 76% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

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Remembering 76% connected

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Alternative noun · 78% connection

Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are call…

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Analogy noun · 78% connection

A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise en…

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Bopeep noun · 78% connection

The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and dr…

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By adverb · 78% connection

Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.

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Bygone noun · 78% connection

Something gone by or past; a past event.

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Conceit noun · 78% connection

Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.

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Conception noun · 78% connection

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.

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Conscience noun · 78% connection

The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning agai…

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Faculty noun · 78% connection

A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a univer…

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Fungibles n. pl. · 78% connection

Things which may be furnished or restored in kind, as distinguished from specific things; -- called also fungible things.

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Harmony noun · 78% connection

The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connect…

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Historic adjective · 78% connection

belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historic…

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Historical adjective · 78% connection

belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historic…

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Indemnity noun · 78% connection

Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnest…

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Intellect noun · 78% connection

The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity…

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Invention noun · 78% connection

The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention.

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Judgment verb · 78% connection

The power or faculty of performing such operations (see 1); esp., when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly…

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Looking adjective · 78% connection

Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc.

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