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Settlement

The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

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Narrower term 7

Accommodation 76% connected

The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Hamlet 76% connected

A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.

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Outpost 76% connected

A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.

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Plantation 76% connected

The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth.

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Population 76% connected

The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

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Village 76% connected

A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.

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Agreement 76% connected

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the mem…

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Body 76% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Community 76% connected

Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Constitution 76% connected

The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

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Deciding 76% connected

of Decide

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Establishment 76% connected

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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Formation 76% connected

The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Understanding 76% connected

of Understand

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Adjudicate 74% connected

To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

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Adjudicate 74% connected

To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

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Locate 74% connected

To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

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Locate 74% connected

To place; to set in a particular spot or position.

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Settle 74% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Settle 74% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Colonial 70% connected

Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.

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Closure 92% connected

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

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Colonization 92% connected

The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.

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Colony 92% connected

A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent s…

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Liquidation 92% connected

The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated.

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Resolution 92% connected

The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of…

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Village 92% connected

A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.

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