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Severalty

A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.

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Ownership 76% connected

The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Separation 76% connected

The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

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Distinctness 92% connected

The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Immovable noun · 78% connection

property consisting of houses and land

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Leasehold noun · 78% connection

land or property held under a lease

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Personal estate noun · 78% connection

movable property (as distinguished from real estate)

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Personalty noun · 78% connection

movable property (as distinguished from real estate)

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Real estate noun · 78% connection

property consisting of houses and land

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Realty noun · 78% connection

property consisting of houses and land

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Acquiesce verb · 78% connection

To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or disc…

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Beneficiary adjective · 78% connection

Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent…

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Bion p. pr. · 78% connection

The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological indivi…

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Breathless adjective · 78% connection

Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, br…

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Cat noun · 78% connection

A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.

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Commonage noun · 78% connection

The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anything in common with others.

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Descent noun · 78% connection

the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

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Dioecious adjective · 78% connection

Having the sexes in two separate individuals; -- applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male fl…

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Equatorial noun · 78% connection

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

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Exile noun · 78% connection

Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separa…

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Filiation noun · 78% connection

the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

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Foothold noun · 78% connection

A holding with the feet; firm standing; that on which one may tread or rest securely; footing.

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Gest noun · 78% connection

A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.

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Hermaphroditism noun · 78% connection

The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.

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Hold noun · 78% connection

The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; posse…

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Home noun · 78% connection

A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, esp., the grave; the final rest; also, th…

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Individual adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of chara…

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Individuality noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being individual or constituting an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness; unity.

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