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Slaveholding

Holding persons in slavery.

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Unfree 84% connected

Not free; held in bondage.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unfree 84% connected

Not free; held in bondage.

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Slavery 92% connected

The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.

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consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "…

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evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professio…

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Context of use noun · 78% connection

discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

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Criterion noun · 78% connection

the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"

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Deduction noun · 78% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated"

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shape or form to required dimensions

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Empirical adjective · 78% connection

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical d…

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Evaluate verb · 78% connection

evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professio…

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Evaluation noun · 78% connection

act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

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Exam noun · 78% connection

a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questi…

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Examine verb · 78% connection

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "…

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Explicit adjective · 78% connection

precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes e…

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Human relationship noun · 78% connection

a relation between people; (‘relationship’ is often used where ‘relation’ would serve, as in ‘the relationship between inflation and u…

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Interpret verb · 78% connection

make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

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Abolish verb · 78% connection

To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to…

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Abolition noun · 78% connection

The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or t…

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Abolitionist noun · 78% connection

A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.

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Antislavery adjective · 78% connection

Opposed to slavery.

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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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Bond adjective · 78% connection

In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.

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Bond service unknown · 78% connection

The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery.

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Bondage adjective · 78% connection

The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slav…

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Bondslave noun · 78% connection

A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.

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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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Cause noun · 78% connection

a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the c…

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Chain verb · 78% connection

To keep in slavery; to enslave.

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Disenslave verb · 78% connection

To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.

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