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Soldiering

The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier.

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Accomplishment 76% connected

The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Acquirement 76% connected

The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Acquisition 76% connected

The act or process of acquiring.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Attainment 76% connected

The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dodging 76% connected

of Dodge

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Escape 76% connected

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evasion 76% connected

The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Skill 76% connected

Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Soldier 74% connected

One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Soldier 74% connected

One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 3

Shirking 92% connected

of Shirk

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Slacking 92% connected

of Slacken

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Soldiership 92% connected

Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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