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Statesmanship

The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.

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Wisdom 76% connected

The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment…

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Wiseness 76% connected

Wisdom.

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Diplomacy 92% connected

The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Statecraft 92% connected

The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.

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Accord noun · 78% connection

a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

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Alien adjective · 78% connection

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the myst…

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Alliance noun · 78% connection

a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship consti…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship consti…

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Countenance noun · 78% connection

formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"

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Dealings noun · 78% connection

mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

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Department of State noun · 78% connection

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

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Diplomat noun · 78% connection

an official engaged in international negotiations

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Diplomatist noun · 78% connection

an official engaged in international negotiations

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DOS noun · 78% connection

the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

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Endorsement noun · 78% connection

formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"

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Foreign adjective · 78% connection

not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the myst…

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Geopolitics noun · 78% connection

the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state

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Imprimatur noun · 78% connection

formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"

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Indorsement noun · 78% connection

formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"

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International noun · 78% connection

any of several international socialist organizations

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Pact noun · 78% connection

a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

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Able superl. · 78% connection

Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications…

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Active adjective · 78% connection

Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a…

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Apportion verb · 78% connection

To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided…

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Approach verb · 78% connection

To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

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Character noun · 78% connection

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;…

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Character reference noun · 78% connection

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;…

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Chivalry noun · 78% connection

The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc.

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Competency noun · 78% connection

Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence.

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Dawdler noun · 78% connection

One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

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Deacon noun · 78% connection

An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholi…

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Eminent adjective · 78% connection

Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; consp…

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Employment noun · 78% connection

That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employmen…

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Examine verb · 78% connection

To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a stude…

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Hedge verb · 78% connection

To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite.

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Incapability noun · 78% connection

Want of legal qualifications, or of legal power; as, incapability of holding an office.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: qualifications, duties, employments, statesman.
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Incapacity noun · 78% connection

lack of physical or natural qualifications

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Incompetent adjective · 78% connection

Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.

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Intellectual adjective · 78% connection

Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual…

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