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Absolve
verb · 78% connection
To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Armed forces
noun · 78% connection
the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Armed services
noun · 78% connection
the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Balk
verb · 78% connection
A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Barleycorn
noun · 78% connection
Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Bastinado
noun · 78% connection
A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Beam
noun · 78% connection
A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder on which the cloth is rol…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Bleeding
noun · 78% connection
A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Bruise
verb · 78% connection
To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Colt
noun · 78% connection
A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Dimension
noun · 78% connection
Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Drip
noun · 78% connection
A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Exhaust
verb · 78% connection
To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Fall
verb · 78% connection
To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Fish
verb · 78% connection
To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Gain
noun · 78% connection
A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Gantlet
noun · 78% connection
A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck hi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
Girder
noun · 78% connection
A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or buil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: military, punishment, formerly, practiced, consisted.
