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Submission

The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance.

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Agreement 76% connected

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the mem…

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contention 76% connected

A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.

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Humbleness 76% connected

The quality of being humble; humility; meekness.

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Humility 76% connected

The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own…

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Message 76% connected

Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Understanding 76% connected

of Understand

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Narrower term 4

Filing 76% connected

of File

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Obedience 76% connected

The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.

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Obeisance 76% connected

Obedience.

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Prostration 76% connected

The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

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Posit 74% connected

To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.

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Posit 74% connected

To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Submit 74% connected

To let down; to lower.

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Submit 74% connected

To let down; to lower.

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Compliance 92% connected

The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Entry 92% connected

The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Meekness 92% connected

The quality or state of being meek.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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