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Tradition

The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.

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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.

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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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Habit 76% connected

The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a relig…

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Institution 76% connected

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

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Traditional 74% connected

Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without w…

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Traditional 74% connected

Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without w…

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Custom 92% connected

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

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Arrangement noun · 86% connection

an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was i…

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Belief noun · 86% connection

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "i…

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Calendar noun · 86% connection

a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year

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Cognition noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Cognitive operation noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Cognitive process noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Contrivance noun · 86% connection

an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contri…

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Culture noun · 86% connection

the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the r…

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data structure noun · 86% connection

(computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)

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Deciding noun · 86% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

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Design noun · 86% connection

an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan…

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Distribution noun · 86% connection

(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

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Feeling noun · 86% connection

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "i…

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Impression noun · 86% connection

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "i…

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Lattice noun · 86% connection

an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions

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Mental process noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Noesis noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Notion noun · 86% connection

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "i…

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Address noun · 78% connection

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delivering, hands, delivery.
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Blast pipe unknown · 78% connection

The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delivering, hands, delivery.
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Bringing noun · 78% connection

the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"

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Burette noun · 78% connection

An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It co…

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Consignation noun · 78% connection

The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place, or state.

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Custody noun · 78% connection

(with ‘in’) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hand…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: delivering, hands, delivery.
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Deliverance noun · 78% connection

The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.

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Delivery noun · 78% connection

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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Execute verb · 78% connection

To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering;…

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Execution noun · 78% connection

The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed…

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Execution of instrument noun · 78% connection

(law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that…

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Factorize verb · 78% connection

To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he sh…

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