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downshift |
Noun
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a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle |
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downshift |
Noun
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a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one |
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displacement |
Noun
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act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics |
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displacement |
Noun
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act of removing from office or employment |
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displacement |
Noun
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to move something from its natural environment |
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displacement |
Noun
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the act of uniform movement |
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displacement |
Noun
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an event in which something is displaced without rotation |
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displacement |
Noun
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a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one |
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displacement |
Noun
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(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound |
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dodging |
Noun
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deliberately avoiding |
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dodging |
Noun
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nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do |
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dodging |
Noun
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a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery |
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downsizing |
Noun
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the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable |
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demotion |
Noun
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act of lowering in rank or position |
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dark adaptation |
Noun
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the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination |
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domestication |
Noun
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accommodation to domestic life |
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domestication |
Noun
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the attribute of having been domesticated |
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domestication |
Noun
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adaptation to intimate association with human beings |
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distraction |
Noun
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the act of distracting |
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distraction |
Noun
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an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations |
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distraction |
Noun
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mental turmoil |
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distraction |
Noun
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an obstacle to attention |
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decimalization |
Noun
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the act of changing to a decimal system |
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decimalisation |
Noun
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the act of changing to a decimal system |
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denial |
Noun
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renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others |
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denial |
Noun
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a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
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denial |
Noun
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the act of asserting that something alleged is not true |
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denial |
Noun
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the act of refusing to comply, as with a request |
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denial |
Noun
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts |
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disbarment |
Noun
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the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law |
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diversification |
Noun
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the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered) |
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diversification |
Noun
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the condition of being varied |
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deportation |
Noun
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the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien |
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deportation |
Noun
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the act of expelling a person from their native land |
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decapitation |
Noun
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killing by cutting off the head |
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decapitation |
Noun
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execution by cutting off the victim's head |
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dismissal |
Noun
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the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
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dismissal |
Noun
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a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial |
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dismissal |
Noun
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permission to go |
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dismissal |
Noun
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official notice that you have been fired from your job |
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dismission |
Noun
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the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
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dismission |
Noun
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official notice that you have been fired from your job |
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deposition |
Noun
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the act of deposing someone |
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deposition |
Noun
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the act of putting something somewhere |
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deposition |
Noun
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(law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness |
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deposition |
Noun
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the natural process of laying down a deposit of something |
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dethronement |
Noun
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the act of deposing someone |
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drug withdrawal |
Noun
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the termination of drug taking |
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destruction |
Noun
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the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
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destruction |
Noun
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an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something |