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