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devolution |
Noun
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the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) |
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devolution |
Noun
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the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality |
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devolvement |
Noun
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the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) |
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disbursement |
Noun
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the act of spending or disbursing money |
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disbursement |
Noun
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amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) |
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due care |
Noun
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the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances |
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disbursal |
Noun
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the act of spending or disbursing money |
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disbursal |
Noun
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amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) |
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deficit spending |
Noun
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spending money raised by borrowing |
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deployment |
Noun
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the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work |
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denationalization |
Noun
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changing something from state to private ownership or control |
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denationalisation |
Noun
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changing something from state to private ownership or control |
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database management |
Noun
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creation and maintenance of a database |
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disobedience |
Noun
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the failure to obey |
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disobedience |
Noun
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the trait of being unwilling to obey |
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death penalty |
Noun
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putting a condemned person to death |
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due process |
Noun
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(law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles |
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due process of law |
Noun
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(law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles |
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disarmament |
Noun
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act of reducing or depriving of arms |
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demobilization |
Noun
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act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops |
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demobilisation |
Noun
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act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops |
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destabilization |
Noun
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the action of destabilizing |
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destabilization |
Noun
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an event that causes a loss of equilibrium |
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direct action |
Noun
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a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
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destabilisation |
Noun
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the action of destabilizing |
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discord |
Noun
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strife resulting from a lack of agreement |
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discord |
Noun
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a harsh mixture of sounds |
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discord |
Noun
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disagreement among those expected to cooperate |
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discord |
Noun
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lack of agreement or harmony |
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discord |
Verb
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be different from one another |
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discordance |
Noun
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strife resulting from a lack of agreement |
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discordance |
Noun
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a harsh mixture of sounds |
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drubbing |
Noun
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the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows |
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drubbing |
Noun
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a sound defeat |
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defiance |
Noun
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a defiant act |
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defiance |
Noun
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intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude |
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defiance |
Noun
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a hostile challenge |
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dissent |
Noun
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the act of protesting |
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dissent |
Noun
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a difference of opinion |
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dissent |
Noun
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the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority |
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dissent |
Verb
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withhold assent |
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dissent |
Verb
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be of different opinions |
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dissent |
Verb
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express opposition through action or words |
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dispute |
Noun
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coming into conflict with |
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dispute |
Noun
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a disagreement or argument about something important |
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dispute |
Verb
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have a disagreement over something |
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dispute |
Verb
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take exception to |
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detention |
Noun
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a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home |
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detention |
Noun
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a state of being confined, usually for a short time |
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demurrer |
Noun
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a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |