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administer collapse: give or apply (medications); administer ritually; of church sacraments; work in an administrative capacity; supervise; "administer a program"

apartheid collapse: a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa

gradation collapse: the act of arranging in grades; relative position in a graded series; "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions"

dispense collapse: grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task"

simile collapse: a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

transmit collapse: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"

discrimination collapse: unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice; the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

deed collapse: a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"; a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"

fascism collapse: a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)

variance collapse: an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation); "a zoning variance"; the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value

chastity collapse: abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

grace collapse: a disposition to kindness and compassion; "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished"; (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God; "God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners"; "there but for the grace of God go I"; elegance and beauty of movement or expression; a short prayer of thanks before a meal; (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors; (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who under such divine influence; "the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin"; "it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church"; "the Virgin lived in a state of grace"

eclat collapse: brilliant or conspicuous success or effect; "the eclat of a great achievement"

excellence collapse: the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree; an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"

incompatibility collapse: the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination; the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time; (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue)

set off collapse: set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start"

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