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heroism collapse: the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle); "he showed great heroism in battle"; "he received a medal for valor"

fame collapse: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed; favorable public reputation

particularization collapse: an individualized description of a particular instance

fairly collapse: without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another"; in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly"

discrepancy collapse: a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"; an event that departs from expectations

importance collapse: the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet"; a prominent status; "a person of importance"

racism collapse: discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race; the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races

alteration collapse: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

cachet collapse: a seal on a letter; a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal; an indication of approved or superior status

separateness collapse: political independence; "seeking complete political separateness for Taiwan"

status collapse: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"

same collapse: closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"; same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"

palate collapse: the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

delicacy collapse: subtly skillful handling of a situation; smallness of stature; refined taste; tact

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"

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

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

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)

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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