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fortitude collapse: strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

Pyrrhic victory collapse: a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses

teaching collapse: the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"; a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"

principle collapse: a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"; a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"; a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works"; a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"; rule of personal conduct

sutra collapse: a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization

polity collapse: shrewd or crafty management of public affairs; "we was innocent of stratagems and polity"; a politically organized unit

phenomenology collapse: a philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account

ontology collapse: the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence

respectful collapse: full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance"; feeling or manifesting veneration

hold forth collapse: talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"

pluralism collapse: the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time; the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements; a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated

unpleasantness collapse: the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"; the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling

policy collapse: a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; "it was a policy of retribution"; "a politician keeps changing his policies"; written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy"; a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government; "they debated the policy or impolicy of the proposed legislation"

foible collapse: the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip

recital collapse: performance of music or dance especially by soloists; a detailed account or description of something; "he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings"; a detailed statement giving facts and figures; "his wife gave a recital of his infidelities"

degeneration collapse: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form; the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

aesthetics collapse: (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art); "traditional aesthetics assumed the existence of universal and timeless criteria of artistic value"

preach collapse: speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"; deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"

incorrupt collapse: free of corruption or immorality; "a policeman who was incorrupt and incorruptible"; free of corruption or immorality

proverb collapse: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

equitable collapse: implying justice dictated by reason, conscience, and a natural sense of what is fair to all; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children"

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