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entente collapse: a friendly understanding between political powers; an informal alliance between countries

capitulation collapse: the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"; a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic

self-preservation collapse: preservation of yourself from harm; a natural or instinctive tendency

concord collapse: town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought; capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river; arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance; "The team concorded several thousand nouns, verbs, and adjectives"; arrange by concord or agreement; "Concord the conditions for the marriage of the Prince of Wales with a commoner"

convention collapse: the act of convening; something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"; (diplomacy) an international agreement; a large formal assembly; "political convention"

alliance collapse: a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim; an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty; a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"; the state of being allied or confederated

permutation collapse: act of changing the lineal order of objects in a group; complete change in character or condition; "the permutations...taking place in the physical world"- Henry Miller; the act of changing the arrangement of a given number of elements

defense mechanism collapse: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

pleading collapse: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding

league collapse: an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members; an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action; an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles); unite to form a league

quid pro quo collapse: something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises

on guard collapse: vigilant; "on guard against con artists"; "must remain on your guard in such a situation"

protocol collapse: code of correct conduct; "safety protocols"; "academic protocol"; forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state; (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data

commutation collapse: the travel of a commuter; (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law; a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one

reciprocation collapse: alternating back-and-forth movement; the act of making or doing something in return

armistice collapse: a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms

plea collapse: an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed; (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)

demurrer collapse: (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings

rebuttal collapse: the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument

alternation collapse: successive change from one thing or state to another and back again; being regularly exchangeable

refutation collapse: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"

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