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complaint collapse: (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based; an expression of grievance or resentment; (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow

masochism collapse: sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological)

homosexuality collapse: a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex

sedentary collapse: requiring sitting or little activity; "forced by illness to lead a sedentary life"

impartial collapse: showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"

nonconformity collapse: failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior; unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values; a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs; lack of harmony or correspondence

violation collapse: an act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"

overcompensation collapse: excessive compensation; (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite

reaction collapse: doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"; a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"; an idea evoked by some experience; "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"; extreme conservatism in political or social matters; "the forces of reaction carried the election"; a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude; "he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance"; "John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp"; (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"

join battle collapse: engage in a conflict; "The battle over health care reform was joined"

passive collapse: lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith; expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb; "academics seem to favor passive sentences"; peacefully resistant in response to injustice; "passive resistance"

challenge collapse: a demand by a sentry for a password or identification; questioning a statement and demanding an explanation; "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"; a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror; a call to engage in a contest or fight; a demanding or stimulating situation; "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"; raise a formal objection in a court of law; ask for identification; "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"; issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"; take exception to; "She challenged his claims"

detector collapse: any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner; electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity; rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave

obedient collapse: dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke

disinclination collapse: that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike; "his disinclination for modesty is well known"

protest collapse: the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent; a formal and solemn declaration of objection; "they finished the game under protest to the league president"; "the senator rose to register his protest"; "the many protestations did not stay the execution"; the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval; "he shouted his protests at the umpire"; "a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall"; utter words of protest; affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence"; express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"

unoccupied collapse: not leased to or occupied by a tenant; "an unoccupied apartment"; "very little unclaimed and untenanted land"; not held or filled or in use; "an unoccupied telephone booth"; "unoccupied hours"; not seized and controlled; "unoccupied areas of France"

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