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mortify collapse: hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"; practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

subtraction collapse: the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"; an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated; "the subtraction of three from four leaves one"; "four minus three equals one"

play down collapse

audit collapse: a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation; "he made an audit of all the plants on his property"; "an energy efficiency audit"; "an email log audit"; attend academic courses without getting credit; examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; "audit accounts and tax returns"

acquittal collapse: a judgment of not guilty

frugality collapse: prudence in avoiding waste

thrall collapse: someone held in bondage

lares and penates collapse

marksmanship collapse: skill in shooting

handicraft collapse: a craft that requires skillful hands; a work produced by hand labor

moderation collapse: the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"; quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

unsuppressed collapse: given vent to; "unsuppressed rage"; "unsuppressed feelings"

unrepressed collapse: not repressed; "unrepressed hostilities"

goings on collapse

sum up collapse: give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"

connivance collapse: (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing; agreement on a secret plot

craft collapse: a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception; skill in an occupation or trade; people who perform a particular kind of skilled work; "he represented the craft of brewers"; "as they say in the trade"; make by hand and with much skill; "The artisan crafted a complicated tool"

helm collapse: a position of leadership; "the President is at the helm of the Ship of State"; steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered

recapitulate collapse: summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"; repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life

de emphasize collapse

uncompelled collapse

uncoerced collapse: not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced"

stoicism collapse: an indifference to pleasure or pain; (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno

audition collapse: a test of the suitability of a performer; perform in order to get a role; "She auditioned for a role on Broadway"

metier collapse: an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier"

module collapse: a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components; computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware); detachable compartment of a spacecraft

tranquillity collapse: a state of peace and quiet; an untroubled state; free from disturbances

movements collapse

fair trade collapse: trade that is conducted legally

finagle collapse

social science collapse: the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society

docking collapse: the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes

hushed collapse: in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"

dominance collapse: the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

dishonesty collapse: lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing; the quality of being dishonest

base pay collapse

minimum wage collapse: the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law

sliding scale collapse: a wage scale that fluctuates in response to the cost-of-living index

payroll collapse: the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee; a list of employees and their salaries; "the company had a long payroll"; the total amount of money paid in wages; "the company had a large payroll"

running collapse: the act of administering or being in charge of something; "he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time"; the state of being in operation; "the engine is running smoothly"

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