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synonymy collapse: the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning

wisdom collapse: the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight; the quality of being prudent and sensible; ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight; accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

awe collapse: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe"; inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"

responsibility collapse: a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility"

discretion collapse: the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"; knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"; freedom to act or judge on one's own

feeling collapse: the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"; an intuitive understanding of something; "he had a great feeling for music"; a physical sensation that you experience; "he had a queasy feeling"; "I had a strange feeling in my leg"; "he lost all feeling in his arm"

prose collapse: ordinary writing as distinguished from verse; matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

bearing collapse: a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily; dignified manner or conduct; the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies; relevant relation or interconnection; "those issues have no bearing on our situation"; producing or yielding; "an interest-bearing note"; "fruit-bearing trees"

surprise collapse: the act of surprising someone; a sudden unexpected event; the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you; cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"; come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene"

allegory collapse: an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

fashion collapse: characteristic or habitual practice; consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode; the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior; make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"

pose collapse: a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes; pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"; behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"

implication collapse: an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection; a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement); "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"; a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false

noise collapse: incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"; the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"; a loud outcry of protest or complaint; "the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"; "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could"; sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"; electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

fascination collapse: the capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations"; the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)

glossary collapse: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

misconstrue collapse: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

hearing collapse: (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence; the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"; a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken; "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago"; an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"

liability collapse: the quality of being something that holds you back; the state of being legally obliged and responsible

misread collapse: interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!"; read or interpret wrongly; "He misread the data"

mumbo jumbo collapse: language that is unnecessarily difficult to understand

oratory collapse: addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"

neologism collapse: the act of inventing a word or phrase; a newly invented word or phrase

presupposition collapse: the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument)

response collapse: a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister; a result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa"

cipher collapse: a message written in a secret code; a secret method of writing; a person of no influence

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