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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

folklore collapse: the unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture

edition collapse: the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published; an issue of a newspaper; "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times"; all of the identical copies of something offered to the public at the same time; "the first edition appeared in 1920"; "it was too late for the morning edition"; "they issued a limited edition of Bach recordings"

legislation collapse: the act of making or enacting laws; law enacted by a legislative body

Torah collapse: (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services; the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit; the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition

law enforcement agency collapse: an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws

Gestapo collapse: the secret state police in Nazi Germany; known for its terrorist methods

military police collapse: a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners

Scotland Yard collapse: the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London

prescription collapse: written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient; written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person; directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions; "I tried to follow her prescription for success"

moral collapse: the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"; concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"; psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect; "a moral victory"; "moral support"; arising from the sense of right and wrong; "a moral obligation"; relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics; "moral philosophy"

italic collapse: a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right; a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right; a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative; of or relating to the Italic languages; "ancient Italic dialects"; characterized by slanting characters; "italic characters"

estimable collapse: deserving of respect or high regard; deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name"

junior college collapse: a college that offers only the first two years terminating in an associate degree

graduate school collapse: a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree

erect collapse: upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"

declaration collapse: a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written); (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction; "his declaration of innocence"; a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

autograph collapse: a person's own signature; something written by one's own hand; mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book"

university collapse: establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching; the body of faculty and students at a university; a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees

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