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depression10
3 nounn
noun

• a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

• a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

• a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

• a sunken or depressed geological formation

• sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

• an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

• a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

• angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

• pushing down

indiscretion12
4 nounn
noun

• the trait of being injudicious

• a petty misdeed

expression10
3 nounn
noun

• the feelings expressed on a person's face

• expression without words

• the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions

• a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

• the style of expressing yourself

• a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement

• (genetics) the process of expressing a gene

• a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

• the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing

repression10
3 nounn
noun

• a state of forcible subjugation

• (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

• the act of repressing; control by holding down

impression10
3 nounn
noun

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• an outward appearance

• a clear and telling mental image

• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

• a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving

• all the copies of a work printed at one time

• (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster

• an impressionistic portrayal of a person

• the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another

aggression10
3 nounn
noun

• a disposition to behave aggressively

• a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

• violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked

• the act of initiating hostilities

• deliberately unfriendly behavior

transgression13
3 nounn
noun

• the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

• the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

• the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit

compression11
3 verb, nounv, n
noun

• an increase in the density of something

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required

• applying pressure

oppression10
3 nounn
noun

• the act of subjugating by cruelty

• the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:

• a feeling of being oppressed

suppression11
3 nounn
noun

• the failure to develop some part or organ

• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

• (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

misprision10
3 nounn
noun

• Criminal neglect of duty or wrongful execution of official duties.

• The failure to give information about a crime that one knows to be taking place.

• Misinterpretation or misunderstanding.

misimpression13
5 verb, nounv, n
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discretion10
3 nounn
noun

• freedom to act or judge on one's own

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

• refined taste; tact

• the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

• the trait of judging wisely and objectively

decompression13
4 nounn
noun

• restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display

• relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)

digression10
3 nounn
noun

• a message that departs from the main subject

• a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

• wandering from the main path of a journey

prison6
2 nounn
noun

• a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

• a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

obsession9
3 nounn
noun

• an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will

• an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

profession10
3 nounn
noun

• the body of people in a learned occupation

• an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

• an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

• affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith

suspension10
3 nounn
noun

• a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• temporary cessation or suspension

• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

• a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle

• the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

• a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)

celebration11
4 nounn
noun

• a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

• any joyous diversion

• the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

administration14
5 nounn
noun

• a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• the act of administering medication

• the tenure of a president

• the act of governing; exercising authority

• the act of meting out justice according to the law

demonstration13
4 nounn
noun

• a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view

• a show of military force or preparedness

• a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)

• proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion

• a visual presentation showing how something works

expansion9
3 nounn
noun

• the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• a function expressed as a sum or product of terms

• a discussion that provides additional information

• adding information or detail

expiration10
4 nounn
noun

• a coming to an end of a contract period

• euphemistic expressions for death

• the act of expelling air from the lungs

expulsion9
3 nounn
noun

• the act of forcing out someone or something

• squeezing out by applying pressure

• the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

registration12
4 verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of enrolling

• the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time

• a document certifying an act of registering

• (music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops

• the act of adjusting something to match a standard

recession9
3 nounn
noun

• the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year

• a small concavity

• the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service

• the act of ceding back

• the act of becoming more distant

self-expression14
3 nounn
noun

• the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities)

aspiration10
4 nounn
noun

• a will to succeed

• a cherished desire

• a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath

• the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing

desperation11
4 nounn
noun

• a state in which all hope is lost or absent

• desperate recklessness

perspiration12
4 nounn
noun

• salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

• the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid

respiration11
4 nounn
noun

• the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs

• a single complete act of breathing in and out

• the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

imprison8
3 verbv
verb

• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

• confine as if in a prison

explosion9
3 nounn
noun

• a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

• the act of exploding or bursting

• a sudden great increase

• the noise caused by an explosion

• the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant

• a sudden outburst

• a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball

inspection10
3 nounn
noun

• a formal or official examination

inspiration11
4 nounn
noun

• arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity

• a product of your creative thinking and work

• a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem

• (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings

• arousing to a particular emotion or action

• the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing

progression11
3 nounn
noun

• a series with a definite pattern of advance

• a movement forward

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

regression10
3 nounn
noun

• an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

• the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)

• returning to a former state

castration10
3 verb, nounv, n
noun

• neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

• surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)

• the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

frustration11
3 nounn
noun

• the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

• an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

• a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized

illustration12
4 nounn
noun

• artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

• showing by example

• an item of information that is typical of a class or group

• a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used to make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand

housebroken11
3 adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place

intercession12
4 nounn
noun

• a prayer to God on behalf of another person

• the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.)

absorption10
3 nounn
noun

• (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid

• (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium

• the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

• the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

• complete attention; intense mental effort

• the mental state of being preoccupied by something

circumspection14
4 nounn
noun

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

• the trait of being circumspect and prudent

confession10
3 nounn
noun

• an admission of misdeeds or faults

• a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party

• (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution

• a public declaration of your faith

• the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)

excretion9
3 nounn
noun

• the bodily process of discharging waste matter

• waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body

libration9
3 nounn
noun

• (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite

nonaggression13
4 nounn
noun

• a policy of not initiating hostilities

secession9
3 nounn
noun

• the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War

• an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

• formal separation from an alliance or federation

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