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91reduce — re·duce /ri düs, dyüs/ vt re·duced, re·duc·ing 1: to make smaller 2 a: to convert (a chose in action) into a chose in possession enforcement action sought to reduce to possession her property interest in the...determination of money damages… …
92take away — index abduct, abridge (divest), abridge (shorten), adeem, carry away, decrease, deduct ( …
93freedom — n. 1) to gain, secure, win freedom 2) to abridge, curtail (a) freedom 3) academic; political; religious freedom 4) freedom of assembly; of the press; of religion, worship; of speech 5) freedom from (freedom from want) 6) the freedom to + inf. (we …
94censor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. reviewer, critic; fault finder; watchdog. v. t. expurgate, delete; cut, edit; suppress, muzzle, silence. See deduction, secret. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inspector, judge, expurgator, guardian of… …
95compress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. reduce, digest, abridge, consolidate, condense; crowd, squeeze, contract. See density, contraction. n. pad, dressing. See remedy. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. condense, compact, press together,… …
96cut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incise, carve, dissect, slice, shave, trim, shape; separate, divide, split, sever; abridge, shorten, diminish, reduce, curtail; hurt, sting, wound, snub, ignore; reap, gather. See disjunction,… …
97Nonincrease — (Roget s Thesaurus) Decrease < N PARAG:Nonincrease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 decrease decrease diminution Sgm: N 1 lessening lessening &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 subtraction subtraction &c. 38 Sgm: N 1 reduction reduction abatement …
98Conciseness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Conciseness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 conciseness conciseness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 brevity brevity => the soul of wit, the soul of wit laconism Sgm: N 1 Tacitus Tacitus Sgm: N 1 ellipsis ellipsis …
99Compendium — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Compendium >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 compend compend compendium Sgm: N 1 abstract abstract precis epitome multum in parvo analysis pandect digest sum and substance brief abridgment …
100brief — [14] Brief comes via Old French bref from Latin brevis ‘short’, which is probably related to Greek brakhús ‘short’, from which English gets the combining form brachy , as in brachycephalic. Latin produced the nominal derivative breve ‘letter’,… …
