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  • 21Dharasana Satyagraha — An illustration of the Dharasana Salt Satyagraha being led by Sarojini Naidu Dharasana Satyagraha was a protest against the British salt tax in colonial India in May, 1930. Following the conclusion of the Salt March to Dandi, Mahatma Gandhi chose …

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  • 22Necrophilia — A depiction of necrophilia in Franz Fiedler s series Narre Tod, Mein Spielgesell (1921) Necrophilia, also called thanatophilia or necrolagnia, is the sexual attraction to corpses. It is classified as a paraphilia by the Diagnostic and Statistical …

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  • 23resigned — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. submissive, acquiescent, docile, tractable, yielding, relinquishing, gentle, obedient, manageable, willing, agreeable, ready, amenable, pliant, compliant, easily managed, well disposed, satisfied, quiescent, quiet,… …

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  • 24Submission — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Submission >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 submission submission yielding Sgm: N 1 nonresistance nonresistance Sgm: N 1 obedience obedience &c. 743 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 surrender surrender cession …

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  • 25Inexcitability — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of excitability, or of excitement. < N PARAG:Inexcitability >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inexcitability inexcitability imperturbability inirritability Sgm: N 1 even temper even temper tranquil mind dispassion Sgm: N… …

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  • 26Passiveness — Pas sive*ness, n. The quality or state of being passive; unresisting submission. [1913 Webster] To be an effect implies passiveness, or the being subject to the power and action of its cause. J. Edwards. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 27Resignation — Res ig*na tion (r[e^]z [i^]g*n[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [F. r[ e]signation. See {Resign}.] 1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or commission. [1913 Webster] 2. The… …

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  • 28Unsisting — Un*sist ing, a. Unresisting. [Obs.] The unsisting postern. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 29massacre — I. noun Etymology: Middle French Date: circa 1578 1. the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty 2. a cruel or wanton murder 3. a wholesale slaughter of… …

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  • 30Battle of Tours — Infobox Military Conflict Conflict=Battle of Tours partof=the Muslim conquests caption=Charles de Steuben s Bataille de Poitiers en Octobre 732 depicts a triumphant Charles Martel (mounted) facing ‘Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi (right) at the Battle of …

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