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  • 71Transcursion — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Motion beyond. < N PARAG:Transcursion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 transcursion| transcursion| transiliency transgression Sgm: N 1 trespass trespass Sgm: N 1 encroachment encroachment infringement Sgm: N 1 extravagation|… …

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  • 72abandon — aban·don vt 1: to give up with the intent of never again asserting or claiming an interest in (a right or property) 2: to disassociate oneself from or forsake in spite of a duty or responsibility to abandon one s child 3: to renounce one s… …

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  • 73neglect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Disregard Nouns 1. neglect, negligence, carelessness, heedlessness, thoughtlessness, dereliction, delinquency; omission, oversight, laches, default; benign neglect; rashness; procrastination. See… …

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  • 74run — v 1. dash, dart, bolt, tear, tear along, bowl along, make time, cover ground, make strides or rapid strides; sprint, fly, flit, whiz, whisk; zoom, zip, career, rip, scour, scud, scorch, burn up the road, outstrip the wind, race like the wind, go… …

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  • 75Relinquishment — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Relinquishment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 relinquishment relinquishment abandonment Sgm: N 1 desertion desertion defection secession withdrawal Sgm: N 1 cave of Adullam cave of Adullam Sgm: N 1 nolle prosequi …

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  • 76abandon — 1. verb 1) the party abandoned policies that made it unelectable Syn: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, disclaim, forgo, disown, disavow, discard, wash one s hands of; give up, withdraw, drop, jettison, do away with; informal ax, ditch, dump …

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  • 77relinquishment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Giving up Nouns 1. (of an object) relinquishment, abandonment, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; resignation, abdication; abnegation, rejection; riddance. See discontinuance,… …

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  • 78desert — {{11}}desert (n.1) wasteland, early 13c., from O.Fr. desert (12c.) desert, wilderness, wasteland; destruction, ruin, from L.L. desertum (Cf. It. diserto, O.Prov. dezert, Sp. desierto), lit. thing abandoned (used in Vulgate to translate wilderness …

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  • 79pass — v 1. go by, move past, flow, roll, run, stream, course; glide, slide, sweep, drift; proceed, progress, advance, gain ground; move onward, work one s way, wend one s way; run along, hie, hasten, make haste, hurry along, jog along, rush, zip, fly,… …

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  • 80desert — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin desertum, from Latin, neuter of desertus, past participle of deserere to desert, from de + serere to join together more at series Date: 13th century 1. a. arid land with… …

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