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111bounce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rebound, recoil; leap; slang, eject (See ejection). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To rebound] Syn. ricochet, recoil, carom, glance off, spring back, leap, hop, skip, bob, buck, jump, bound, jerk up and down …
112elasticity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Great flexibility Nouns 1. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, buoyancy, extensibility, ductility, stretch, rebound, adaptability. See vigor, expansion. 2. (elastic material) rubber, India… …
113gentleness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. moderation, mildness; kindness, amenity, leniency. See courtesy. Ant., brutality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Intentional mildness] Syn. tenderness, carefulness, caution; see kindness 1 . 2. [Physical… …
114give — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bestow, donate (see giving); give up, yield, concede. v. i. give in, give way, surrender, yield. n. elasticity.See relinquishment. Ant., take. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To transfer] Syn. grant, bestow …
115grace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. delicacy, tact, culture; graciousness, courtesy; attractiveness, charm; compassion, mercy, clemency; saintliness, piety. See permission, gratitude, forgiveness, elegance, pity. v. adorn, honor,… …
116instability — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. changeableness, unsteadiness, inconstancy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inconstancy, changeability, immaturity, mutability, variability, unstableness, nonuniformity, inconsistency, irregularity, imbalance …
117softness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of yielding readily to pressure Nouns 1. softness, pliableness, pliancy, pliability, flexibility; malleability; ductility, tractility; extendability, extensibility; plasticity; flaccidity,… …
118spring — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. leap, bound, dart, start; bounce, recoil, rebound; arise, rise; result or derive from; release; detonate; reveal, disclose; bend, twist; slang, release, bail. See liberation. n. leap, bound;… …
119submission — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Yielding Nouns 1. submission, submissiveness, obedience, resignation, patience, humility, self abasement, compliance, pliancy, docility, passivity, acquiescence, sufferance, conformity, subjection;… …
120yielding — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. soft, pliant, tractable, docile; submissive, compliant, acquiescent; supple, plastic, flexible; productive, fertile. See softness, facility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Producing] Syn. bounteous,… …
