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1. approval; commendation.
2. official approval or sanction.
3. Obsolete. conclusive proof. |
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| a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings. |
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1. having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.
2. showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness: a benign smile.
3. favorable; propitious: a series of benign omens and configurations in the heavens.
4. (of weather) salubrious; healthful; pleasant or beneficial.
5. Pathology. not malignant; self-limiting. |
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1. the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
2. forbearing conduct or quality; patient endurance; self-control.
3. an abstaining from the enforcement of a right.
4. a creditor's giving of indulgence after the day originally fixed for payment. |
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1. a prediction; portent.
2. a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment. |
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1. pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
2. adapted or suited to argumentation; rhetorical. |
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1. hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot.
2. extremely troublesome, annoying, etc.; outrageous: an infernal nuisance.
3. of, inhabiting, or befitting hell.
4. Classical Mythology. of or pertaining to the underworld. |
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| pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters. |
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1. a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
2. Obsolete. favorable disposition or partiality. |
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1. giving out or capable of giving out a sound, esp. a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern.
2. loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound.
3. rich and full in sound, as language or verse.
4. high-flown; grandiloquent: a sonorous speech. |
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