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  • 21Religious belief — refers to a mental state in which trust (faith) is placed in a creed related to the supernatural, sacred, or divine. Such a state may relate to: 1) the existence, characteristics and worship of a deity or deities, 2) divine intervention in the… …

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  • 22ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit …

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  • 23loose — loosely, adv. looseness, n. /loohs/, adj., looser, loosest, adv., v. loosed, loosing. adj. 1. free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end. 2. free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in… …

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  • 24loose — [[t]lus[/t]] adj. loos•er, loos•est, adv. v. 1) free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end[/ex] 2) not firmly fixed or attached: a loose tooth; a loose board in a floor[/ex] 3) free from confinement or restraint; unfettered: loose …

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  • 25Pass out of Existence — For other meanings see disappearance. Infobox Album | Name = Pass out of Existence Type = studio Artist = Chimaira Released = October 2, 2001 Recorded = 2001 at Third Stone in North Hollywood, California Genre = Nu metal, Alternative Metal Length …

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  • 26abandoned — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dissipated, immoral, reprobate, dissolute, depraved; lost; unbridled. See impurity, rashness, relinquishment, disuse. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Left uninhabited or unsupported] Syn. deserted,… …

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  • 27dissolute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. vicious, dissipated. See intemperance, impurity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. loose, licentious, debauched, dissipated; see lewd 2 , wicked 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. abandoned, immoral,… …

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  • 28profligate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wanton, reckless, wild, intemperate; extravagant, wasteful. n. roué, rake, libertine, lecher, reprobate; wastrel, spendthrift, squanderer, playboy. See waste, impurity, evildoer. Ant., economical.… …

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  • 29wild — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. savage, untamed, uncivilized; feral, bloodthirsty, fierce; uncontrolled, amuck, frenzied; inaccurate, intemperate, unwise, foolish; eager, impetuous, stormy, violent, unrestrainable, desert,… …

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  • 30unrestrained — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, untrammeled, unbounded, free; inordinate, uninhibited, wanton, lax, loose, rampant. See freedom. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unshackled, unrepressed, untrammeled; see …

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