rejection of a thing

  • 1thing — noun 1 used instead of the name of an object ADJECTIVE ▪ basic, essential ▪ I need to buy a few basic things like bread and milk. VERB + THING ▪ make ▪ He make …

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  • 2rejection — reject ► VERB 1) dismiss as inadequate or faulty. 2) refuse to consider or agree to. 3) fail to show due affection or concern for. 4) Medicine show a damaging immune response to (a transplanted organ or tissue). ► NOUN ▪ a rejected person or… …

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  • 3Epistles to Timothy and Titus —     Epistles to Timothy and Titus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistles to Timothy and Titus     (THE PASTORALS)     STS. TIMOTHY AND TITUS     Saints Timothy and Titus were two of the most beloved and trusted disciples of St. Paul, whom they… …

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  • 4Charles Bernard Renouvier — Charles Renouvier Full name Charles Renouvier Born January 1, 1815(1815 01 01) Montpellier Died September 1, 1903(1903 09 01) (aged 88) Prades, Pyr …

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  • 5dis|card´er — dis|card «verb. dihs KAHRD; noun. DIHS kahrd», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to give up as useless or worn out; throw aside: »You can discard clothes, ways of doing things, or beliefs. Father repaired the toy that I had discarded. SYNONYM(S): reject. 2.… …

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  • 6dis|card — «verb. dihs KAHRD; noun. DIHS kahrd», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to give up as useless or worn out; throw aside: »You can discard clothes, ways of doing things, or beliefs. Father repaired the toy that I had discarded. SYNONYM(S): reject. 2. a) to get… …

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  • 7Pythagoreans and Eleatics — Edward Hussey PYTHAGORAS AND THE EARLY PYTHAGOREANS Pythagoras, a native of Samos, emigrated to southern Italy around 520, and seems to have established himself in the city of Croton. There he founded a society of people sharing his beliefs and… …

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  • 8United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 9Hermeneutics — Gadamer and Ricoeur G.B.Madison THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: ROMANTIC HERMENEUTICS Although the term ‘hermeneutics’ (hermeneutica) is, in its current usage, of early modern origin,1 the practice it refers to is as old as western civilization itself …

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  • 10ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …

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