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  • 21Moral Theology — • Limited to those doctrines which discuss the relations of man and his free actions to God and his supernatural end, and propose the means instituted by God for the attainment of that end Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Moral Theology …

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  • 22register — Synonyms and related words: English horn, French pitch, accord, account, account book, accountant, accounts payable ledger, accounts receivable ledger, act, act as foil, active list, adversaria, advise, agree, aide memoire, amanuensis, annals,… …

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  • 23light — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. airy (see levity); frivolous, jesting, jocular, lightsome; giddy, dizzy, flighty; wanton; nimble, agile; flippant, pert, insouciant; humorous; trivial. See cheerfulness, unimportance, impurity,… …

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  • 24scarce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rare, uncommon, deficient, scanty, few. See insufficiency, rarity.Ant., plenteous, common. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. limited, infrequent, not plentiful; see rare 2 , uncommon . • make oneself… …

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  • 25shy — I adj 1. bashful, diffident, retiring, reserved, backward, unconfident, Archaic. verecund, Scot, and North Eng. blate; shrinking, withdrawn, distant, Inf. introverted, unsocial, unsociable; modest, meek, demure, coy; self conscious, constrained;… …

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  • 26Alp — (ALP) Variations: Alb, Alf, ALFEMOE, Alpdaemon, Alpen, Alpes, Alpmann, APSARAS, BOCKSHEXE, BOCKSMARTE, Cauquemare, Chauche Vieille, Dochje, DOCKELE, Dockeli, Doggi, Druckerl, DRUDE, Drut, Drutt, ELBE, Fraueli, Inuus, LEETON, Lork, Maar, MAHR,… …

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  • 27spare — [c]/spɛə / (say spair) verb (spared, sparing) –verb (t) 1. to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish: to spare a fallen adversary. 2. to deal gently or leniently with; show consideration for: to spare a person s… …

  • 28neglect — [n1] disregard carelessness, coolness, delinquency, disdain, disregardance, disrespect, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, inconsideration, indifference, laxity, laxness, oversight, scorn, slight, thoughtlessness, unconcern; concepts… …

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