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  • 61surrender — [sə ren′dər] vt. [ME surrendren < MFr surrendre < sur , up (see SUR 1) + rendre, to RENDER] 1. to give up possession of or power over; yield to another on demand or compulsion 2. to give up claim to; give over or yield, esp. voluntarily, as …

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  • 62kiss good-bye — phrasal 1. leave 2. to resign oneself to the loss of …

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  • 63recreant — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from present participle of (se) recreire to give up, yield, from Medieval Latin (se) recredere to resign oneself (to a judgment), from Latin re + credere to believe more at creed Date:… …

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  • 64Silvia Monfort — (born Silvia Favre Bertin; 6 June 1923, Paris ndash;30 March 1991, Paris) was a French actress and theatre director. Daughter of the sculptor Charles Favre Bertin and wife of Pierre Gruneberg, this talented actress was an undying champion of the… …

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  • 65Religion of Peace — The Religion of peace (sometimes abbreviated as ROP or RoP) is a political neologism used to describe Islam. After the September 11, 2001 attacks some politicians described Islam as a religion of peace in an effort to differentiate between… …

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  • 66Joe Christopher — Joseph O Neal (Joe) Christopher (born December 13, 1935 in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a former outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from by|1959 through by|1966. Listed at 5 10 , 175 lbs., he batted and threw right… …

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  • 67Peace In Islamic Thought — As in other Abrahamic religions, peace is a basic concept of Islam. The Arabic term Islam itself (إسلام) is usually translated as submission ; submission of desires to the will of God. It comes from the term aslama , which means to surrender or… …

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  • 68šlm — To be whole, sound; Common Semitic noun *šalām , well being, welfare, peace. 1. a. shalom; shalom aleichem, from Hebrew šālōm, well being, peace, from šālēm, to be safe, sound; b. Absalom, from Hebrew ʾabšālōm, my father (is) peace (see …

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  • 69fatality — /fay tal i tee, feuh /, n., pl. fatalities. 1. a disaster resulting in death. 2. a death resulting from such an occurrence: a rise in highway fatalities. 3. the quality of causing death or disaster; a fatal influence; deadliness. 4. predetermined …

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  • 70lump — lump1 lumpingly, adv. /lump/, n. 1. a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal. 2. a protuberance or swelling: a blow that raised a lump on his head. 3. an aggregation, collection, or mass;… …

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