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  • 81Joseph Hilarius Eckhel —     Joseph Hilarius Eckhel     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Joseph Hilarius Eckhel     German numismatist (see Numismatics), b. 13 January, 1737, at Enzesfeld near Pottenstein, in Lower Austria, where his father, Johann Anton Eckhel, was steward to… …

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  • 82let off — Synonyms and related words: absolve, acquit, amnesty, backfire, blast, blow out, blow up, burst, bust, cast loose, charge, charter, chartered, clear, cock, decontaminate, demobilize, destigmatize, detonate, discharge, dismiss, dispense, dispense… …

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  • 83remit — Synonyms and related words: abate, absolve, acquit, address, air express, airfreight, airmail, alleviate, amnesty, assign, assuage, attenuate, bate, be conservative, be moderate, be pacifistic, bring back, clear, commend, commit, commit to prison …

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  • 84LASSALLE (Lassal), FERDINAND — (1825–1864), German Socialist leader. Born in Breslau, Lassalle was the only son of Heyman (Chayim) Lassal, who was trained for a rabbinical career, but became a merchant, a member of the town council, and subsequently a militant adherent of the… …

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  • 85purge — Synonyms and related words: BM, abolishment, abolition, absolve, abstergent, abstersion, abstract, account for, acquit, amnesty, annihilate, annihilation, annulment, aperient, assassinate, assassination, bandage, bathe, bereave of life, bleach,… …

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  • 86dismiss — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, absolve, acquit, amnesty, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, ax, banish, beat back, belittle, boot, boot out, bounce, bow out, break, break up, brush aside, brush off, bump, bundle, bundle off,… …

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  • 87release — Synonyms and related words: OK, abandonment, abjuration, absolution, absolve, accord, account, acknowledgment, acquaintance, acquit, acquittal, acquittance, admission, admit, advice, allow, allowance, amnesty, annihilation, announcement, bane,… …

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  • 88answer — n reply, response, rejoinder, retort (see under ANSWER vb 1) Analogous words: defense, vindication, justification (see corresponding verbs at MAINTAIN): refutation, rebuttal (see corresponding verbs at DISPROVE) Contrasted words: question, query …

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  • 89purge — v 1. cleanse, clear, purify, lustrate, clean out, scour out, free from impurity; deterge, mundify, depurate. 2. eject, expel, rout out, weed out, root out, ease or freeze out, close the door on, cashier, drum out, get rid of; clear out, sweep out …

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  • 90absolve — Synonyms and related words: acquit, administer absolution, administer extreme unction, amnesty, cancel, clear, confess, declare a moratorium, decontaminate, destigmatize, discharge, dismiss, dispense, dispense from, dispense with, except,… …

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