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  • 61inquietude — /in kwuy i toohd , tyoohd /, n. 1. restlessness or uneasiness; disquietude. 2. inquietudes, disquieting thoughts: beset by myriad inquietudes. [1400 50; late ME < LL inquietudo. See IN 3, QUIETUDE] * * * …

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  • 62solicitude — /seuh lis i toohd , tyoohd /, n. 1. the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern. 2. solicitudes, causes of anxiety or care. 3. an attitude expressing excessive attentiveness: to show great solicitude about his wife s health. [1375 1425;&#8230; …

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  • 63Stoicism — /stoh euh siz euhm/, n. 1. a systematic philosophy, dating from around 300 B.C., that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature. 2. (l.c.) conduct conforming to the precepts of the Stoics, as&#8230; …

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  • 64Convent — • (1) A religious community of either sex when spoken of in its corporate capacity (2) The buildings in which resides a community of either sex Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Convent     Convent …

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  • 65Pyrrhonism — • A system of skepticism founded by the Greek philosopher Pyrrho Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pyrrhonism     Pyrrhonism     † …

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  • 66Sisters of Mercy —     Sisters of Mercy     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sisters of Mercy     A congregation of women founded in Dublin, Ireland, in 1827, by Catherine Elizabeth McAuley, born 29 September, 1787, at Stormanstown House, County Dublin. Descended from an&#8230; …

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  • 67distress — dis·tress n [Anglo French destrece, literally, tightness, anguish, deprivation, from Old French, ultimately from Late Latin districtus severe, from past participle of distringere to hinder, punish see distrain] 1: seizure and detention of the&#8230; …

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  • 68anxiety — noun /æŋzˈaɪəti/ a) An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness or concern about some uncertain event. But the other, because hes been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that hes ignorant of&#8230; …

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  • 69anxious — adjective /ˈæŋˈʃəs/ a) Full of anxiety or disquietude; greatly concerned or solicitous, especially respecting something future or unknown; being in painful suspense; mdash;applied to persons; as, anxious for the issue of a battle. The sweet of&#8230; …

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  • 70pain — 1. noun /peɪn/ a) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; …

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