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31Word of Honor (1985 novel) — Infobox Book | name = Word of Honor title orig = translator = image caption = First Print Cover author = Nelson DeMille illustrator = cover artist = Gene Light country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Warner… …
32England (Before the Reformation) — England (Before the Reformation) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Before the Reformation) This term England is here restricted to one constituent, the largest and most populous, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.… …
33épuisement — [ epɥizmɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1585 espuisement; ezpuchementXIIIe; de épuiser 1 ♦ Action d épuiser, de vider (⇒ épuisette, 2o ). Pompe d épuisement. ⇒ exhaure. Canal d épuisement. 2 ♦ (1679) État de ce qui s est épuisé, est épuisé. Épuisement du sol. ⇒… …
34Nonincrease — (Roget s Thesaurus) Decrease < N PARAG:Nonincrease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 decrease decrease diminution Sgm: N 1 lessening lessening &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 subtraction subtraction &c. 38 Sgm: N 1 reduction reduction abatement …
35Vindication — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vindication >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vindication vindication justification warrant Sgm: N 1 exoneration exoneration exculpation Sgm: N 1 acquittal acquittal &c. 970 Sgm: N 1 whitewashing whitewashing …
36palliation — noun 1. easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause • Derivationally related forms: ↑palliate • Hypernyms: ↑easing, ↑easement, ↑alleviation, ↑relief 2. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious …
37Excuser — Ex*cus er, n. 1. One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. One who excuses or forgives another. Shelton. [1913 Webster] …
38Palliation — Pal li*a tion, n. [Cf. F. palliation.] 1. The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices. [1913 Webster] 2. Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3 …
39Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target — (December 17, 1733 ndash; 1807) was a French lawyer and politician.Born in Paris, he acquired a great reputation as a lawyer, less by practice in the courts than in a consultative capacity. He strenuously opposed the parlement Maupeou , devised… …
40John Fell (clergyman) — John Fell (June 23, 1625 – July 10, 1686), served as Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and later concomitantly as Bishop of Oxford.BiographyThe son of Samuel Fell, also Dean of Christ Church, he was born at Longworth, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and …
