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  • 121child — n. 1) to adopt; bear, give birth to, have a child (she had four children) 2) to carry a child (a mother carries a child for nine months) 3) to beget; conceive a child 4) to bring up, raise, rear a child 5) to feed; nurse; wean a child 6) to… …

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  • 122recalcitrant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. refractory, stubborn, difficult, intractable; balky, mulish, cussed (inf.), cantankerous (inf.). See disobedience, obstinacy, resistance. Ant., obedient, cooperative. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn.… …

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  • 123wayward — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. perverse, willful, for ward; delinquent; capricious, changeable, wanton; rebellious; irregular, accidental. See changeableness, disobedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unruly, disobedient,… …

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  • 124noncompliant — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. negative, divergent, irregular, refusing, declinatory, refractory, impatient, contumacious; see also rebellious 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. incompliant, disobedient, rebellious, insubordinate, unruly, rejecting …

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  • 125obedient — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dutiful] Syn. amenable, loyal, law abiding, governable, tractable, resigned, devoted, respectful, complaisant, controllable, attentive, obliging, willing, deferential, under the control of, at one s command, obeisant,… …

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  • 126Disobedience — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disobedience >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disobedience disobedience insubordination contumacy Sgm: N 1 infraction infraction infringement Sgm: N 1 violation violation noncompliance Sgm: N 1 nonobservance nonobservance …

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  • 127naughty — naugh|ty [ˈno:ti US ˈno:ti, ˈna:ti] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(disobedient)¦ 2¦(slightly bad)¦ 3¦(involving sex)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: naught] 1.) ¦(DISOBEDIENT)¦ a naughty child does not obey adults and behaves badly ≠ ↑good ▪ You re a very… …

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  • 128curse —    A SPELL or action to harm, often done by invoking the help of DEMONs, other spirits, and deities. In Christian tradition, a curse can cause demonic problems, including POSSESSION. The person who makes the curse ultimately suffers the effects… …

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