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  • 71aid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Give support to Nouns 1. (help given) aid, assistance, help, succor, relief; maintenance, sustenance, provision, upkeep, livelihood, daily bread; support, advance, furtherance, promotion; patronage,… …

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  • 72aliment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. food, sustenance. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something fit to be eaten: bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition,… …

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  • 73livelihood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. living, living wage; means, wherewithal, resources, support, [up]keep, subsistence, sustenance, daily bread, job. See business. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The supporting of life] Syn. living, sustenance,… …

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  • 74maintenance — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of maintaining] Syn. keeping, sustaining, continuance, upholding, carrying; see also preservation , support 3 , subsistence 1 . 2. [The means of maintaining] Syn. sustenance, livelihood, resources; see pay 1 , 2 ,… …

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  • 75nourishment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nurture, nutriment, provender; see food . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. nutriment, food, sustenance, subsistence, vitamins and minerals, aliment, viands, daily bread, feed. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something… …

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  • 76nutriment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nourishment, provisions, sustenance; see food , subsistence 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment,… …

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  • 77pabulum — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sustenance, nutrition, diet; see food . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment,… …

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  • 78food — 1 Food, feed, victuals, viands, provisions, comestibles, provender, fodder, forage are comparable when meaning things that are edible for human beings or animals. Food is the most general of these terms and is typically applicable to all… …

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  • 79sustainment — noun the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence they were in want of sustenance fishing was their main sustainment • Syn: ↑sustenance, ↑sustentation, ↑maintenance, ↑upkeep • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 80HUSBAND AND WIFE — The act of marriage creates certain rights and duties between husband and wife. In performing them, both parties have to conduct themselves according to the following rules, comprising the fundamental principles for the relationship between… …

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