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  • 71disagree — I verb argue, battle, be at variance, be contrary, be discordant, be disunited, be in opposition, be of different opinions, be opposed, bicker, break with, cavil, challenge, clash, collide, conflict, confute, contest, contradict, contravene,… …

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  • 72disapprove — I (condemn) verb admonish, animadvert, belittle, berate, brand, call to account, cast aspersions on, cast blame upon, castigate, cavil, censure, chastise, chide, criticize, debase, declaim against, decry, denounce, denunciate, deprecate,… …

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  • 73oppose — I verb act in opposition to, argue against, balk, battle, be at cross purposes, be contrary to, block, buck, challenge, collide, combat, come in conflict with, confront, confute, contend, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter,… …

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  • 74pause — I noun abeyance, armistice, break, breather, breathing spell, cessation, deferment, delay, demur, demurral, disconnection, gap, halt, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, intercapedo, interim, interlude, intermissio, intermission, interruption,… …

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  • 75Deeming — This unusual and interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century word domung , meaning judgement , itself deriving from dom , meaning doom , and dema , a judge. While Domung was originally found… …

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  • 76balk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rebel; stop, shy; hinder, thwart, foil, frustrate. See hindrance, refusal, disappointment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To refuse] Syn. demur, resist, recoil, be unwilling; see hesitate , refuse 1 . 2. [To… …

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  • 77challenge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. query, question; controvert, dispute; dare, defy, stump. n. exception; invitation, dare. See defiance, doubt. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A demand] Syn. dare, summons, provocation, calling into question;… …

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  • 78dissent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Difference of opinion Nouns 1. dissent, dissension, dissidence, discord, discordance, disagreement, nonagreement; difference or diversity of opinion; unconformity; protestantism, recusancy, schism;… …

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  • 79exception — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. exclusion, omission, rejection, reservation, limitation; objection, cavil, complaint; irregularity. See disapprobation, unconformity, dissent, exemption, qualification. take exception II (Roget s IV)… …

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  • 80hesitate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. falter, waiver, shrink, demur; pause. See doubt, stammering, unwillingness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. falter, stutter, fluctuate, vacillate, pause, stop, hold off, hold back, be dubious, be uncertain …

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