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  • 31stuffiness — Synonyms and related words: Quakerishness, THI, airlessness, antiquation, aridity, aridness, authoritarianism, barrenness, bigotry, blind side, blind spot, blinders, bloodlessness, callowness, cantankerousness, censoriousness, characterlessness,… …

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  • 32transgression — Synonyms and related words: atrocity, bad faith, breach, breach of contract, breach of faith, breach of law, breach of privilege, breach of promise, breach of trust, breaking, civil disobedience, contravention, crime, crime against humanity,… …

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  • 33violation — Synonyms and related words: aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, abomination, abuse, abuse of office, abusing, assault, atrocity, attack, bad faith, battering, befoulment, betrayal, blasphemy, breach, breach of contract, breach of faith, breach of… …

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  • 34froward — O.E. fromweard turned from or away, from from + weard. Opposite of toward, it renders L. pervertus in early translations of the Psalms, and also meant about to depart, departing, and doomed to die. Related: Frowardly; frowardness …

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  • 35froward — [ frəʊəd] adjective archaic (of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary. Derivatives frowardly adverb frowardness noun Origin OE frāward leading away from, away , based on ON frá (see fro, from) …

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  • 36disobedience — n. 1. Infraction or violation (of a command), refusal to obey, breach of duty, disobeying. 2. Undutifulness, neglect of duty, unruliness, frowardness, indiscipline, contumacy …

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  • 37insolence — n. 1. Insulting rudeness, overbearing contempt, haughty disrespect, contumely. 2. Impertinence, impudence, sauciness, pertness, malapertness. 3. Contumacy, frowardness, impudent disrespect, insulting disobedience or insubordination …

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  • 38naughtiness — n. Perverseness, frowardness, mischievousness, misbehavior …

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  • 39techiness — n. Peevishness, fretfulness, touchiness, frowardness …

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  • 40compliance — acquiescence, resignation (see under COMPLIANT) Analogous words: obedience, docility, amenableness, tractableness (see corresponding adjectives at OBEDIENT): submitting or submission, yielding, deferring or deference (see corresponding verbs at… …

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