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  • 51homosexuality — /hoh meuh sek shooh al i tee/, or, esp. Brit., / seks yooh /, n. sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one s own sex. [1890 95; HOMO + SEXUALITY] * * * Sexual interest in and attraction to members of one s own sex.… …

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  • 52bar — 1 / bär/ n often attrib 1 a: the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare bench 1, dock …

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  • 53condemn — con·demn /kən dem/ vt 1: to impose a penalty on; esp: to sentence to death 2: to adjudge unfit for use or consumption 3: to declare convertible to public use under the right of eminent domain: take con·dem·nable …

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  • 54discrimination — I (bigotry) noun bias, blind zeal, class prejudice, favoritism, illiberality, intolerance, opinionativeness, preference, prejudice, race hatred, race prejudice, racialism, racism, unfairness, want of forbearance associated concepts: blacklist,… …

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  • 55enjoin — en·join /in jȯin/ vt [Anglo French enjoindre to impose, constrain, from Old French, from Latin injungere to attach, impose, from in on + jungere to join]: to prohibit by judicial order: issue an injunction against a three judge district court… …

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  • 56unconscionable — un·con·scio·na·ble /ˌən kän chə nə bəl/ adj: unreasonably unfair to one party, marked by oppression, or otherwise unacceptably offensive to public policy an unconscionable clause finds the contract...to have been unconscionable at the time it was …

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  • 57exclude — ex·clude /ik sklüd/ vt ex·clud·ed, ex·clud·ing 1: to prevent or restrict the entry or admission of exclude hearsay evidence 2: to remove from participation, consideration, or inclusion (as in insurance coverage) the excluded perils include acts… …

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  • 58repudiate — re·pu·di·ate /ri pyü dē ˌāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing: to disavow or reject an obligation (as a debt) or duty (as performance under a contract); specif: to indicate an inability or unwillingness to perform as promised under (a contract) re·pu·di·a·tor /… …

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  • 59restrain — re·strain /ri strān/ vt 1 a: to prevent from doing something see also restraining order at order 3b b: to limit, restrict, or keep under control 2: to moderate or limit …

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  • 60restrict — re·strict vt 1: to subject to bounds or limits restrict the height of buildings restrict visitation rights 2: to place under restrictions as to use or distribution restrict ed the land to recreational use Merriam Webster’s Dictio …

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