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  • 121justifier — noun a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution an apologist for capital punishment • Syn: ↑apologist, ↑vindicator • Derivationally related forms: ↑justify, ↑vindicate (for: ↑ …

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  • 122vengeance — n. punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for wrong to oneself or to a person etc. whose cause one supports. Phrases and idioms: with a vengeance in a higher degree than was expected or desired; in the fullest sense (punctuality with a… …

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  • 123vindicator — noun a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution an apologist for capital punishment • Syn: ↑apologist, ↑justifier • Derivationally related forms: ↑justify (for: ↑justifier), ↑ …

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  • 124MENDELSSOHN, MOSES — (Moses ben Menahem, acronym RaMbeMaN, or Moses of Dessau; 1729–1786), philosopher of the German Enlightenment in the pre Kantian period, early Maskil, and a renowned Jewish figure in the 18th century. Born in Dessau, son of a Torah scribe,… …

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  • 125NAḤMANIDES — (Moses b. Naḥman, also known as Naḥamani and RaMBaN – an acronym of Rabbi Moses Ben Naḥman; 1194–1270), Spanish rabbi and scholar and one of the leading authors of talmudic literature in the Middle Ages; philosopher, kabbalist, biblical exegete,… …

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