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  • 101comfort — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. luxury; ease, coziness; enjoyment, satisfaction; solace, consolation; cheer, air. See pleasure, relief, content. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A state of ease] Syn. contentment, ease, well being, rest, quiet …

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  • 102discharge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. dismiss, deselect, retire; expel, emit; shoot, fire; perform, do; settle, pay; unload; free, acquit. See liberation, conduct, payment, acquittal, completion, ejection, excretion, exemption. II… …

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  • 103dump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. drop, let fall; discharge, unload; abandon, jettison, scrap, junk, discard, ditch (sl.); flood the market. See rejection. n. trash heap, junkpile, midden; store, depot, depository; den; slang, dive,… …

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  • 104ease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. comfort, luxury; rest, repose; content, enjoyment, complacency; relief; leisure, convenience; facility, readiness, expertness; unconstraint, naturalness. See pleasure, elegance. v. mitigate, lessen,… …

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  • 105free — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. at liberty, unrestrained; exempt; gratuitous, free of charge; lavish, profuse. v. t. unfetter, release; rid [of] (see ejection). See freedom, exemption, nonpayment, liberality. II (Roget s IV) modif …

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  • 106release — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. free, liberate, give out, relinquish. See liberation, acquittal. n. exemption; death. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Freedom] Syn. liberation, discharge, deliverance; see freedom 1 , 2 , freeing , relief 1 …

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  • 107relief — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. comfort, alleviation (see relief); assistance, welfare, aid; substitution, substitute; projection, convexity. II Alleviation Nouns 1. relief, deliverance, easement, softening, alleviation,… …

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  • 108shake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. vibrate, agitate, shiver, brandish, flourish, rock, sway, wave, rattle, jolt, worry, jar; unsettle, disillusion, impair, unnerve; tremble, quiver, quaver, quake, shudder, flutter, vibrate. See… …

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  • 109unburden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. unload; lighten, relieve; disclose, reveal. See ejection, levity, disclosure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To unload] Syn. dump, dispose of, relinquish; see lighten 1 , relieve 2 . 2. [To reveal] Syn.… …

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  • 110lighten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make lighter] Syn. unburden, disburden, make lighter, reduce the load of, lessen the weight of, uplift, buoy up, mitigate, levitate, alleviate, make less burdensome, disencumber, take off a load, remove, take from, pour… …

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