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| Concept: | [Absence of pursuit] Avoidance. |
| Category: | 1. Conceptional volition |
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unsought, unattempted; avoiding; neutral, shy of (unwilling) [more]; elusive, evasive; fugitive, runaway; shy, wild., lest, in order to avoid.
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| Antonyms: | pursuit |
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| Concept: | Pity. |
| Category: | 2. Special Sympathetic Affections |
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pitying; pitiful, compassionate, sympathetic, touched., merciful, clement, ruthful; humane; humanitarian (philanthropic); tender, tender hearted, tender as a chicken; soft, soft hearted; unhardened; lenient; exorable, forbearing; melting; weak.
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| Antonyms: | pitilessness |
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| Concept: | Restraint. |
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restrained, constrained; imprisoned; pent up; jammed in, wedged in; under lock and key, under restraint, under hatches; in swaddling clothes; on parole; in custody (prisoner); cohibitive; coactive (compulsory)., stiff, restringent, strait-laced, hidebound, barkbound., ice bound, wind bound, weather bound; "cabined cribbed confined" [Macbeth]; in Lob's pound, laid by the heels.
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| Concept: | Temperance. |
| Category: | 4. Moral practice |
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temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing; abstemious, abstinent; within compass; measured (sufficient)., Pythagorean; vegetarian; teetotal.
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| Antonyms: | intemperance |
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| Concept: | Lenity. |
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lenient; mild, mild as milk; gentle, soft; tolerant, indulgent, easy-going; clement (compassionate); forbearing; long-suffering.
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| Antonyms: | severity |
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