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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | want; extreme need, often financial |
| Synonyms: | abjection, aridity, bankruptcy, barrenness, beggary, dearth, debt, deficiency, deficit, depletion, destitution, difficulty, distress, emptiness, exiguity, famine, hardship, impecuniousness, impoverishment, inadequacy, indigence, insolvency, insufficiency, lack, meagerness, necessitousness, necessity, pass, paucity, pauperism, pennilessness, penury, pinch, poorness, privation, reduction, scarcity, shortage, starvation, straits, underdevelopment, vacancy |
| Antonyms: | abundance, affluence, luxury, richness, wealth |
| Main Entry: | remission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause; lessening |
| Synonyms: | abatement, abeyance, alleviation, amelioration, break, decrease, delay, diminution, ebb, interruption, letup, lull, moderation, reduction, relaxation, release, respite, suspension |
| Antonyms: | increase, rise, worsening |
| Main Entry: | restraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limitation; something that holds |
| Synonyms: | abridgment, arrest, ban, bar, barrier, bondage, bridle, captivity, chains, check, command, confinement, constraint, cramp, curb, decrease, deprivation, detention, determent, deterrence, embargo, fetters, hindrance, impediment, imprisonment, instruction, interdict, limit, manacles, obstacle, obstruction, order, pinions, prohibition, reduction, rein, repression, restriction, rope, stop, stoppage, straitjacket, string, taboo, weight |
| Antonyms: | freedom, liberation |
| Main Entry: | sale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exchange of object for money |
| Synonyms: | auction, barter, business, buying, clearance, closeout, commerce, consuming, deal, demand, disposal, dumping, enterprise, marketing, negotiation, purchase, purchasing, reduction, selling, trade, transaction, unloading, vending, vendition |
| Main Entry: | summary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short statement of main points |
| Synonyms: | abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, analysis, aperçu, brief, capitulation, case, compendium, condensation, conspectus, core, digest, epitome, essence, extract, inventory, long and short of it, nutshell, outline, pandect, prospectus, précis, recap, recapitulation, reduction, rehash, report, review, roundup, run-through, rundown, résumé, sense, skeleton, sketch, sum and substance, summing-up, survey, syllabus, synopsis, version, wrap-up |
| Notes: | a paraphrase is a restatement or rewording of a text or passage for the purpose of clarification; a summary is a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; a summation is a summary or argument reviewing the principal points made and expressing conclusions |
| Antonyms: | detail, dissertation, thesis |
| Main Entry: | abridgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condensation |
| Synonyms: | breviary, compend, compendium, curtailment, decrease, digest, diminution, epitome, lessening, outline, reduction, sketch, summary, synopsis |
| Antonyms: | expansion |
| Main Entry: | abatement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lessening |
| Synonyms: | decline, decrease, discount, reduction |
| Main Entry: | curtailment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decrease |
| Synonyms: | abbreviation, condensation, cutback, reduction |
| Main Entry: | depletion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exhaustion |
| Synonyms: | deficiency, reduction |
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