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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time in position of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | administration, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, dynasty, grasp, grip, hold, holding, incumbency, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, proprietorship, regime, reign, residence, security, tenancy, term |
| Main Entry: | grasp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hold, grip |
| Synonyms: | butt, cinch, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutches, embrace, grapple, lug, possession, purchase, tenure |
| Antonyms: | avoidance, release |
| Main Entry: | grip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clasp, embrace |
| Synonyms: | anchor, brace, catch, cinch, cincture, clamp, clamping, clench, clinch, clutch, coercion, constraint, crushing, duress, enclosing, enclosure, fastening, fixing, grapnel, grapple, grasp, gripe, handclasp, handgrip, handhold, handshake, hold, hook, ligature, lug, purchase, restraint, snatch, squeeze, strength, tenure, vise, wrench |
| Antonyms: | release |
| Main Entry: | grip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perception, understanding |
| Synonyms: | clutches, comprehension, control, domination, grasp, hold, influence, keeping, ken, possession, power, tenure |
| Antonyms: | misconception, misunderstanding |
| Main Entry: | gripe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong hold |
| Synonyms: | clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, crunch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, tenure |
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grasp, possession |
| Synonyms: | authority, clasp, clench, clinch, clout, clutch, control, dominance, dominion, grip, influence, occupancy, occupation, ownership, pull, purchase, retention, sway, tenacity, tenure |
| Antonyms: | dispossession, release |
| Main Entry: | occupancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | residence of place |
| Synonyms: | control, deed, habitation, holding, inhabitance, inhabitancy, occupation, ownership, possession, retention, settlement, tenancy, tenure, term, title, use |
| Main Entry: | occupation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | control, possession |
| Synonyms: | habitation, holding, inhabitancy, inhabitation, occupancy, ownership, residence, settlement, tenancy, tenure, title, use |
| Main Entry: | ownership |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possession of property |
| Synonyms: | buying, claim, control, cut, deed, dominion, end, hand, having, holding, occupancy, partnership, piece, possessorship, property, proprietary rights, proprietorship, purchase, purchasing, residence, slice, takeover, tenancy, tenure, title, use |
| Antonyms: | lease, renting |
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