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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose consciousness |
| Synonyms: | be overcome, become unconscious, black out, collapse, drop, fade, fail, fall, flicker, go out like light, keel over, languish, pass out, succumb, swoon, weaken |
| Notes: | faint (verb) means to pass out from weakness or to lose consciousness - faint (adjective) means barely perceptible or lacking clarity or distinctness; feint (noun) means any distracting or deceptive maneuver - feint (verb) means to deceive by a mock action |
| Main Entry: | swoon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | faint |
| Synonyms: | be overcome, become unconscious, black out, collapse, drop, feel giddy, feel lightheaded, go out like a light, keel over, lose consciousness, pass out, weaken |
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| Main Entry: | faint |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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| Concept: | Relapse. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
relapse, lapse; falling back; retrogradation (retrogression); deterioration., [Return to, or recurrence of a bad state] backsliding, recidivation; recidivism, recidivity; recrudescence.
-verbs
relapse, lapse; fall back, slide back, sink back; return; retrograde; recidivate; fall off again.
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| Antonyms: | restoration |
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