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This tag is for questions seeking a single word that fits a meaning. To ensure that your question is not closed as off-topic, please be specific about the intended use of the word. INCLUDE A SAMPLE SENTENCE demonstrating how the word would be used. Click on "Info", or "View Tag" and "Learn more..." for more information. Please use the [phrase-requests] tag if you seek a phrase and the [terminology] tag if you seek a term in a specialized subject also.
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An English word for deception without telling a lie?
There is a wonderful word that means exactly what you describe:
verisimilar
adjective: veri·sim·i·lar \ ˌver-ə-ˈsi-mə-lər , -ˈsim-lər \
Definition of verisimilar
1: having the appearance of tr …
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One word for the Point of No Return?
Would that be, perchance
ze·nith
ˈzēnəTH/
noun
The time at which something is most powerful or successful.
"Under Justinian, the Byzantine Empire reached its zenith of influence" synonyms: highest po …
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Is there a word/ phrase to describe somebody who has devoted their life to practising someth...
Many answers here are pretty good, also many of them are uncorteous in the least of cases and plain insulting, if not offensive in the worst.
Having read on the original question that the phrase woul …
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Is there a word for the uncomfortable feeling of enjoying good things that come out of horri...
Although it may be a very Catholic faith specific term, that very feeling is called guilty conscience.
It's a sort of anxiety that comes when you did something wrong. And you know know it was wrong, …
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