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Definitions by jafje

Compliance 


1. The state or act of conforming with or agreeing to do something.
2. Readiness to comply: readiness to conform or agree to do something.
1. What they did was in compliance with the court order.
2. He is ready to complify.
Compliance by Jafje April 15, 2007
1. Prudish: Easily shocked by vulgar or obscene language or behavior.

2. Formal and proper: Excessively formal and proper in manner or appearance.

3. Excessively neat and tidy.

Some people are prim.
Prim by Jafje April 15, 2007

NOUN:

1. A movement away from danger or a confrontation, back along the original route.

2. A withdrawal from a position or point of view to one intended to lessen conflict.

3. A withdrawal of military forces following a defeat or preceding a change of position.

4. A signal, usually a bugle call or drumbeat, telling soldiers to perform a retreat.

5. A period of quiet rest and contemplation in a secluded place.

6. A quiet secluded place where people go for rest and privacy.

7. A place where people or animals go to avoid danger or capture.

8. A place for the long-term care and treatment of people who are incapable of caring for themselves.

9. Period of seclusion: A period away from normal activities, devoted to prayer and meditation, often spent in a religious community.

VERB:

1. To move back away from danger or a confrontation.

2. To withdraw from a position or point of view to one intended to lessen conflict.

3. To withdraw following a defeat or prior to a change of position.

4. To recede or fall back from a previous position
when the glaciers retreated.

5. To move a chesspiece back to an earlier position.

NOUN:

1. The bear had the hunters in full retreat.
2. Their retreat from a previously inflexible position.
3. The american army retreated.
4. The general ordered retreat.
5. An hour of retreat.
6. A safehouse or sanctuary.
7. Like I said: a sanctuary.
8. A retreat hospital.

VERB:

1. They retreated back into the house.
2. They fled to the river.
3. They retreated back from the enemy.
4. Run like hell.
5. Ctrl-Z

Retreat by Jafje April 15, 2007

1. Complainer: A habitually bad-tempered or complaining person.

2. Complaint: An instance of or cause for complaining.

3. Bad mood: A mood characterized by complaining or sulking.

Grouchy people are annoying.
Grouchy by Jafje April 15, 2007

Benediction 

1. An expression of approval or good wishes.

2. A prayer asking for God's blessing, usually at the end of a Christian service.

3. In Christianity, the state of being blessed.

Holy people are supposed to be benediction people.
Benediction by Jafje April 15, 2007
1. Earnest: Having or showing sincerity and gravity.

2. Humorless: Having or showing no joy or humor.

3. Formal: Characterized by ceremony or formality.

4. Celigious: Observed with sacred or religious ceremony.

5. Awe-inspiring: Inspiring wonder or reverence.
Solemn people are boring.
Solemn by Jafje April 15, 2007

Savagery 


1. Barbarity or violent cruelty.

2. An offensive term for a culture perceived to be inferior to or less advanced than your own.

1. Beating people up is savagery bahavoir.
2. People like baby bush decent from savagery cultures.
Savagery by Jafje April 15, 2007