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  2. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.

  3. Good standing - Wikipedia

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    In the USA, a business entity which is either registered with or chartered by a government agency such as a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability limited partnership is said to be in good standing if it has filed and continued to file all appropriate paperwork with the government agency which provides its charter, and ...

  4. Intercession - Wikipedia

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    But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. — Luke 6:27–28 According to Lionel Swain, of St. Edmund's College, Ware , St. Paul believed intercession to be one of the most important aspects of faith and praying life, as praying for others is ...

  5. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    Hindi: कल and Urdu: کل (kal) may mean either "yesterday" or "tomorrow" (disambiguated by the verb in the sentence).; Icelandic: fram eftir can mean "toward the sea" or "away from the sea" depending on dialect.

  6. Shafa'a - Wikipedia

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    Shafa'a(h) (Arabic: شفاعة, "intercession") in Islam is the act of pleading to God by an intimate friend of God (a Muslim saint) for forgiveness of a believing sinner. The word Shafa'ah is taken from shaf (شَّفْعُ) which means even as opposed to odd.

  7. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    2. a person of wealth or social standing nobble (v.) to sabotage, attempt to hinder in some way. E.g. "Danny nobbled my chances at the pub quiz by getting Gary to defect to his team." nonce a slang term for a sex offender, especially one convicted of sexual offences against children.

  8. Intercession of saints - Wikipedia

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    To intercede is to go or come between two parties, to plead before one of them on behalf of the other. In ecclesiastical usage both words are taken in the sense of the intervention primarily of Christ, and secondarily of the Blessed Virgin and the angels and saints , on behalf of men. [ 2 ]

  9. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    in good faith Implies sincere good intention regardless of outcome. / ˈ b oʊ n ə ˈ f aɪ d i / bona vacantia: ownerless goods cadit quaestio: the question falls Indicates that a settlement to a dispute or issue has been reached, and the issue is now resolved. casus belli: case of war The justification for acts of war. / ˈ k eɪ s ə s ˈ b ...