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clemency
leniency; mildness (as of weather)
coercion
use of force to get someone’s compliance
complacent
smug; self satisfied
compliance
conformity ( to request or to demand); yielding nature
conciliatory
reconciling; soothing
concise
brief; compact
condone
overlook; forgive
contrite
thoroughly sorry
converge
approach; tend to meet
conviction
firm belief; state of being sure
corroborate
to support or to confirm
credulous
gullible; ready to believe without proof
credulity
believability
criterion
standard of judgement
cryptic
secret; mysterious
cursory
rapid; hasty; not detailed
daunt
frighten (especially into giving up on purpose)
debilitate
weaken; enfeeble
deference
a show of respect
delineate
to portray
denounce
to speak against publicly
depravity
wickedness; corruption
deprecate
express disapproval; protest; belittle
derision
contempt; ridicule
desecrate
to show disrespect; ro deface the sacred
despondent
depressed; gloomy
despot
tyrant; harsh tyrannical ruler
deterrent
hindrance; something that discourages
didactic
intending to teach (pushy, perhaps); instructional
diffident
shy; lacking confidence
digression
straying from a topic
diminution
lessening; reduction in size
discern
to distinguish one thing from another
discerning
mentally quick, observant; insightful
discordant
inharmonious; conflicting
disdain
to treat with scorn or contempt
disinclination
unwillingness
disparage
to speak poorly of; belittle
disparity
difference; inequality
disperse
scatter
disseminate
scatter (like seeds)
dissent
disagreement
dissonance
harsh sounds
distend
expand; swell out
divergent
differing; deviant
dogmatic
stubbornly opinionated; arbitrary
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