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Benediction

A prayer that asks for God’s blessing, especially a prayer that concludes a worship service

Benefactor

Someone who helps another person or group, especially by giving money

beneficiary

A personal organization that benefits or is expected to benefit from something especially one that receives money or property when someone dies

Benevolence

Kindness, generosity

amicable

Friendly, peaceful

Enamored

Charmed, or fascinated; inflamed with love

Amorous

Having or showing strong feelings of attraction or love

Paramour

a lover, often secret, not allowed by law of custom

Antebellum

existing before a war, especially before the American Civil War

Bellicose

Warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome

Belligerence

Aggressiveness, combativeness

Rebellion

open defiance and opposition, sometimes armed, to a person or thing in authority

Pacify

to soothe anger or agitation or to subdue by armed action

Pacifist

a person opposed to war or violence, especially someone who refuses to bear arms or to fight, on moral or religious grounds

Pact

an agreement between two or more people or groups: a treaty or formal agreement between nations to deal with a problem or to resolve a dispute

pace

contrary to the opinion of

Criminology

The study of crime, criminals, law-enforcement, and punishment

Decriminalize

To remove or reduce the criminal status of

Incriminate

To show evidence of involvement in a crime or a fault

Recrimination

an accusation and answer to an accusation made against oneself or the making of such an accusation

Approbation

A formal or official act of approving; praise, usually given with pleasure or enthusiasm

Probate

The process of proving in court that the will of someone who has died is valid, and of administering the estate of a dead person

Probity

absolute honesty and uprightness

Reprobate

A person of thoroughly bad character

Grave

1.Requiring serious thought or concern.

2.Serious and formal in appearance or manner

Gravitas

Great or very dignified seriousness

Gravitate

To move or to be drawn toward something, especially by natural tendency or as if by an invisible force

Aggravate

1. To make(an injury, problem, etc.) more serious or severe.

2. To annoy or bother