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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 person or 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 or custom.
antebellum
Existing before a war especially before the American Civil War 1861–65.
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 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 made in response to another accusation.
approbation
A formal or official act of approving praise given with pleasure or enthusiasm.
probate
The process of proving in court that a will is valid and administering a dead person's estate.
probity
Absolute honesty and uprightness.
reprobate
A person of thoroughly bad character.
grave
Requiring serious thought or concern serious and formal in appearance or manner.
gravitas
Great or very dignified seriousness.
gravitate
To move or be drawn toward something by natural tendency or invisible force.
aggravate
To make an injury or problem more serious or to annoy or bother.
alleviate
To lighten lessen or relieve especially physical or mental suffering.
elevation
The height of a place or the act of lifting or raising something.
cantilever
A long piece of wood or metal that sticks out from a wall to support something above it.
levity
Lack of appropriate seriousness.
cicerone
A guide especially one who takes tourists to museums monuments or sites and explains what is being seen.
hector
To bully or harass by bluster or personal pressure.
hedonism
An attitude or way of life based on the idea that pleasure or happiness should be the chief goal.
nestor
A senior figure or leader in one's field.
spartan
Marked by simplicity avoidance of luxury and strict self-discipline or self-denial.
stentorian
Extremely loud often with deep richness of sound.
stoic
Seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain.
sybaritic
Marked by a luxurious or sensual way of life.