CommonParlance
Seed
Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
Child contexts
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
-
confederacy in CommonParlance
- definition a union of political organizations
- definition a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
- definition a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
-
confederate in CommonParlance
- definition united in a confederacy or league
- definition someone who assists in a plot
- definition a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
- definition form a group or unite
- definition form a confederation with; of nations
-
confederate jasmine in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers
-
confederation in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being allied or confederated
- definition a union of political organizations
- definition the act of forming an alliance or confederation
-
confederative in CommonParlance
- definition united in a confederacy or league
-
confer in CommonParlance
- definition have a conference in order to talk something over
- definition present
-
confer with in CommonParlance
- definition get or ask advice from
-
conferee in CommonParlance
- definition a person on whom something is bestowed
- definition a member of a conference
-
conference in CommonParlance
- definition a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
- definition an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
- definition a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic
-
conference call in CommonParlance
- definition a telephone call in which more than two people participate
-
conference center in CommonParlance
- definition a center where conferences can be conducted
-
conference house in CommonParlance
- definition a center where conferences can be conducted
-
conference room in CommonParlance
- definition a room in which a conference can be held
-
conference table in CommonParlance
- definition the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting
-
conferment in CommonParlance
- definition the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift
-
conferral in CommonParlance
- definition the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift
-
conferrer in CommonParlance
- definition person who makes a gift of property
- definition someone who converses or confers (as in a conference)
-
conferva in CommonParlance
- definition any of various algae of the genus Tribonema; algae with branching filaments that form scum in still or stagnant fresh water
-
confervoid algae in CommonParlance
- definition algae resembling confervae especially in having branching filaments
-
confess in CommonParlance
- definition confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
- definition admit (to a wrongdoing)
- definition confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
-
confessedly in CommonParlance
- definition as acknowledged
-
confession in CommonParlance
- definition an admission of misdeeds or faults
- definition a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party
- definition (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing their sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
- definition a public declaration of your faith
- definition the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
-
confession of judgement in CommonParlance
- definition a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings
-
confession of judgment in CommonParlance
- definition a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings
-
confessional in CommonParlance
- definition a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions