CommonParlance
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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
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debar in CommonParlance
- definition bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
- definition prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
- definition prevent from entering; keep out
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debark in CommonParlance
- definition go ashore
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debarkation in CommonParlance
- definition the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
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debarment in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices)
- definition the act of prevention by legal means
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debase in CommonParlance
- definition corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- definition lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
- definition corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
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debased in CommonParlance
- definition mixed with impurities
- definition lowered in value
- definition ruined in character or quality
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debasement in CommonParlance
- definition being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
- definition changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
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debaser in CommonParlance
- definition a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)
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debasing in CommonParlance
- definition used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
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debatable in CommonParlance
- definition open to doubt or debate
- definition open to argument or debate
- definition capable of being disproved
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debate in CommonParlance
- definition a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- definition the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
- definition argue with one another
- definition think about carefully; weigh
- definition discuss the pros and cons of an issue
- definition have an argument about something
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debater in CommonParlance
- definition someone who engages in debate
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debauch in CommonParlance
- definition a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- definition corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
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debauched in CommonParlance
- definition unrestrained by convention or morality
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debauchee in CommonParlance
- definition a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
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debaucher in CommonParlance
- definition someone who assaults others sexually
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debauchery in CommonParlance
- definition a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
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debenture in CommonParlance
- definition the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future
- definition a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt
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debenture bond in CommonParlance
- definition the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future
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debile in CommonParlance
- definition lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
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debilitate in CommonParlance
- definition make weak
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debilitated in CommonParlance
- definition lacking energy or vitality
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debilitating in CommonParlance
- definition impairing the strength and vitality
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debilitation in CommonParlance
- definition serious weakening and loss of energy
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debilitative in CommonParlance
- definition causing debilitation