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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defeasible in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being annulled or voided or terminated
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defeat in CommonParlance
- definition an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
- definition the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
- definition win a victory over
- definition thwart the passage of
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defeated in CommonParlance
- definition beaten or overcome; not victorious
- definition disappointingly unsuccessful
- definition people who are defeated
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defeatism in CommonParlance
- definition acceptance of the inevitability of defeat
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defeatist in CommonParlance
- definition someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
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defecate in CommonParlance
- definition have a bowel movement
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defecation in CommonParlance
- definition the elimination of fecal waste through the anus
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defecation reflex in CommonParlance
- definition normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum
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defecator in CommonParlance
- definition a person who defecates
- definition (obsolete) that which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and syrups.
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defect in CommonParlance
- definition an imperfection in a bodily system
- definition a failing or deficiency
- definition an imperfection in an object or machine
- definition a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- definition desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
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defect of speech in CommonParlance
- definition a disorder of oral speech
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defection in CommonParlance
- definition withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
- definition the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
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defective in CommonParlance
- definition having a defect
- definition markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
- definition not working properly
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defective pleading in CommonParlance
- definition any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency
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defectively in CommonParlance
- definition in a defective manner
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defectiveness in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being defective
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defector in CommonParlance
- definition a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
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defeminise in CommonParlance
- definition remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)
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defeminize in CommonParlance
- definition remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats)
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defence in CommonParlance
- definition (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- definition (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- definition the defendant and their legal advisors collectively
- definition an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
- definition the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
- definition the justification for some act or belief
- definition a structure used to defend against attack
- definition a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against them
- definition (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
- definition protection from harm
- definition the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
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defence force in CommonParlance
- definition an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
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defence mechanism in CommonParlance
- definition (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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defence policy in CommonParlance
- definition a program for defending a country against its enemies
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defence program in CommonParlance
- definition a program for defending a country against its enemies
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defence reaction in CommonParlance
- definition (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires