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.
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despoilation in CommonParlance
- definition the act of stripping and taking by force
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despoiled in CommonParlance
- definition having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
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despoiler in CommonParlance
- definition someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
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despoilment in CommonParlance
- definition the act of stripping and taking by force
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despoliation in CommonParlance
- definition the act of stripping and taking by force
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despond in CommonParlance
- definition lose confidence or hope; become dejected
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despondence in CommonParlance
- definition feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
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despondency in CommonParlance
- definition feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
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despondent in CommonParlance
- definition without or almost without hope
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despondently in CommonParlance
- definition with desperation
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despot in CommonParlance
- definition a cruel and oppressive dictator
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despotic in CommonParlance
- definition belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
- definition ruled by or characteristic of a despot
- definition characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
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despotical in CommonParlance
- definition belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
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despotism in CommonParlance
- definition dominance through threat of punishment and violence
- definition a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
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desquamate in CommonParlance
- definition peel off in scales
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desquamation in CommonParlance
- definition loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
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dessert in CommonParlance
- definition a dish served as the last course of a meal
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dessert apple in CommonParlance
- definition an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking
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dessert plate in CommonParlance
- definition a small plate on which dessert can be served
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dessert spoon in CommonParlance
- definition a spoon larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon
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dessert wine in CommonParlance
- definition still sweet wine often served with dessert or after a meal
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dessertspoon in CommonParlance
- definition as much as a dessert spoon will hold
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dessertspoonful in CommonParlance
- definition as much as a dessert spoon will hold
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dessiatine in CommonParlance
- definition a former Russian unit of area equal to 2.7 acres
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destabilisation in CommonParlance
- definition the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)