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::: philanderer - faithless lover; flirt
::: restitution - returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner; reparation; indemnification; compensation for loss, damage, or injury
::: privation - lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; hardship; want; CF. deprive
::: citadel - fortress
::: sensitization - process of being made sensitive or acutely responsive to an external agent or substance; V. sensitize: make or become sensitive
::: initiate - begin; originate; receive into a group; introduce to a new field or activity; Ex. initiate someone into the mysteries of a secret religion; N: one who has been initiated
::: boorish - rude; insensitive
::: creep - move with body close to the ground; move stealthily or slowly; N.
::: calculated - deliberately planned; likely
::: patina - green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting