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Word: deterrent

Definition: something that discourages or deters


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::: unwitting - not knowing; unaware; unintentional; Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice; Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know
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::: arbitrate - act as judge (at the request of both sides)
::: overweening - arrogant; presumptuous
::: indolent - lazy
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::: recount - narrate or tell (a story); count over again
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