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Admonition

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Gentle reproof; counseling against fault or error

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Admonish

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Warn of a fault; reprove; rebuke

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Admonitory

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Conveying a gentle reproof

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Premonition

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Forewarning; intuitive anticipation of a coming event

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Premonitory

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Conveying a forewarning

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Countermand

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Issue a contrary order

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Mandate

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  1. Authoritative command

2. Territory administered by a trustee

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Mandatory

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Obligatory; required by command

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Accredited

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Officially authorized or recognized; provided with credentials

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Credence

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Belief as to the truth of something

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Credentials

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Documents, letters, references, etc., that inspire belief or trust

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Credible

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Believable

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Credit

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Belief; faith; trust

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Credulous

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Too ready to believe, easily deceived

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Creed

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Summary of principles believed in of adhered to

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Discredit

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  1. Cast doubt on; refuse to believe

2. Take trust or credit away from; disgrace

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Discredit

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Loss if belief or trust; damage to one’s reputation; disgrace

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Incredible

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Not believable

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Incredulity

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Disbelief

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Bona fide

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Made or carried out in good faith; genuine

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Confidant

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One to whom secrets are entrusted

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Confident

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Having faith in oneself; self-reliant; sure

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Confidential

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Communicated in trust; secret; private

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Diffident

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Lacking self-confidence; unduly timid; shy

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Fidelity

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  1. Faithfulness to a trust or vow

2. Accuracy; faithfulness of sound reproduction

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Fiduciary

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  1. Held in trust

2. Confidential

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Infidel

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One who does not accept a particular faith; unbeliever

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Perfidious

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False to a trust; faithless; treacherous

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Perfidy

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Violation of a trust; treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty