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aegis

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protection;sponsorship

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amends

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making up for a wrong; compensation

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conciliatory

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peacemaking

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conducive

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favorable to; tending to cause or bring abt

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extricate

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to free from difficulty/entanglement

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importune

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to annoy w repeated requests

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mediate

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to help opposing sides reach an argument

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mitigate

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to make less severe

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patronize

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to support/sponsor

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renovate

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to restore to an earlier condition

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exacerbate

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to irritate or make worse

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execrable

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v bad or unpleasant

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exigent

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urgent or critical

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expiate

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to make up for

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felicitous

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delightful/pleasing

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fetter

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to chain or restrain

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forlorn

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sad and abandoned

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at face value

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as something seems, as one claims it to be

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read between the lines

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look for the hidden meaning

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wild goose chase

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to waste time tryna do smth u cant

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tang-tact-

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touch

22
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acu

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sharp

23
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anim

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breath