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To force someone to comply or obey, as by pressure, threats, or intimidation, to effect by force

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Coerce

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To strengthen or confirm by agreeing statements or new evidence

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Corroborate

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To cause uneasiness, embarrassment, or confusion

To thwart the plans or purposes of

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Discomfit

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Reclining; lying down; resting

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Recumbent

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The act of objecting or protesting

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Remonstrance

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The act of formally or voluntarily giving up a claim or title

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Renunciation

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Abundantly supplied; well-filled

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Replete

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Deserving of blame, rebuke, or censure

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Reprehensible

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Forcible seizure in retaliation for injuries received; injury done in return for injury received

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Reprisal

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10
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An interval of relief or rest; a relay of punishment

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Respite

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Inclination to be silent

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Reticence

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12
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Punishment for offenses; compensation

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Retribution

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13
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Com-

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With, together

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Hyper-

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Over, above, beyond

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ARCH

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Chief, first, to rule

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-age

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State, quality, act of