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Credible

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Capable of being believed; plausible

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Conciliatory

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Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

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Exonerate

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To free from blame

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Incontrovertible

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Indisputable; not open to question

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Indict

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To officially charge with wrongdoing and crime

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Litigious

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Prone to engage with lawsuits

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Partisan

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Devoted to or biased in support to a party, group, or cause

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Parity

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equality, as in amount , status, value

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Rectitude

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Moral uprightness; riteousness

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Remiss

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Lax in attending to duty; negligent

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity or authority of

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Sanctimonious

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Feigning piety or righteousness

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Scrupulous

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Principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting

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Solicitous

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Concerned

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Substantiate

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To support with proof or evidence; verify

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Veracity

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Adherence to the truth; truthfulness

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Vindicate

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To free from blame

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Cajole

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To urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery

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Chicanery

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Obsequious

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Fawning and servile

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Sycophant

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Insincere, obsequious flatterer

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Altruism

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Unselfish concern for the welfare of others, selflessness

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Eminent

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Distinguished, prominent

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Empathetic

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Identifying with and understanding of another’s situation, feelings, and motives

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Laudatory

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Full of praise

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Magnanimous

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Courageously or generously noble in mind and heart

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Philanthropic

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Humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity

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Reciprocate

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To mutually take or give; to respond in kind

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Defunct

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No longer existing or functioning

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Eradicate

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To get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish

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Quell

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To put down forcibly; supress

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Raze

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To level to the ground; demolish

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Squelch

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To crush as if by trampling; squash

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Supplant

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To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics

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Stymie

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To thwart or stump

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Abase

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To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem

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Deride

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To mock contemptuously

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Derogatory

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Insulting or intended to insult

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Disparage

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To speak of negatively; to belittle

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Effrontery

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Brazen boldness; presumptuousness

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Ignominy

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Great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct

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Impugn

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To attack as false or questionable

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Mar

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To damage, especially in a disfiguring way

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Pejorative

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Disparaging, belittling, insulting

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Vex

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To annoy or bother; to perplex

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Vindictive

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Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful

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