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  • 101Forgiveness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Forgiveness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 forgiveness forgiveness pardon condonation grace remission absolution amnesty oblivion Sgm: N 1 indulgence indulgence Sgm: N 1 reprieve reprieve …

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  • 102Acquittal — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Acquittal >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 acquittal acquittal acquitment Sgm: N 1 clearance clearance exculpation Sgm: N 1 acquittance acquittance clearance exoneration Sgm: N 1 discharge discharge …

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  • 103pardon — par•don [[t]ˈpɑr dn[/t]] n. 1) kind indulgence, as in forgiveness for an offense or in tolerance of an inconvenience: I beg your pardon[/ex] 2) law a) a legal release from the penalty of an offense, as by an official b) law a document declaring… …

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  • 104Respite — Res pite (r?s p?t), n. [OF. respit, F. r[ e]pit, from L. respectus respect, regard, delay, in LL., the deferring of a day. See {Respect}.] 1. A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay. [1913 Webster] I crave but four day… …

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  • 105Montreal Expos — Established: 1969 (Expansion team) Relocated: December 3, 2004 (to Washington, D.C., as the Washington Nationals) Major leagu …

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  • 106Primo Levi — Infobox Writer name = Primo Levi imagesize = 200px caption = Primo Levi pseudonym = Damiano Malabaila (used for some of his fictional works) birthdate = birth date|1919|07|31 birthplace = Turin, Italy deathdate = death date and… …

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  • 107Osip Mandelstam — Osip Mandelstam,1914 Born January 15 [O.S. January 3] 1891 Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire Died …

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  • 108Admetus — In Greek mythology, Admetus /æd mi: təs/ was a king of Pherae in Thessaly, succeeding his father Pheres after whom the city was named. Admetus was one of the Argonauts and took part in the Calydonian Boar hunt.MythologyAdmetus was famed for his… …

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  • 109Julie Christie — at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 1997 Born Julie Frances Christie 14 April 1941 (1941 04 14) (age 7 …

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  • 110The Beggar's Opera — is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satirical ballad opera to remain popular today. Ballad operas were satiric… …

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