| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something done: act, deed, doing, thing, work. See DO. 2. The process of doing: act. See ACTION. 3. The manner in which one behaves. Often used in plural: behavior, comportment, conduct, deportment, way. See BE. 4. A hostile encounter between opposing military forces: battle, combat, engagement. See CONFLICT. 5. A legal proceeding to demand justice or enforce a right: case, cause, instance, lawsuit, suit. See LAW.
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