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Dedicate
- verb - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
- inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents"
- open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes"
- set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
Dedition
- - The act of yielding; surrender.
Defiance
- noun - a defiant act
- a hostile challenge
- intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
- unruliness
Deficits
- noun - (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
- a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"
- an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
- the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
Defilade
- noun - the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
Defilers
- noun - a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
Defiling
- verb - make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
- spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
Defining
- verb - any process serving to define the shape of something
- decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- determine the essential quality of
- determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
- give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
- show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
Definite
- adjective - known for certain; "it is definite that they have won"
- precise; explicit and clearly defined; "I want a definite answer"; "a definite statement of the terms of the will"; "a definite amount"; "definite restrictions on the sale of alcohol"; "the wedding date is now definite"; "a definite drop in attendance"