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  • 111fault — A wrongful act, omission, or breach. UCC § 1 201(16). An error or defect of judgment or conduct; any deviation from prudence, rectitude, or duty; any shortcoming or neglect of care or performance, resulting from inattention, incapacity, or… …

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  • 112interchangeably — In the way, mode or form of exchange. A term constantly used in the concluding clause of indentures (in witness whereof the said parties have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals) and properly imputing not only an execution by all… …

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  • 113paramour — A mistress. A lover with whom a woman carries on an illicit relationship. One having an illicit relationship, particularly with a married person. The third party in the triangle presented by infidelity. A word imputing want of chastity. 33 Am… …

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  • 114blameful — [blām′fəl] adj. 1. finding or imputing blame; blaming 2. deserving to be blamed; blameworthy blamefully adv. blamefulness n …

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  • 115impute — [im pyo͞ot′] vt. imputed, imputing [ME imputen < OFr imputer < L imputare < in , in, to + putare, to estimate, think, orig., to prune, cleanse: see PURE] 1. to attribute (esp. a fault or misconduct) to another; charge with; ascribe 2.… …

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  • 116reflection — [ri flek′shən] n. [ME reflexion < MFr < LL reflexio] 1. a reflecting or being reflected 2. the throwing back by a surface of sound, light, heat, etc. 3. anything reflected; specif., an image; likeness 4. a) the fixing of the mind on some… …

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  • 117get someone wrong — spoken phrase to not understand someone You’ve got me all wrong, I never meant to hurt you. I guess I got you wrong. I thought you meant Tuesday, not today. Thesaurus: to not understand, or to misunderstandsynonym Main entry …

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  • 118impute to — im ˈpute ˌto [present tense I/you/we/they impute to he/she/it imputes to present participle imputing to …

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  • 119im|pu|ta|tion — «IHM pyu TAY shuhn», noun. 1. an imputing or being imputed: »But against the imputation of softness and vague Utopianism there have been one or two hints of steel (Wall Street Journal). 2. a charge or hint of wrongdoing: »No imputation has ever… …

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  • 120impute something to somebody — imˈpute sth to sb/sth derived (formal) to say, often unfairly, that sb is responsible for sth or has a particular quality Syn: ↑attribute • I denied the motives that my employer was imputing to me. Main entry: ↑ …

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