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duplicate is really an original, containing the same provisions and signed by the same persons, so that it may
have in all respects the same force and effect; a transcript is an official copy, authenticated by the signature of
the proper officer, and by the seal of the appropriate court. While strictly there could be but one duplicate, the
word is now extended to an indefinite number of exact copies. Reproduction is chiefly applied to living
organisms.
Antonyms:
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archetype, model, original, pattern, prototype.
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DUTY.
Synonyms:
accountability, function, office, right, business, obligation, responsibility, righteousness.
Etymologically, duty is that which is owed or due; obligation, that to or by which one is bound; right, that
which is correct, straight, or in the direct line of truth and goodness; responsibility, that for which one must
answer. Duty and responsibility are thought of as to some person or persons; right is impersonal. One's duty
may be to others or to himself; his obligations and responsibilities are to others. Duty arises from the nature of
things; obligation and responsibility may be created by circumstances, as by one's own promise, or by the
acceptance of a trust, etc. We speak of a parent's duty, a debtor's obligation; or of a child's duty of obedience,
and a parent's responsibility for the child's welfare. Right is that which accords with the moral system of the
universe. Righteousness is right incarnated in action. In a more limited sense, right may be used of what one
may rightly claim, and so be the converse of duty. It is the creditor's right to demand payment, and the debtor's
duty to pay. Compare BUSINESS.
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EAGER.
Synonyms:
animated, desirous, glowing, importunate, longing, anxious, earnest, hot, intense, vehement, ardent,
enthusiastic, impatient, intent, yearning, burning, fervent, impetuous, keen, zealous.
One is eager who impatiently desires to accomplish some end; one is earnest with a desire that is less
impatient, but more deep, resolute, and constant; one is anxious with a desire that foresees rather the pain of
disappointment than the delight of attainment. One is eager for the gratification of any appetite or passion; he
is earnest in conviction, purpose, or character. Eager usually refers to some specific and immediate
satisfaction, earnest to something permanent and enduring; the patriotic soldier is earnest in his devotion to
his country, eager for a decisive battle.
Antonyms:
apathetic, cool, indifferent, regardless, unconcerned, calm, dispassionate, negligent, stolid, uninterested,
careless, frigid, phlegmatic, stony, unmindful, cold, heedless, purposeless, stupid, unmoved.
Prepositions:
Eager for (more rarely after) favor, honor, etc.; eager in pursuit.
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EASE.
Synonyms:
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easiness, expertness, facility, knack, readiness.
Ease in the sense here considered denotes freedom from conscious or apparent effort, tax, or strain. Ease may
be either of condition or of action; facility is always of action; readiness is of action or of expected action.
One lives at ease who has no pressing cares; one stands at ease, moves or speaks with ease, when wholly
without constraint. Facility is always active; readiness may be active or passive; the speaker has facility of
expression, readiness of wit; any appliance is in readiness for use. Ease of action may imply merely the
possession of ample power; facility always implies practise and skill; any one can press down the keys of a
typewriter with ease; only the skilled operator works the machine with facility. Readiness in the active sense
includes much of the meaning of ease with the added idea of promptness or alertness. Easiness applies to the
thing done, rather than to the doer. Expertness applies to the more mechanical processes of body and mind; we
speak of the readiness of an orator, but of the expertness of a gymnast. Compare COMFORTABLE;
DEXTERITY; POWER.
Antonyms:
annoyance, difficulty, irritation, trouble, vexation, awkwardness, discomfort, perplexity, uneasiness, worry.
constraint, disquiet,
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EDUCATION.
Synonyms:
breeding, discipline, learning, study, cultivation, information, nurture, teaching, culture, instruction, reading,
training, development, knowledge, schooling, tuition.
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