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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| mitigation | xx/x | Noun, Noun |
| palliation | /x/x | Noun, Noun |
| baseness | /x | Noun |
| indisposition | xxx/x | Noun |
| imbecility | /x/xx | Noun |
| feebleness | /xx | Noun |
| unreasonableness | x/xxx | Noun |
| perfidy | /xx | Noun |
| kindliness | /xx | Noun |
| trifling | /x | Adjective |
| excusable | x/xx | Adjective |
| malignity | x/xx | Noun |
| wretchedness | /xx | Noun |
| magnanimity | /x/xx | Noun |
| amelioration | xxx/x | Noun |
| justification | xxx/x | Noun |
| consequence | /xx | Noun |
| alleviation | xxx/x | Noun |
| inadequacy | x/xxx | Noun |
| unpardonable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| imprudence | x/x | Noun |
| necessity | x/xx | Noun |
| avowal | x/x | Noun |
| diminution | xx/x | Noun |
| diminishment | x/xx | Noun |
| minimization | /xx/x | Noun |
| shrinking | /x | Noun |
| thinning | /x | Noun |
| extinction | x/x | Noun |
| extinguishment | x/xx | Noun |
| abatement | x/x | Noun |
| slimming | /x | Noun |
| shrinkage | /x | Noun |
| weakening | /xx | Noun |
| attenuation | x/x/x | Noun |
| lessening | /xx | Noun |
| extirpation | /xxx | Noun |
| plead | / | Verb |
| apology | x/xx | Noun |
| aggravation | xx/x | Noun |
| offence | x/ | Noun |
| plea | / | Noun |
| offense | x/ | Noun |
| fault | / | Noun |
| shortcomings | /xx | Noun |
| urge | / | Verb |
| guilt | / | Noun |
| crime | / | Noun |
| conduct | x/ | Noun |
| partial | /x | Adjective |
| admit | x/ | Verb |
| remembered | x/x | Verb |
| attempt | x/ | Noun |
| say | / | Verb |
| amends | x/ | Noun |
| atonement | x/x | Noun |
| avail | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| blame | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| claim | / | Noun, Verb |
| clue | / | Noun, Verb |
| comfort | /x | Noun, Verb |
| consolation | xx/x | Noun |
| encouragement | x/xx | Noun |
| indemnification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| pretence | x/ | Noun |
| purification | xxx/x | Noun |
| recompense | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| reparation | xx/x | Noun |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
