Related Words for moral authority

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WordSyllablesCategories
authority
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Noun, Noun
principle
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Noun
ethics
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Noun
standards
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Noun
mores
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Noun
office
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Noun
sanction
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Noun
duty
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Noun
color
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Noun
warrant
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Noun
command
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Noun
moral support
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Phrase, Noun
credentials
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Noun
jurisdiction
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Noun
warranty
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Noun
behalf
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Noun
power
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Noun
bond
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Noun
trust
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Noun
code of ethics
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Phrase, Noun
faculty
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Noun
obligation
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Noun
natural law
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Phrase, Noun
mafia
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Noun
color of office
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Phrase, Noun
mandate
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Noun
precept
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Noun
etiquette
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Noun
writ
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Noun
authorization
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Noun
honor system
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Phrase, Noun
magistracy
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Noun
power structure
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Phrase, Noun
citation
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Noun
lawfulness
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Noun
right
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Noun
competence
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Noun
charter
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Noun
power base
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Phrase, Noun
obedience
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Noun
permission
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Noun
style
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Noun
royalty
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Noun
entitlement
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Noun
legal representative
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Name, Name
ruling
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Noun
hierarchy
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Noun
policy
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Noun
law of nature
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Phrase, Noun
merit
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Noun
accountability
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Noun
person
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Noun
noblesse oblige
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Phrase, Noun
precedent
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Noun
sovereignty
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Noun
exemplification
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Noun
appeal
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Noun
judicature
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Noun
capacity
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Noun
organ
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Noun
role
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Noun
heritage
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Noun
quorum
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Noun
nomos
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Noun
rule of law
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Phrase, Noun
guardianship
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Noun
copyright
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Noun
directive
x/x
Noun
customary
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Adjective
ordinary
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Adjective
body
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Noun
court
/
Noun
court order
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Phrase, Noun
fiat
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Noun
status
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Noun
law of the land
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Phrase, Noun
power of attorney
/x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
prerogative
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Noun
law and order
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Phrase, Noun
code
/
Noun
justice
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Noun
principal
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Noun
responsibility
xxx/xx
Noun
potentate
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Noun
counsel
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Noun
propriety
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Noun
grace
/
Noun
enforcement
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Noun
standard of care
/x//
Phrase, Noun
honor
/x
Noun
testament
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Noun
inheritance
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Noun
country of origin
/x//xx
Phrase, Noun
establishment
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Noun
requisition
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Noun
positivism
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Noun
chivalry
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Noun
insignia
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Noun
function
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Noun
tenor
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Noun
officialdom
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Noun
bench
/
Noun
judgment
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Noun
commandment
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Noun
constitution
xx/x
Noun
approval
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Noun
governance
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Noun
rubber stamp
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Phrase, Adjective, Noun, Verb
constitutionality
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Noun
protocol
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Noun
arrest warrant
x//x
Phrase, Noun
patronage
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Noun
social order
/x/x
Name, Name
power of appointment
/x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
public office
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
organization
xxx/x
Noun
enactment
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Noun
senate
/x
Name
direction
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Noun
municipality
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Noun
casuistry
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Noun
custom
/x
Noun
norm
/
Noun
advice
x/
Noun
informed consent
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Phrase, Noun
people
/x
Noun
information
xx/x
Noun
trustee
x/
Noun
opinion
x/x
Noun
ability
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Noun
able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
absolute
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Adjective, Noun
accordance
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Noun
accountable
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Adjective
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adjudicator
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Noun
administer
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Verb
administration
xxx/x
Noun
administrative
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Adjective
adviser
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Noun
aegis
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Noun
aesthetic
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Adjective, Noun
agency
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Noun
allowable
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Adjective, Noun
allowed
x/
Adjective
ambit
xx
Noun
amoral
x/x
Adjective
anarchy
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Noun
anguish
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Noun, Verb
apa
xx
Name
app
/
Noun
arbiter
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Noun, Verb
artificial
xx/x
Adjective
assurance
x/x
Noun
attitude
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Noun, Verb
auspices
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Noun
authorisation
xxx/x
Noun
authorise
xxx
Verb
authorised
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Adjective
authoritarianism
xxx/xxxx
Noun
authoritatively
xxx/xx
Adverb
authorize
/xx
Verb
autonomy
x/xx
Noun
base
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
baseline
/x
Noun, Verb
basis
/x
Noun
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
belief
x/
Noun
benchmark
/x
Noun, Verb
benefit of clergy
/xx//x
Phrase, Noun
board
/
Noun, Verb
bom
/
Noun
boss
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
branch
/
Noun, Verb
bullying
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Noun
bureau
/x
Noun
can
/
Verb, Noun
capable
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Adjective
carte blanche
//
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
central bank
/x/
Phrase, Noun
central intelligence agency
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Phrase, Noun
character
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Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
charity
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Noun
chaste
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Adjective
cia
x
Name, Adjective
civilized
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Adjective
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
clearance
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Noun
cleric
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Noun, Adjective
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
clout
/
Noun, Verb
cognizance
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Noun
college
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Noun
commission
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Noun, Verb
committee
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Noun
common
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
competency
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Noun
competent
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Adjective
competition
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Noun
comptroller of the currency
x/x/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
conference
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Noun, Verb
confidence
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Noun
congenital
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Adjective
connoisseur
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Noun
conscientious
xx/x
Adjective
consent
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Noun, Verb
consultant
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Noun
contracting
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Noun, Adjective
control
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Noun, Verb
cop
/
Noun, Verb
corporate
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
corporation
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Noun
council
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Noun
credibility
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Noun
dad
/
Noun, Verb
decency
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Noun
decentralization
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Noun
delivery
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Noun
deontological
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Adjective
department
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Noun
dictate
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Verb, Noun
dignitary
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Noun, Adjective
director
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Noun
directorate
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Noun
dirt
/
Noun, Verb
discipline
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Noun, Verb
discretion
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Noun
dispensation
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Noun
dominance
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Noun
dominion
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Noun
dubai
x/
Name
emotional
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Adjective, Noun
empower
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Verb
endorsement
x/x
Noun
endure
x/
Verb
entity
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Noun
environmental protection agency
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Name, Noun
epa
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Name
esthetic
x/x
Adjective
ethically
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Adverb
ethos
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Noun
evaluator
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Noun
evidentiary
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Adjective
excellent
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Adjective, Adverb
executive
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Noun, Adjective
exercise
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Noun, Verb
expertise
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Noun, Verb
father
/x
Noun, Verb
fbi
x
Name
federal bureau of investigation
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Name, Name
federal housing administration
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Name, Name
fha
x
Name
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
footnote
/x
Noun, Verb
force
/
Noun, Verb
forum
/x
Noun
foundation
x/x
Noun
freedom
/x
Noun
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
governed
/x
Noun
government
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Noun
governors
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Noun
guarantees
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Noun, Verb
guidance
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Noun