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expectancy
Synonyms and Antonyms of expectancy
the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence that feeling of optimistic expectancy that fills theatergoers as they wait for the curtain to rise Synonyms anticipation, contemplation, expectance, expectation, prospectRelated Words alarm (also alarum), apprehension, dread, foreboding, misgiving
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