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Tangential
Adjective
Meaning
- Merely touching; slightly connected
- Divergent or digressive, as from a subject under consideration.
- Tending to digress or to reply to questions obliquely.
Discern
Verb
Meaning
- To perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend
- To distinguish mentally, recognize as distinct or different; discriminate.
Connivance
Noun
Meaning
- The act of conniving.
- Tacit encouragement or assent (without participation) to wrongdoing by another.
Compendium
Noun
Meaning
- A brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise.
- A summary, epitome, or abridgment.
- A full list or inventory.
Canonize
Verb
Meaning
- To glorify.
- To make canonical; place or include within a canon, especially of scriptural work
- To consider or treat as sacrosanct or holy.
- To sanction or approve authoritatively, especially ecclesiastically.
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