| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |