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Reductios
- noun - (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction
Reductive
- adjective - characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciatory" - R.H.Rovere
Refaction
- - Recompense; atonement; retribution.
Refection
- noun - a light meal or repast
Refectory
- noun - a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)
- A room where meals are served, especially in a college or other institution
Reflating
- verb - become inflated again
- economics: experience reflation; "The economy reflated after the Fed took extreme measures"
- economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation; "These measures reflated the economy"
- inflate again; "reflate the balloon"
Reflation
- noun - inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state