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Addiction
- noun - (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"
- an abnormally strong craving
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
Adduction
- noun - (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
Ademption
- - The revocation or taking away of a grant, donation, legacy, or the like.
Adjection
- - The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added.
Admixtion
- - A mingling of different things; admixture.
Adoration
- noun - a feeling of profound love and admiration
- the act of admiring strongly
- the worship given to God alone
Adulation
- noun - servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
Advection
- noun - (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties
Affection
- noun - a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"
- sympathy or liking for