Definition Dictionary

A seemingly reasonable explanation used to justify conduct or a decision.

To offer a seemingly reasonable explanation, sometimes to justify questionable conduct.

Extremely hungry; figuratively, intensely eager to obtain something.

Strongly opposing change and seeking a return to earlier social or political arrangements.

To express sharp disapproval of someone's behavior.

A puzzle representing words through pictures, letters, or symbols.

To answer an argument with opposing reasons or evidence.

A response that challenges a claim with opposing arguments or evidence.

Stubbornly resistant to authority or correction.

To formally withdraw a previously stated belief or claim.

To summarize the main points of something.

To move backward or away, or gradually become smaller or less intense.

Willing to listen to, consider, or accept ideas and suggestions.

A return to criminal behavior after a previous offense or punishment.

Shared or exchanged by both sides.

To respond with a similar action or feeling.

A person who lives apart from others.

Avoiding company and preferring seclusion.

To restore harmony or make differing accounts or ideas consistent.

Little known and difficult to understand without specialized knowledge.

Cowardly or disloyal, especially in abandoning a duty.

An accusation made in response to another accusation.

To correct or put something right.

Lying down or reclining.