Definition Dictionary

Involving a fundamental change or a large departure from established practice.

To complain or criticize in harsh, angry language.

A consequence or implication of an action, often part of a complex series of effects.

Spreading or growing without effective restraint.

Less dense than usual; also elevated or remote from ordinary experience.

The underlying reasoning for a decision or belief.

A philosophical approach treating reason as a source of knowledge beyond what sensory experience alone provides.

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.

To answer an argument with opposing reasons or evidence.

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

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.

Avoiding company and preferring seclusion.

To restore harmony or make differing accounts or ideas consistent.

Little known and difficult to understand without specialized knowledge.