Definition Dictionary

A standard or condition used to judge, select, or decide something.

Responsibility for wrongdoing or blame.

To restrain, limit, or keep something under control.

The act of leading someone to believe something false, or a device used to do so.

To consider or judge something to be a particular way.

To postpone something, or to yield to another person's judgment or priority.

An amount by which something falls short of what is needed or expected.

To describe, outline, or mark something precisely.

A boundary or distinction that separates things.

To express disapproval of or belittle something.

Expressing disapproval or making something seem less valuable.

The loss or lack of something necessary or valued.

Expressing disrespect or a low opinion of someone or something.

To treat something sacred or deeply respected with serious disrespect.

Lacking the resources needed for basic living, or completely lacking something.

Something that discourages an action.

To dislike someone or something intensely.

To reduce the value, quality, or appeal of something, usually in the phrase detract from.

Causing harm or putting something at a disadvantage.

Entirely lacking a specified quality or thing.

To recognize or show the features that make things distinct.

To become smaller or less important, or to make something so.

To damage trust in the truth or reliability of something.

A difference or inconsistency between things that should agree.