sublimate
verbTo redirect an impulse into a socially acceptable or constructive activity.
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Clear all filtersTo redirect an impulse into a socially acceptable or constructive activity.
The act of yielding to another's authority or control.
Yielding to authority
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Inclined to accept another person's authority or wishes without resistance.
Below the required or generally accepted level of quality.
To undermine or overturn an established system, authority, or accepted principle.
An assumption or proposal accepted provisionally without proof.
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