labored
adjectiveShowing obvious effort or strain instead of ease or naturalness.
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Clear all filtersShowing obvious effort or strain instead of ease or naturalness.
To free someone or something from control, restriction, or confinement.
The ease and speed with which an asset can be traded or converted to money without a substantial loss in value.
The quality of being clear and easily understood.
Clarity of expression
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To reduce the severity, seriousness, or harmful effect of something.
Make less severe
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To make or become less intense, extreme, or severe.
Reduce intensity
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An appearance of relaxed ease or lack of concern.
Excessively eager to please through flattery and deference.
To calm someone who is angry or upset.
Calm anger
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To lessen the severity of a problem without removing its cause.
Continuing indefinitely or recurring so often as to seem constant.
Continuing indefinitely
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Clarity and ease of understanding in expression.
Clarity of expression
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To make someone or something more likely to respond or develop in a particular way.
To increase or spread rapidly.
To restore harmony or make differing accounts or ideas consistent.
Make consistent
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Strengthening or support; in learning, a consequence that increases the likelihood of a behavior.
Added strength or support
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To become less severe, resistant, or intense.
To give up possession, control, or a claim.
The cancellation, reduction, or suspension of a penalty, obligation, or burden.
Excessively pleased or satisfied with oneself.
Excessively self-satisfied
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Something that prompts a response, action, or increased activity.
To become less intense or to sink to a lower level.
Become less intense
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Continuing without relief or interruption.
Without relief or interruption
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