Synonym Dictionary

An accusation made in response to another accusation.

To act against an influence in order to reduce or cancel its effect.

An accusation made in response to another accusation.

Made to imitate something genuine with the intention of deceiving.

Contrary to what intuition or ordinary expectation suggests.

Having an effect that works against the intended goal.

Having a rural style or character; sometimes used critically to mean unsophisticated.

A framework that weighs the value of future outcomes according to when they occur.

A model that reduces the present value of a future outcome by the same proportional factor for each equal unit of delay.

A model of time preference in which the value assigned to a delayed outcome falls sharply at short delays and more gradually at longer delays.

To recognize or admit that something exists or is true.

An explanation that someone was elsewhere when an alleged act occurred; more broadly, an excuse.

Based on individual accounts or observations rather than systematic evidence.

A short account of an incident, often interesting or amusing.

Genuine or made in good faith.

Relating to the pleasant, quiet qualities of rural life.

To make up for a loss or disadvantage, or to provide payment for work.

To say the opposite of a statement or to be inconsistent with it.

Responsibility for wrongdoing or blame.

Someone who leaves a group, cause, or country to join another, often opposing, side.

To decorate or add details, sometimes to exaggerate an account.

To list or specify items one by one.

An orderly listing or count of separate items.

A long narrative, especially one involving heroic or momentous events.