| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A place of concentrated activity, influence, or importance: center, focus, headquarters, hub, seat. See EDGE. 2. A point of origin from which ideas or influences, for example, originate: bottom, center, core, focus, hub, quick, root1. See START. 3. The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely: braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, intrepidity, intrepidness, mettle, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, stoutheartedness, undauntedness, valiance, valiancy, valiantness, valor. Informal : spunk, spunkiness. Slang : gut (used in plural), gutsiness, moxie. See FEAR. 4. The circulatory organ of the body: Slang : ticker. See BODY. 5. The most central and material part: core, essence, gist, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, quintessence, root1, soul, spirit, stuff, substance. Law : gravamen. See BE. 6. The seat of a person's innermost emotions and feelings: bosom, breast, soul. Idioms: bottom of one's heart, cockles of one's heart, one's heart of hearts. See FEELINGS.
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