| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Air breathed out, evidenced by vapor, odor, or heat: exhalation. See BREATH. 2. The act or process of breathing: respiration. See BREATH. 3. A slight amount or indication: dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal : whisker. See BIG, SHOW. 4. The vital principle or animating force within living beings: divine spark, élan vital, life force, psyche, soul, spirit, vital force, vitality. See BODY.
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