Concept cluster: Negative feelings > Non-action or non-occurrence
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(medicine) Abbreviation of absente febre; in the absence of fever
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Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind).
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A case not provided for by the statute.
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Absence of rapport; the nonexistence of, or a breakdown of, effective communication.
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A result of a test that shows as absent something that is present.
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Failure to execute or carry out.
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Alternative form of laborless [Not laborious; easy.]
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Missing data; omission.
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Absence of abandonment; failure to abandon something.
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Absence of abdication; failure to abdicate.
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Absence of abolition; failure to abolish something.
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Failure to abridge something.
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Failure to be absent, i.e. presence.
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Absence of abstention; failure to abstain from something.
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Failure to accumulate.
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Absence of acknowledgment; failure to acknowledge something.
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Absence of acquittal; failure to acquit.
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The absence of action; failure to act.
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Absence of adaptation; failure to adapt.
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Absence of addition; failure to add.
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Absence of adjournment; failure to adjourn.
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Absence of adjustment; failure to adjust.
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Lack or absence of admission; failure to admit.
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Absence of advancement; failure to advance.
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Lack of advocacy.
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Failure to alienate.
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Absence of annulment; failure to annul something.
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The lack of an answer.
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A failure to appear, especially at a legal trial.
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Failure to appoint or be appointed.
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Absence of approval; failure to approve something.
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Absence of arraignment.
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Failure to arrive.
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Lack of ascription; failure to ascribe.
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Absence of assent; failure to agree to something.
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Absence of assimilation; failure to assimilate.
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The failure to take up, adopt, or take responsibility for.
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Absence of atonement; failure to atone.
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The nonoccurence of any attempt.
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Absence of attestation; failure to attest.
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Failure to attribute something.
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Absence of avoidance; failure to avoid something.
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Absence of belligerency, especially as an agreement between countries not to go to war (perhaps less amicable than neutrality).
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The absence of birth; failure to be born.
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Absence of cancellation; failure to cancel.
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Failure to run as a candidate.
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Absence of canonization; failure to canonize.
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Absence of capitulation; failure to capitulate.
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Absence of celebration; failure to celebrate.
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Lack of certification; failure to certify.
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Absence of chastisement; failure to chastise.
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Absence of circulation; failure to circulate.
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Lack of citizenship.
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Failure to make a legal claim.
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Absence of classification; failure to classify.
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Absence of clearance; failure to clear something.
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Absence of closure; failure to close.
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Failure to coagulate; absence of coagulation.
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The absence of coexistence
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Lack of collaboration.
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Absence of collection; failure to collect.
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Absence of combustion; failure to combust.
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Absence of commemoration; failure to commemorate.
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Absence of commencement; failure to begin.
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Failure to commit to a decision or course of action.
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Absence of communication; failure to communicate.
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(Scotland, law) Failure to appear in court.
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Absence of compensation; failure to compensate.
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A failure to compete
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Absence of compression; failure to compress.
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Absence of computation; failure to compute something.
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Absence of concealment; failure to conceal something.
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Absence of concession; failure or refusal to concede.
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Lack of condonation.
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Failure to conduct (heat, electricity, etc.).
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The absence of a confession, or the refusal to confess
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Absence of confiscation; failure to confiscate.
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Lack of connection; failure to connect.
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Absence of connivance.
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Failure to serve in the military.
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(physics) A failure to abide by a conservation law.
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Absence of consideration; failure to consider.
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Failure to construct something.
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The failure to consume
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Absence of continuance; failure to continue.
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Absence of continuation; cessation.
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Lack of contribution; failure to contribute.
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Failure to converge.
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Absence of conversion; failure to convert.
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Absence of conveyance; failure to convey.
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Absence of conviction (judgement of guilt in a court of law); failure to convict.
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The active absence of cooperation.
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Absence of correction; failure to correct.
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Lack of correlation; failure to correlate.
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Absence of corroboration; failure to corroborate.
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Absence of coverage; the state of not being covered.
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Absence of creation; failure to create.
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Absence of cultivation; failure to cultivate.
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Failure to declare something.
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Absence of decomposition; failure to decompose.
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Absence of dedication; failure to dedicate something.
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Absence of degeneration; failure to degenerate.
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A failure or refusal to delegate
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Failure to deliver.
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A failure to deliver.
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Absence of demobilization; failure to demobilize.
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Failure to depart.
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Failure to deploy.
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Absence of deportation; failure to deport.
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A failure to deposit or throw down.
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Absence of description; failure to describe something.
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Lack of destruction; failure to destroy.
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Absence of detention; failure to detain.
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Lack of deviation; failure to deviate from something.
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Lack of differentiation.
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Absence of digestion; failure to digest.
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Absence of dilution; failure to dilute.
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Absence of disarmament; failure to disarm.
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Absence of discontinuance; failure to discontinue something.
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Failure to discover.
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Absence of dismissal; failure to dismiss.
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Absence of dispersal; failure to disperse.
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Lack of dissemination (especially of nuclear weapons).
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Absence of dissipation; failure to dissipate.
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Lack of duplication; failure to duplicate.
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Absence of ejection; failure to eject.
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Absence of elimination; failure to eliminate.
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Absence of emancipation; failure to emancipate.
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Failure to embark.
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Lack of emendation; failure to emend something.
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Absence of emission; failure to emit something.
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Failure to enact.
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Lack of enclosure; failure to enclose.
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Failure to encounter something or somebody.
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Absence of encroachment; failure to encroach.
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Failure to endorse.
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(law) Lack of enforcement; failure to enforce.
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Absence of engraftment; failure to engraft.
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Failure to enrol.
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Absence of erasure; failure to erase.
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Lack of espousal; failure to espouse something.
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Absence of evacuation; failure to evacuate.
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Absence of evaporation; failure to evaporate.
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Lack of evasion; failure to evade.
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Failure to evict (especially in terms of allowing existing residents to remain when a building is redeveloped).
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Lack of exaction; failure to exact something.
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Absence of exclusion; failure to exclude.
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Failure to execute or perform.
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Absence of exemption.
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Failure to exhibit.
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Absence of exoneration; failure to exonerate.
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Lack of expiry; failure to expire.
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Lack of exportation; failure to export goods.
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Lack of expulsion.
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Lack of extension; failure to extend.
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Lack of extermination; failure to exterminate.
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Lack of extinction; failure to become extinct.
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Lack of extraction; failure to extract something.
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Lack of extradition.
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The lack of extrapolation; not performing an extrapolation.
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Absence of failure.
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Lack of fermentation; failure to ferment.
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Absence of firing; failure to fire.
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Lack of forfeiture; failure to forfeit, or exemption from forfeiting.
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Lack of formation; failure to form.
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Absence of formulation; failure to formulate something.
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Failure to germinate.
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failure to occur
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(information technology) Failure to match any record in an information retrieval system.
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Lack of immunity.
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Lack of indictment; failure to indict.
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Absence of infraction; an act that is not an infraction.
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The (deliberate) absence of initiation
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Absence of insertion; failure to insert.
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Absence of installation; failure to install.
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Absence of insulation; failure to insulate.
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Lack of interaction.
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Lack of interposition; failure to interpose.
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Absence of interpretation; failure to interpret something.
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Lack of intersection; failure to intersect.
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Absence of inversion; failure to invert something (such as a clause in a sentence).
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Failure to issue something.
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(law) The omission of a party that was necessary to an action
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Absence of liberation; failure to liberate.
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Lack of liquidation; failure to liquidate.
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Absence of litigation; failure to litigate.
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Failure to maintain something.
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Absence of manifestation; failure to manifest.
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Absence of mastery; failure to master something.
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Failure to mention something.
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Absence of multiplication; failure to multiply.
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Absence of negotiation; failure to negotiate.
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Absence of notification; failure to notify.
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Absence of objection; failure to object.
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Absence of penetration; failure to penetrate.
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Absence of perseverance; failure to persevere.
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Absence of portrayal; failure to portray.
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Lack of postponement; failure to postpone something.
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Neglect or failure to prepare.
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(chiefly sciences) Failure to preserve or be preserved
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Absence of prevention; failure to prevent something.
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Absence of procreation; failure to procreate.
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Lack of procurement; failure to procure something.
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Failure to prohibit something.
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Failure to prolong something.
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Lack of promulgation; failure to promulgate something.
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Absence of pronunciation; failure to pronounce something.
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Lack of propagation; failure to propagate something.
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A failure to prosecute.
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Absence of protection; failure to protect.
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Failure to protest.
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Lack of publication; failure to publish.
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Absence of publicity; failure to publicize.
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Absence of punishment; failure to punish.
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A failure to purchase something
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Absence of pursuit; failure to pursue something.
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Lack of qualification; failure to qualify.
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Lack of randomization.
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Failure to ratify something.
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Absence of reaction; failure to react.
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Failure to realize something.
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Failure to reappoint somebody.
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Lack of receipt; failure to receive.
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Absence of reception; failure to receive.
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Absence of recital; failure to recite.
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Absence of recommendation; failure to recommend.
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Lack of recuperation; failure to recuperate.
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Absence of recurrence; not happening more than once.
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Absence of reduction; failure to reduce something.
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Absence of reformation; failure to reform.
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Absence of refutation; failure to refute something.
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Failing to register.
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Absence of registration; failure to register.
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Lack of rehabilitation.
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Absence of reimbursement; failure to reimburse.
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The absence of normal reinforcement
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Lack of reinstatement; failure to reinstate.
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Lack of rejection; acceptance or validation.
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Lack of release; failure to release somebody or something.
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Lack of relinquishment; failure to relinquish.
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Failure to remunerate; absence of remuneration.
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Failure to render what is due.
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Failure to renew.
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Absence of repair; failure to repair something.
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Failure to repay.
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Lack of repentance.
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Absence of repetition; failure to repeat.
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Failure to replace; absence of replacement.
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A failure to report
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Lack of representation.
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Failure to rescue.
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Absence of resignation; failure to resign.
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Absence of resolution; failure to resolve something.
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The absence of a response.
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Failure to resume something.
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Absence of resuscitation; failure to resuscitate.
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Lack of retaliation; failure to retaliate.
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Lack of retention; failure to retain something.
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Lack of retraction; failure to retract.
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Lack of retrenchment.
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Absence of return; failure to come back or bring back.
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Lack of reversion; failure to revert.
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Absence of revival; failure to revive something.
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Absence of revocation; failure to revoke.
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Absence of secession; failure to secede.
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lack of segregation; failure to segregate
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Failure to seize (goods, assets, etc.).
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Failure to sever something, such as the umbilical cord in a lotus birth.
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Absence of delivery of a shipment; failure to ship.
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Absence of stimulation; failure to stimulate.
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Absence of storage; failure to store something.
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Failure to subscribe to something, such as a doctrine or decision.
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Absence of subsidy; failure to subsidize something.
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Lack of substantiation; failure to substantiate.
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Lack of substitution; failure to substitute.
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Absence of subtraction; failure to subtract.
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Absence of success; failure.
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Absence of suppression; failure to suppress something.
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Failure to survive.
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Absence of transmission; failure to transmit.
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Lack of transposition; failure to transpose.
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Absence of usage; failure to use.
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The failure to make use of something.
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Absence of vaccination; failure to vaccinate.
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Absence of ventilation; failure to ventilate.
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Failure to reach a verdict in a legal case.
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absence of verification; failure to verify
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An apparent absence
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Failure to arrive.
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Absence of cultivation; failure to cultivate.
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Insufficiently productive.
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Lack or absence of production
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The absence or reversal of progress.
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Lack of punishment; failure to punish.
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Absence of wins; failure to attain victory.

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