noun
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a restraining or being restrained; restraint; restrition.
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a rule ordinance or law by which something is regulated; regulation.
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an order; a command.
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that which is decided; decision.
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approval; acceptance; agreement.
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an established order, manner or practice.
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a religious observance, as fasting, meditation, etc., to propitiate a deity.
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a strict observation of asceticism, self-denial, deep meditation, etc. to realise the God, Supreme Knowledge, etc.
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(phil.) the action of the Supreme to control and maintain the universal or cosmic system.
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the relation between the cause and the effect.
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(pros.) repetition of the same consonant (or its sound) occuring as a second syllable in each line.