5
limitation(noun, condition, requirement, qualification, prerequisite)
5
quirk(noun, case, indiscretion, deviation, originality)
5
squawk(noun, support, act, dislike, doubt)
4
animadversion
4
barring(noun, out, exclusion, nonaddition subtraction)
4
cavil(dislike, disagreement, doubt, opposition, protest)
4
criticism(noun, dislike, disagreement, doubt, opposition)
4
demurral(noun, dislike, disagreement, doubt, opposition)
4
discharge(noun, release, separation, rejection, dismissal)
4
liberty(noun, dismissal)
4
license(noun, freedom, allowance, indulgence, dismissal)
4
modification(noun, change, condition, difference, essential)
4
oppose
4
outlier(noun, separation)
4
permission(noun, freedom, allowance, indulgence, license)
4
phenomenon(noun, experience, wonder, fact, occurrence)
4
prodigy(experience, fact, occurrence)
4
restriction(condition, requirement, qualification, prerequisite)
4
scruple(noun, dislike, doubt, opposition, protest)
4
spectacle(event, experience, fact, occurrence)
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