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- Thesaurus|284
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| surety(noun, confidence, assurance, security, guarantee) | |
| prisoner(noun, person, con, convict, captive) | |
| pledge(noun, confidence, counter, assurance, warrant) | |
| captive(noun, prisoner, physically, prisoners) | |
| earnest(noun, counter, warrant, captive, accreditation) | |
| pawn(noun, counter, warrant, collateral, captive) | |
| guaranty(noun, confidence, counter, assurance, collateral) | |
| security(noun, counter, warrant, captive, accreditation) | |
| token(noun, counter, warrant, captive, accreditation) | |
| victim | |
| sacrificial lamb(noun, expression, warrant, captive, accreditation) | |
| scapegoat(noun, informal) |
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