2
refutation(noun, return, sign, report, resolution)
2
replication
2
riposte(noun, return, sign, report, resolution)
2
rogation(noun, request, collect, grace, service)
2
shift(reason, trick, explanation, excuse, dodge)
2
sire
2
special pleading(expression, idiom, dissuasion)
2
stratagem(noun, cause, return, con, excuse)
2
subterfuge(cause, reason, trick, explanation, con)
2
summons(noun, order, demand, request, record)
2
surrebutter
2
surrejoinder
2
urge(noun, want, request, wish, craving)
2
want(noun, order, interest, call, claim)
2
wish(noun, want, request, appeal, craving)
1
Band-Aid(noun, return, sign, report, resolution)
1
absolution(noun, reason, approval, argument, explanation)
1
account(noun, reason, approval, argument, explanation)
1
acknowledgment(noun, return, sign, report, speech)
1
acquittal(noun, reason, approval, argument, explanation)
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