2
hokum(noun, stroke, flattery, commendation, adulation)
2
humility(noun, servility, unctuousness, blarney, timorousness)
2
incense(noun, stroke, flattery, commendation, adulation)
2
jive(noun, stroke, flattery, commendation, adulation)
2
laudation(noun, increase, praise, regard, boost)
2
obeisance(noun, increase, praise, regard, boost)
2
oil
2
pretty speech(noun, expression, stroke, flattery, commendation)
2
respect(noun, communication, empathy, praise, psychology)
2
soft-soap(noun, stroke, flattery, commendation, adulation)
2
soft soap(noun, expression, stroke, commendation, adulation)
2
soft words(noun, expression, praise, stroke, flattery)
2
subjection(noun, flattery, servility, submissiveness, unctuousness)
2
sweet words(noun, expression, praise, flattery, unctuousness)
2
timeserving
2
toadeating
2
tribute(noun, increase, praise, regard, boost)
2
unctuousness(noun, stroke, flattery, commendation, adulation)
1
Asociality(noun, communication, empathy, psychology)
1
Attribution(noun, communication, empathy, psychology)
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