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Indictment :: Indictment (n.) The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury..

Permission :: Permission (n.) The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it..

Reprimand :: Reprimand (n.) Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public..

Demise :: Demise (n.) Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor..

Make :: Make (v. t.) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc..

Starcher :: Starchedness (n.) The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.

Pose :: Pose (v. t.) The attitude or position of a person; the position of the body or of any member of the body; especially, a position formally assumed for the sake of effect; an artificial position; as, the pose of an actor; the pose of an artist's model or of a statue..

Prigidity :: Prigidity (n.) Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc..

Sign :: Sign (n.) To assign or convey formally; -- used with away.

Informally :: Informally (adv.) In an informal manner.

Contract :: Contract (n.) The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.

Setness :: Setness (n.) The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.

Formalist :: Formalist (n.) One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion..

Convention :: Convention (v. i.) An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments..

Pavan :: Pavan (n.) A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock.

Petition :: Petition (n.) A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document..

Familiar :: Familiar (a.) Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible..

Eulogium :: Eulogium (n.) A formal eulogy.

Solemnly :: Solemnly (adv.) In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally.

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