Objects of Volition
Nouns
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good, benefit, advantage
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improvement etc. Improvement
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greatest good, supreme good
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interest, service, behoof, behalf
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weal
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main chance, common weal
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consummation devoutly to be wished
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" gain, boot
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profit, harvest. boon etc. (gift) Giving
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good turn
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blessing
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world of good
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nuts, prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure-trove. good fortune etc. (prosperity) Prosperity
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happiness etc. Pleasure. [Source of good] goodness etc. [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness
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utility etc. Utility
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remedy etc. Remedy
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pleasure giving etc. [Capability of giving pleasure; cause or source of pleasure.] Pleasurableness.
Adverbs
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well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably
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all for the best
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to one's advantage etc. n.
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in one's favor, in one's interest etc. n..
Nouns
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evil, ill, harm, hurt., mischief, nuisance
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machinations of the devil, Pandora's box, ills that flesh is heir to. blow, buffet, stroke, scratch, bruise, wound, gash, mutilation
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mortal blow, wound
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damage, loss etc. (deterioration) Deterioration. disadvantage, prejudice, drawback. disaster, accident, casualty
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mishap etc. (misfortune) Adversity
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bad job, devil to pay
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calamity, bale, catastrophe, tragedy
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ruin etc. (destruction) [Nonproduction.] Destruction
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adversity etc. Adversity. mental suffering etc. Pain. demon etc. Demon. (Evil spirit) bane, c. Bane (cause of evil). badness, c. [Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities.] Badness (Production of Evil)
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painfulness, c. [Capability of giving pain; cause or source of pain] Painfulness
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evil doer, c. [Maleficent being] Evil doer. outrage, wrong, injury, foul play
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bad turn, ill turn
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disservice, spoliation etc. Stealing
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grievance, crying evil.
Adverbs
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wrong, ill, to one's cost
Phrases
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moving accidents by flood and field" [Othello].