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| NOUN: | 1. The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely: braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, heart, intrepidity, intrepidness, mettle, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, stoutheartedness, undauntedness, valiance, valiancy, valiantness, valor. Informal : spunk, spunkiness. Slang : gut (used in plural), gutsiness, moxie. See FEAR. 2. A supernatural being, such as a ghost: apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shade, shadow, specter, visitant, wraith. Informal : spook. Regional : haunt. See BEINGS, SUPERNATURAL. 3. The most central and material part: core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, quintessence, root1, soul, stuff, substance. Law : gravamen. See BE. 4. A temporary state of mind or feeling. Used in plural: frame of mind, humor, mood, temper, vein. See FEELINGS. 5. The essential being of a person, regarded as immaterial and immortal: soul. See BE. 6. A lively, emphatic, eager quality or manner: animation, bounce, brio, dash, élan, esprit, life, liveliness, pertness, sparkle, verve, vigor, vim, vivaciousness, vivacity, zip. Informal : ginger, pep, peppiness. Slang : oomph. See ACTION. 7. The vital principle or animating force within living beings: breath, divine spark, élan vital, life force, psyche, soul, vital force, vitality. See BODY. 8. A prevailing quality, as of thought, behavior, or attitude: climate, mood, temper, tone. See ATTITUDE. | | VERB: | To bring in or take out secretly: smuggle, sneak. See MOVE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | spirit away To seize and detain (a person) unlawfully: abduct, kidnap, snatch. See CRIMES, FREE.
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