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Parenthesis Moderate

Parenthesis has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material

2

a message that departs from the main subject

3

A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
punctuation message
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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