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Unilateral Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Unilateral has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

involving only one part or side

"unilateral paralysis"

"a unilateral decision"

2

tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only

"The genealogy club was fascinated by her discovery of a rare unilateral family tree that traced exclusively through her mother's side."

3

Done by one side only.

"The company decided to make a unilateral decision to raise prices without consulting their union first."

Related Terms
Antonyms
many-sided
Rhyming Words
ral tral ural oral gral aral kral aural jural loral acral moral dural meral sural boral rural coral feral viral
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