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"word": "common courtesy"
},
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"word": "courtesy book"
},
{
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"word": "courtesy call"
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"word": "courtesy card"
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{
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"word": "courtesy clerk"
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"word": "courtesy copy"
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"word": "courtesy flag"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "courtesy flush"
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{
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"word": "courtesy lamp"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "courtesy light"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "courtesy name"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "courtesy of"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "courtesy of the trade"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "courtesy title"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "courtesy turn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "curtsey"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "extend the courtesy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kill-courtesy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "strain courtesy"
}
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
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},
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"args": {
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"2": "cortoisie"
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"2": "courteous",
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"pos2": "abstract noun suffix"
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English curteisie, curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie. Equivalent to courteous + -y (abstract noun suffix).",
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{
"form": "courtesies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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},
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"cour‧te‧sy"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Please extend them the courtesy of your presence.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He was always known for his grace, kindness, and courtesy to people of every rank.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Polite behavior."
],
"id": "en-courtesy-en-noun-Tc20PGpp",
"links": [
[
"Polite",
"polite"
],
[
"behavior",
"behavior"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) Polite behavior."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "beleefdheid"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔadab",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أَدَب"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "majāmala",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مَجَامَلَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʻaġakʻavarutʻyun",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "քաղաքավարություն"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "barekrtʻutʻyun",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "բարեկրթություն"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "učtívost",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "учти́вост"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "véžlivost",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ве́жливост"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "lau:ka.wat",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "လောကဝတ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesia"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "禮貌"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǐmào",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "礼貌"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "禮節"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǐjié",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "礼节"
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{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hoffelijkheid"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "kohteliaisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "courtoisie"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesía"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zrdilobianoba",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "ზრდილობიანობა"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Höflichkeit"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "avrofrosýni",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αβροφροσύνη"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "avrótita",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "αβρότητα"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "adivut",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אדיבות"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "suśīltā",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "सुशीलता"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "udvariasság"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesia"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"alt": "あいそ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "aiso",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "愛想"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"alt": "れいぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "reigi",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "礼儀"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "körgendılık",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "көргенділік"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"alt": "禮儀",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeui",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "예의"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "cōmitās"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "cooyrtoilid"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "atawhaitanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "curteisie"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "najrsag zan",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "найрсаг зан"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kurtuazja"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesia"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "véžlivostʹ",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ве́жливость"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "učtívostʹ",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "учти́вость"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obxodítelʹnostʹ",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "обходи́тельность"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "modh"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curtisia"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesía"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hövlighet"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "sự lịch sự"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 13 2 1 1 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "sự nhã nhặn"
}
]
},
{
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I offered them a ride simply as a courtesy.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 108",
"text": "Rabbit doesn't want to tell him anything. The more he tells, the more he loses. He's safe inside his own skin, he doesn't want to come out. This guy's whole game is to get him out into the open where he can be manipulated. But the fierce convention of courtesy pries open Rabbit's lips.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice."
],
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"gesture",
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],
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"(countable) A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice."
],
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"countable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "27 60 4 2 2 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"word": "禮儀"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 60 4 2 2 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǐyí",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"word": "礼仪"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 60 4 2 2 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"word": "kohteliaisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 60 4 2 2 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "politesse"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 60 4 2 2 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Höflichkeit"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 60 4 2 2 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "avrótita",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αβρότητα"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 60 4 2 2 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesia"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 60 4 2 2 5",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"word": "curteisie"
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{
"_dis1": "27 60 4 2 2 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesia"
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{
"_dis1": "27 60 4 2 2 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "véžlivostʹ",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ве́жливость"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 60 4 2 2 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hövlighet"
}
]
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{
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],
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{
"text": "They call this pond a lake by courtesy only.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence."
],
"id": "en-courtesy-en-noun-RTRrkbp7",
"links": [
[
"Consent",
"consent"
],
[
"agreement",
"agreement"
],
[
"fact",
"fact"
],
[
"indulgence",
"indulgence"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "2 9 81 3 0 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "snizhoždénie",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "снизхожде́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 9 81 3 0 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
"word": "kohteliaisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 9 81 3 0 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "indulgence"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 9 81 3 0 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesia"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 9 81 3 0 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "indulgência"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 9 81 3 0 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snisxoždénije",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "снисхожде́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 9 81 3 0 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hövlighet"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They received free advertising through the courtesy of the local newspaper.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "[on a label, caption, etc.] Courtesy the Smith Foundation: [e.g.] use of this image was allowed through the courtesy of the Smith Foundation."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Willingness or generosity in providing something needed."
],
"id": "en-courtesy-en-noun--u3fAAZS",
"links": [
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"Willingness",
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[
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"generosity"
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[
"needed",
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) Willingness or generosity in providing something needed."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
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{
"_dis1": "2 3 7 82 1 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "willingness or generosity in providing something needed",
"word": "anteliaisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 7 82 1 6",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "adivut",
"sense": "willingness or generosity in providing something needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אדיבות"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 7 82 1 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "willingness or generosity in providing something needed",
"word": "atawhaitanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 7 82 1 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "willingness or generosity in providing something needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesia"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1760, Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World",
"text": "The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A curtsey."
],
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"links": [
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"curtsey",
"curtsey"
]
],
"tags": [
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"uncountable"
]
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{
"categories": [
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "en:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
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{
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"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "12 7 8 19 19 9 5 18 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife."
],
"id": "en-courtesy-en-noun-crnH4BmZ",
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"life interest",
"life interest"
],
[
"husband",
"husband"
],
[
"real",
"real"
],
[
"heritable",
"heritable"
],
[
"estate",
"estate"
],
[
"wife",
"wife"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "礼节"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"tags": [
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{
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"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "ზრდილობიანობა"
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{
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"tags": [
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{
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"sense": "polite behavior",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"tags": [
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "көргенділік"
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{
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"roman": "yeui",
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"word": "예의"
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{
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{
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"word": "cooyrtoilid"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "atawhaitanga"
},
{
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"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "curteisie"
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{
"code": "mn",
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"word": "найрсаг зан"
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{
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"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "kurtuazja"
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "véžlivostʹ",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ве́жливость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "učtívostʹ",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "учти́вость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "obxodítelʹnostʹ",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "обходи́тельность"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "polite behavior",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "modh"
},
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"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curtisia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesía"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hövlighet"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "sự lịch sự"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "polite behavior",
"word": "sự nhã nhặn"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"word": "禮儀"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lǐyí",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"word": "礼仪"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"word": "kohteliaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "politesse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Höflichkeit"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "avrótita",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αβρότητα"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesia"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"word": "curteisie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "véžlivostʹ",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ве́жливость"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "polite gesture or remark",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hövlighet"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "snizhoždénie",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "снизхожде́ние"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
"word": "kohteliaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "indulgence"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "indulgência"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snisxoždénije",
"sense": "consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "снисхожде́ние"
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],
"word": "hövlighet"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "willingness or generosity in providing something needed",
"word": "anteliaisuus"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "adivut",
"sense": "willingness or generosity in providing something needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אדיבות"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "willingness or generosity in providing something needed",
"word": "atawhaitanga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "willingness or generosity in providing something needed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cortesia"
}
],
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}
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{
"text": "We paid a courtesy visit to the new neighbors."
}
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"text": "The event planners offered courtesy tickets for the reporters."
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"word": "complimentary"
},
{
"word": "free of charge"
},
{
"word": "gratis"
}
],
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "given or done as a polite gesture",
"word": "beleefdheids-"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "given or done as a polite gesture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hoffelijkheid"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "given or done as a polite gesture",
"word": "kohteliaisuus-"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "given or done as a polite gesture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "di cortesia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "given or done as a polite gesture",
"word": "de cortesia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "given or done as a polite gesture",
"word": "de cortesía"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "given or done as a polite gesture",
"word": "hövlighets-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "free of charge",
"word": "ilmainen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "free of charge",
"word": "grátis"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "besplátnyj",
"sense": "free of charge",
"word": "беспла́тный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "free of charge",
"word": "de cortesía"
}
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