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congé (känz̸hā′, -jā′; Frn z̸hā)

noun

  1. a curt dismissal
  2. permission to leave
  3. a formal farewell
  4. a bow, esp. at leave-taking
  5. Archit. a concave molding

Etymology: Fr, leave, departure < OFr congie < L commeatus, a going to and fro < commeare, to come and go < com-, intens. + meare, to go: see permeate

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  3. confutation
  4. confusion of goods
  5. confusion
  6. confusing
  7. confused
  8. confuse
  9. Confucius
  10. Confucianism
  1. conga
  2. Congaree
  3. congeal
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  5. congelation
  6. congener
  7. congenial
  8. congenital
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