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    },
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      "hw": "res*o*lu*tion",
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          }
        }
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                        "{bc}the substitution in Greek or Latin {d_link|prosody|prosody} of two short syllables for a long syllable"
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                    "{bc}something that is resolved "
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                        "t": "made a {wi}resolution{/wi} to mend my ways"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
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                    "{bc}firmness of {d_link|resolve|resolve:2}"
                  ]
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                "sn": "6 a",
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}the process or capability of making distinguishable the individual parts of an object, closely adjacent optical images, or sources of light"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ],
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              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "b",
                "dt": [
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                    "{bc}a measure of the sharpness of an image or of the fineness with which a device (such as a video display, printer, or scanner) can produce or record such an image usually expressed as the total number or density of {d_link|pixels|pixel} in the image "
                  ],
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                    [
                      {
                        "t": "a {wi}resolution{/wi} of 1200 dots per inch"
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                  ]
                ]
              }
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        "pl": "synonyms",
        "pt": [
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            "{sc}courage{/sc} {sc}mettle{/sc} {sc}spirit{/sc} {sc}resolution{/sc} {sc}tenacity{/sc} mean mental or moral strength to resist opposition, danger, or hardship. {sc}courage{/sc} implies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty. "
          ],
          [
            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "the {it}courage{/it} to support unpopular causes"
              }
            ]
          ],
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            "text",
            " {sc}mettle{/sc} suggests an ingrained capacity for meeting strain or difficulty with fortitude and resilience. "
          ],
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            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "a challenge that will test your {it}mettle{/it}"
              }
            ]
          ],
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            "text",
            " {sc}spirit{/sc} also suggests a quality of temperament enabling one to hold one's own or keep up one's morale when opposed or threatened. "
          ],
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            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "her {it}spirit{/it} was unbroken by failure"
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            "text",
            " {sc}resolution{/sc} stresses firm determination to achieve one's ends. "
          ],
          [
            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "the {it}resolution{/it} of pioneer women"
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            "text",
            " {sc}tenacity{/sc} adds to {sc}resolution{/sc} implications of stubborn persistence and unwillingness to admit defeat. "
          ],
          [
            "vis",
            [
              {
                "t": "held to their beliefs with great {it}tenacity{/it}"
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "quotes": [
      {
        "t": "In June, the demagogic militia leader Moqtada al Sadr … sponsored a {qword}resolution{/qword} requiring the government to seek permission of the parliament before asking the U.N. to reauthorize the presence of foreign forces in Iraq.",
        "aq": {
          "auth": "Lawrence Wright",
          "source": "{it}New Yorker{/it}",
          "aqdate": "22 Oct. 2007"
        }
      },
      {
        "t": "In late August, the U.N. Security Council passed a {qword}resolution{/qword} calling for peacekeepers to deploy to Darfur to stop a genocide that has claimed some 400,000 lives over the last three years.",
        "aq": {
          "source": "{it}New Republic{/it}",
          "aqdate": "30 Oct. 2006"
        }
      },
      {
        "t": "Here again it would seem that the vicarious experience just once of seeing another human being completely \"blotto\" should be sufficient to engender a firm and unbreakable {qword}resolution{/qword} never to take a chance on making a similarly disgusting spectacle of oneself.",
        "aq": {
          "auth": "David A. Embury",
          "source": "{it}The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks{/it}",
          "aqdate": "1970"
        }
      },
      {
        "t": "But Hannah's brief {qword}resolution{/qword} suddenly gave way, and all at once she clung to Kit, sobbing like a child.",
        "aq": {
          "auth": "Elizabeth George Speare",
          "source": "{it}The Witch of Blackbird Pond{/it}",
          "aqdate": "1987"
        }
      },
      {
        "t": "Perrotta tells a good story in a top-shelf romance kind of way, and you'll very likely find yourself eager to get to the {qword}resolution{/qword} once you've begun.",
        "aq": {
          "auth": "Paul J. Griffiths",
          "source": "{it}Commonweal{/it}",
          "aqdate": "21 Dec. 2007"
        }
      },
      {
        "t": "The OMEGA spectrometer on the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has gone where no spectrometer has gone before, covering near-infrared wavelengths and offering 10 times the {qword}resolution{/qword} of earlier instruments.",
        "aq": {
          "auth": "George Musser",
          "source": "{it}Scientific American{/it}",
          "aqdate": "December 2005"
        }
      },
      {
        "t": "The new revelation was that, in high {qword}resolution{/qword}, the valley showed deep channels and scours sharply incised into bedrock …",
        "aq": {
          "auth": "Bertram Schwarzschild",
          "source": "{it}Physics Today{/it}",
          "aqdate": "September 2007"
        }
      }
    ],
    "et": [
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        "text",
        "Middle English {it}resolucioun{/it}, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French {it}resolucion{/it}, from Latin {it}resolution-, resolutio{/it}, from {it}resolvere{/it} {dx_ety}see {dxt|resolve:1||}{/dx_ety}"
      ]
    ],
    "date": "14th century{ds||1||}",
    "shortdef": [
      "the act or process of resolving: such as",
      "the act of analyzing a complex notion into simpler ones",
      "the act of answering : solving"
    ]
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        "concurrent resolution",
        "concurrent resolutions"
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    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "concurrent resolution"
    },
    "fl": "noun",
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              "sense",
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                "dt": [
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}a resolution passed by both houses of a legislative body that lacks the force of law"
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            ]
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      }
    ],
    "date": "1778",
    "shortdef": [
      "a resolution passed by both houses of a legislative body that lacks the force of law"
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        "joint resolutions"
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    },
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    "date": "1838",
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      "hw": "New Year's resolution"
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                    "{bc}a promise to do something differently in the new year "
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      "a promise to do something differently in the new year"
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