plight

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Synonyms: light, slight, blight, alight, flight, uplight, pight, plyght

Antonyms: light, slight, blight, alight, flight, uplight, pight, plyght

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Noun

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2. A (neutral) condition or state.
3. Good health.

Noun

1. Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
2. An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
3. Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
4. One's office; duty; charge.
5. That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.

Verb

1. To nominate an object of value as a security against a promise; to pledge something, as one's faith, trust, allegiance, or something symbolic of this.
2. Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
3. To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.

Verb

1. To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.

Noun

1. A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

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