KEY: Pet \v.\ [See FONDLE].

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KEY: Petition.

SYN: Supplication, entreaty, craving, application, appeal, salutation, prayer, request, instance.

ANT: Deprecation, expostulation, protect, command, injunction, claim, demand, requirement, exaction, dictation.

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KEY: Petrify.

SYN: Astound, electrify, dismay, horrify, appal, stun, stupefy, dumbfounder.

ANT: Reassure, tranquillize.

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