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  2. Time-out (parenting) - Wikipedia

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    Several studies show that time-out is an especially effective disciplinary strategy, reducing aggressive and non-compliant behavior, when other positive parenting methods are also used. [13] Meta-analytic evidence suggests time-out is highly effective at reducing problem behavior in young oppositional defiant children, [ 14 ] and increasing ...

  3. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  4. Pseudoword - Wikipedia

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    A pseudoword is a unit of speech or text that appears to be an actual word in a certain language, while in fact it has no meaning.It is a specific type of nonce word, or even more narrowly a nonsense word, composed of a combination of phonemes which nevertheless conform to the language's phonotactic rules. [1]

  5. Willful violation - Wikipedia

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    In the North American legal system and in US Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, willful violation or willful non-compliance is a violation of workplace rules and policies that occurs either deliberately or as a result of neglect.

  6. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Non-standard: I had trouble making friends with them; I never felt excepted. Non-standard: We all went swimming, accept for Jack. acute and chronic. Acute means "sharp", as an acute illness is one that rapidly worsens and reaches a crisis. A chronic illness may also be a severe one, but it is long-lasting, lingering, or having a long history. [5]

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    Go to the main AOL page.; Click Sign in in the upper right hand corner.; Click Create an account at the bottom of the screen.; Enter and submit the requested information.

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  9. Malicious compliance - Wikipedia

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    Malicious compliance was common in the Soviet Union's command economy; examples are used in the studies of behavior, management, and economics to hypothetically show differences between the Soviet command economy and a free market.