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n. (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes

n. a unit equivalent to a byte and representing a single letter, a digit or any symbol such as a decimal point or comma

n. good repute; "he is a man of character"

character, reference, character reference

n. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability; "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"

character, grapheme, graphic symbol

n. a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

quality, character, lineament

n. a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"

fictional character, fictitious character, character

n. an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"

character, role, theatrical role, part, persona

n. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"

character

v. engrave or inscribe characters on

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honesty, honestness

n. the quality of being honest

soul

n. a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"

identity, personal identity, individuality

n. the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army"

character, eccentric, type, case

n. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"

probity

n. complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles; "in a world where financial probity may not be widespread"; "he enjoys an exaggerated reputation for probity"

makeup, make-up

n. an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event; "he missed the test and had to take a makeup"; "the two teams played a makeup one week later"

disposition

n. a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"

heart, mettle, nerve, spunk

n. the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

nature

n. the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized; "it is the nature of fire to burn"; "the true nature of jealousy"

disposition, temperament

n. your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"

temperament

n. an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys

form

n. a mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"

temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness

n. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees"

honor, honour, purity, pureness

n. a woman's virtue or chastity

complexion

n. (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament

grain

n. the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board across the grain"

honor, honour, laurels

n. the state of being honored

certificate, certification, credential, credentials

n. a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

warrant, stock warrant, stock-purchase warrant

n. a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price; "as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities"

signal

n. an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes

cipher, cypher

n. a message written in a secret code

cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret code

n. a secret method of writing

symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation

n. something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"

figure, fig

n. a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"

trope, figure of speech, figure, image

n. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

trait

n. a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

guise, pretense, pretence, pretext

n. an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

lead

n. the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead was in the dummy"

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