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noun as in conclusion; resolution reached

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accord, agreement, arrangement, choice, compromise, determination, finding, judgment, opinion, outcome, resolution, result, ruling, selection, settlement, verdict

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accommodation, adjudication, adjustment, arbitration, declaration, end, prearrangement, preference, reconciliation, sentence, showdown, understanding

noun as in strength of mind or will

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backbone, decisiveness, doggedness, earnestness, firmness, fortitude, grit, obstinacy, obstinance, perseverance, persistence, pluck, purpose, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolve, seriousness, spine, stubbornness, volition, will

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During this election cycle, Trump campaigned on backing states' decisions on whether to expand or curtail abortion access and vowed to veto a federal abortion ban should it ever reach his desk.

Nonetheless, involuntary treatment advocates argue that treating people against their will is necessary because they are unable to make decisions for themselves.

He said: "The rules don’t preclude me from standing - that would be a decision for the NEC."

She said Mr Welby's decision was "absolutely the right thing to do" but that it "probably could have happened quicker".

Trump is getting advice from all sides on the matter, and it remains to be seen whether decisions on tariffs go Musk’s way — or Xi’s.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.