1. A mark or quality, as of distinction, individuality, or authenticity: “Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack”Christian Science Monitor.
2. A seal on a document, such as a letter.
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a. A commemorative design stamped on an envelope to mark a postal or philatelic event.
b. A motto forming part of a postal cancellation.
4. A kind of wafer capsule formerly used by pharmacists for presenting an unpleasant-tasting drug.
[French, from Old French, from cacher, to press; see cache.]
Sorrow; regret:“To their rue, the Social Democrats have to acknowledge that the Conservative-Liberal coalition has captured the center where elections are won”Elizabeth Pond.
[Middle Englishruen, from Old Englishhrowan,to affect with grief, andhrowian,to repent.]
pl-miesdivision into two opposed groups or parts [Greekdichain two +temneinto cut]
dichotomousadj
USAGE: Dichotomyshould always refer to a division of some kind into two groups. It is sometimes used to refer to a puzzling situation which seems to involve a contradiction, but this use is generally thought to be incorrect.
besmirch – charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; “The journalists have defamed me!” “The article in the paper sullied my reputation”
adroit – quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; “an exceptionally adroit pianist”; “an adroit technician”; “his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers”; “an adroit negotiator”
artful – marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; “the artful dodger”; “an artful choice of metaphors”
maladroit – not adroit; “a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve”; “a maladroit translation”; “maladroit propaganda”
abstemious – sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; “the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious”- John Galsworthy
nonindulgent, strict – characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
gluttonous – given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; “over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands”; “a gluttonous debauch”; “a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure”
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abstemious – marked by temperance in indulgence; “abstemious with the use of adverbs”; “a light eater”; “a light smoker”; “ate a light supper”
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