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origin, pedigree, stock, birth, strain, bloodline, heritage,
roots: As he was separated from his mother at birth, he knows
nothing of his royal parentage.
parenting n. (of children) rearing, upbringing, raising, nurturing:
Brian and Betty take their parenting very seriously.
parity n. 1 equality, equivalence, consistency, uniformity, par,
likeness, similarity, analogy, congruity, similitude,
conformity, congruence: The ministers agreed that they would
observe parity of power amongst themselves at the conference. 2
proportion, parallelism, analogy, balance, correspondence: We
are trying to maintain parity between the Deutschmark and the
pound sterling.
park n. 1 garden, green(s), common(s), preserve, reserve,
greensward, parkland, woodland, estate, Chiefly Brit
reservation: Twice a day he strolls through the nearby park. 2
Brit car park, US and Canadian and New Zealand parking-lot: I
shall meet you in the car park at the railway station.
--v. 3 leave, put, deposit, store: It is illegal to park in
this street.
parlance n. way or manner of talking or speaking, fa‡on de parler,
phrasing, phraseology, speech, wording, language, idiom,
dialect, jargon, Colloq lingo: In the parlance of the yuppies,
that's a ballpark figure.
parley n. 1 conference, discussion, dialogue, palaver, deliberation,
meeting, colloquy, colloquium, confabulation, powwow, talk(s),
Colloq huddle, confab: The issue will be decided at the
executive council's parley.
--v. 2 confer, discuss, palaver, deliberate, talk (over),
negotiate, deal, Colloq huddle: Would Sitting Bull parley with
General Custer?
parliament
n. 1 Parliament. Houses of Parliament, House of Lords and House
of Commons, Westminster, the House, Mother of Parliaments: The
new health bill got its second reading in Parliament today. 2
legislature, council, congress, diet, council, assembly, Upper