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To make or become less strong
"For the canticle of manacles abating." - Prodigal Son
- Brett Gurewitz
Deviation from the normal or usual: Derangement
"Mutations, aberrations and blatant anomalies," - Chimaera
- Greg Graffin
A feeling of hate and disgust
"Privilege from birth, abhorrence of work" - Old Regime
- Greg Graffin
1. to set free from consequences or penalties resulting from action
2. to release, as from some duty or obligation
2. to release, as from some duty or obligation
"Won't absolve your deepest sin." - At The Mercy Of Imbeciles
- Greg Graffin, Brian Baker, Greg Hetson
"And the modern age's lies won't absolve you." - Pessimistic Lines
- Greg Graffin
To refrain voluntarily
"Fighting hard to abstain and redress." - Leaders And Followers
- Greg Graffin
1. a ceremonial embrace
2. a ceremony to mark the conferring of knighthood
3. a mark of acknowledgement; award
2. a ceremony to mark the conferring of knighthood
3. a mark of acknowledgement; award
"We have seen it through the accolades and rested in its lea," - Positive Aspect Of Negative Thinking
- Jay Bentley
Growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion.
"The blossoming disease of man called tenure and accretion," - I Want Something More
- Brett Gurewitz
A follower or helper
"Sweet catalyst for the acolytes" - Heroes & Martyrs
- Brett Gurewitz
Adjustments to new conditions
"And adaptations of the deep blue sea." - Watch It Die
- Greg Graffin
A word that adds information about a noun or pronoun
"Dangerous, the adjective of the decade" - Get Off
- Greg Graffin
1. To settle a legal case or other dispute
2. To act as a judge
2. To act as a judge
"Deprecate repudiate ameliorate adjudicate" - Germs Of Perfection
- Greg Graffin
A gaseous suspension of fine solid or liquid particles (e.g. paint, detergent, or insecticide)
"Cancer-causing chemicals, ozone-depleting aerosols:" - Unacceptable
- Jay Bentley, Greg Hetson
1. Behavior that is assumed rather than natural; artificiality.
2. A particular habit, as of speech or dress, adopted to give a false impression
2. A particular habit, as of speech or dress, adopted to give a false impression
"Gratification, well, I lack that affectation." - Can't Stop It
- Brett Gurewitz
Having a false appearance of a state, quality or manner
"My affectatious nature I can not rectify," - Entropy
- Greg Graffin
Attractive force : Attraction, Sympathy
"And you instilled them with affinity," - Chimaera
- Greg Graffin
"You feel no affinity to the rabble we're in," - Misery And Famine
- Greg Graffin
1. Something that causes physical or mental suffering
2. A condition of great distress or suffering
2. A condition of great distress or suffering
"I'm a monkey with a madding affliction" - 52 Seconds
- Brett Gurewitz
1. (in present times) a fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally
2. (in ancient times) a variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded
2. (in ancient times) a variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded
"Porcelain and alabaster, decaying ever faster, " - Before You Die
- Greg Graffin
A symbolic representation
"Just allegory, imitation glory," - Them And Us
- Greg Graffin
To make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate
"Dig real deep, until it hurts. Alleviate your guilt," - Voice Of God Is Government
- Jay Bentley
Extremely attractive
"It's deadly and alluring, the sound of pounding heat," - Forbidden Beat
- Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz
"And of your alluring intricacies." - Get Off
- Greg Graffin
[altruism] - Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness
"But I'm thinking altruistically" - Struck A Nerve
- Greg Graffin
To make better, to improve; to heal; to solve a problem
"Deprecate repudiate ameliorate adjudicate" - Germs Of Perfection
- Greg Graffin
The quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness.
Something that bears a similarity in some respects to something else that is otherwise dissimilar.
"Is the human analogue of the suffering multitudes" - Henchman
- Greg Graffin
(of a recording chamber, television studio or the like)
Having sound reverberations reduced to the lowest possible level
Having sound reverberations reduced to the lowest possible level
"The anechoic nebula rotating in my brain" - Delirium Of Disorder
- Brett Gurewitz
Loss of feeling, esp. as induced by certain drugs
"Anesthesia, Mona Lisa, " - Anesthesia
- Brett Gurewitz
A price to be paid, especially as one's share; cost
"Increase the ante" - The Fast Life
- Greg Graffin
Considering man to be the most significant entity of the universe
"And did that anthropocentric God wane" - God Song
- Greg Graffin
1. resembling man
2. in the shape of a man
2. in the shape of a man
"A misanthropic anthropoid with nothing to" - Do What You Want
- Brett Gurewitz
Direct contrast, sharply contrasting ideas, direct opposites or opposition in ideas or thought
"It is simple and elegant, but it's cruel and antithetic" - Inner Logic
- Greg Graffin
"So it's criminal, antithetical, inimical, to enlightened plan" - The Profane Rights of Man
- Greg Graffin
Lack of interest or enthusiasm
"Idleness and dissipation breed apathy." - Do What You Want
- Brett Gurewitz
Complete and confident composure or self-assurance
"So full of hurt and such aplomb." - The Lie
- Greg Graffin
A story or statement of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
"An apocryphal popular mythology or a civilization in wane" - The Approach
- Greg Graffin
Ability; skill; talent
"And his aptitudes were carelessly wasted." - Billy
- Brett Gurewitz
"Because you never know which aptitude they're griping about." - Mediocre Minds
- Greg Graffin, Greg Hetson
A shady resting place in a garden or park, often made of latticework on which plants such as climbing shrubs or vines are grown.
"When the ancestor fell from the arbor," - Chaos From Within
- Greg Graffin
An original model on which something is patterned
"I could be the archetype, a credit to the" - The Grand Delusion
- Greg Graffin
"You're an archetype, they can pin to the wall" - The Resist Stance
- Greg Graffin
Lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile, unproductive
"The arid torpor of inaction will be our demise." - Kyoto Now!
- Greg Graffin
According to the Bible, the place where the final battle will be fought between the forces of good and evil. (probably so called in reference to the battlefield of Megiddo. Rev 16:16)
"Fuck Armageddon, this is hell [x3]" - Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell
- Greg Graffin
With an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval.
"And you're right to be looking askance" - The Approach
- Greg Graffin
1. A strong desire for high achievement.
2. An object of such desire; an ambition.
2. An object of such desire; an ambition.
"Hey Mr. Diplomat with your worldly aspirations," - I Want To Conquer The World
- Brett Gurewitz
To make something unpleasant less intense or severe.
"Your labors soothe the hurt but can't assuage temptation." - I Want To Conquer The World
- Brett Gurewitz
"But it can't assuage all the toil and strife" - What Are We Standing For
- Greg Graffin
1. Away from the right path or direction
2. Far from the intended target
2. Far from the intended target
"The righteous opposition has led us all astray," - Adam's Atoms
- Greg Graffin
"When ideas run astray" - Believe It
- Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz
"The cradle of humanity has led us all astray" - Fertile Crescent
- Greg Graffin
"And an albatross who is trying to lead you astray." - It's A Long Way To The Promise Land
- Greg Graffin
"Bewildered and astray" - Nothing To Dismay
- Greg Graffin
"For what you promised led them astray." - The Streets Of America
- Greg Graffin, Brian Baker
"But the missions were misguided and the trammel led astray," - The Voracious March Of Godliness
- Greg Graffin
"There was a show of local color and I felt astray" - To Another Abyss
- Greg Graffin
1. Of keen penetration or discernment
2. Clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd
2. Clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd
"Guided by subconscious voices, astute and sharpened" - Tested
- Greg Graffin
Constant wearing down to weaken or destroy
"We're all engaging in a game of attrition" - 52 Seconds
- Brett Gurewitz
1. Daring, bold
2. Insolent
2. Insolent
"If your reserve is weak, audacity complete." - Give You Nothing
- Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz
Stern and forbidding in appearance and manner
"And oh so austere" - God Song
- Greg Graffin
1. A self operating machine or mechanism, esp. a robot.
2. One that behaves or responds in a mechanical way.
2. One that behaves or responds in a mechanical way.
"Automatons with business suits, swinging black boxes," - Inner Logic
- Greg Graffin
"Automatons, illiterates, and indigents of every shape and size" - Part II (The Numbers Game)
- Brett Gurewitz
Avalon (probably from the Welsh word afal, meaning apple) is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend, famous for its beautiful apples.
"It’s best to move along and find your Avalon." - Avalon
- Greg Graffin
Greed
"Avarice has led us 'cross the ocean," - How Much Is Enough?
- Brett Gurewitz
Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also: offended
"A monumental blunder averted and betrayed" - Requiem For Dissent
- Greg Graffin
Away from the correct course; amiss
"Things seem so awry?" - Nobody Listens
- Greg Graffin, Brian Baker
