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The quality or state of being rational; rationality.

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employment

Part of Speech: noun

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            1.                                           The                                                         act                                                         of                                                         employing                                                         or                                                         using;                                                         also,                                                         the                                                         state                                                         of                                                         being                                                         employed.                                    

            2.                                           That                                                         which                                                           engages                                                         or                                                           occupies;                                                         that                                                         which                                                           consumes                                                         time                                                         or                                                         attention;                                                         office                                                         or                                                         post                                                         of                                                         business;                                                         service;                                                         as,                                                         agricultural                                                           employments;                                                         mechanical                                                           employments;                                                           public                                                           employments;                                                         in                                                         the                                                           employment                                                         of                                                         government.                                    

            3.                                           Business;                                                         occupation.                                    

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Even now, when I believe he is more hopeful of himself than he has ever been, and even speaks of himself with a kind of confidence, the idea that he might need that old employment, and not find it, gives him a sudden sense of terror, like that which one may fancy strikes to the heart of a lost child." - "A Tale of Two Cities A Story of the French Revolution", Charles Dickens.
The German artillery had proved much the stronger, both as regards material and in its advantageous employment. - "The Franco-German War of 1870-71", Count Helmuth, von Moltke.
So bad had his name become that he could scarcely find employment where he was known. - "Far Past the Frontier", James A. Braden.

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