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meeting
The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
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  1. The act or process or an instance of coming together; an encounter.
  2. An assembly or place of assembly for worship, esp. of Friends, or Quakers
  3. An assembly; a gathering to discuss or decide matters
council
The discussion or deliberation that takes place in such an assembly or body.
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  1. The discussion or deliberation that takes place in such an assembly or body.
  2. An assembly of persons called together for consultation, deliberation, or discussion.
  3. The discussion or deliberation in a council
conference
A district governed or represented by a conference
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  1. A district governed or represented by a conference
  2. An assembly of clerical or of clerical and lay members from a particular district in various Protestant churches.
  3. A meeting for consultation or discussion.
speak
To produce words by means of sounds; talk:
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  1. To produce words by means of sounds; talk:
  2. (Archaic) To speak to; address
  3. To express in words; tell:
negotiate
To succeed in accomplishing or managing:
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  1. To succeed in accomplishing or managing:
  2. To arrange or settle by discussion and mutual agreement:
  3. To confer with another or others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement:
confer
To meet in order to deliberate together or compare views; consult:
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  1. To meet in order to deliberate together or compare views; consult:
  2. To give, grant, or bestow
  3. To have a conference or talk; meet for discussion; converse
negotiation
The act or process of negotiating:
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  1. The act or process of negotiating:
  2. Discussions between adverse parties, with the goal of resolving their differences. Discussions between adverse parties, with the goal of resolving their differences.
  3. A conferring, discussing, or bargaining to reach agreement
talk
Empty speech or unnecessary discussion:
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  1. Empty speech or unnecessary discussion:
  2. Something, such as the sounds of animals, felt to resemble human talk:
  3. Hearsay, rumor, or speculation:
conference
An exchange of views.
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  1. An exchange of views.
  2. A district governed or represented by a conference
  3. A meeting for consultation or discussion.
consultation
A meeting between physicians to discuss the diagnosis or treatment of a case.
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  1. A meeting between physicians to discuss the diagnosis or treatment of a case.
  2. An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.
  3. A conference at which advice is given or views are exchanged.
counsel
A mutual exchange of ideas, opinions, etc.; discussion and deliberation
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  1. A mutual exchange of ideas, opinions, etc.; discussion and deliberation
  2. A lawyer or group of lawyers giving advice about legal matters and representing clients in court
  3. The act of exchanging opinions and ideas; consultation:
deliberation
Consideration and discussion of alternatives before reaching a decision
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  1. Consideration and discussion of alternatives before reaching a decision
  2. The act or process of deliberating.
  3. Discussion and consideration of all sides of an issue:
colloquium
In a case of libel or slander, the assertions or allegations in the plaintiff’s pleading, or the evidence presented by the plaintiff at trial, showing that the alleged defamatory statement or writing by the defendant referred to the plaintiff. See also inducement and innuendo. In a case of libel or slander, the assertions or allegations in the plaintiff’s pleading, or the evidence presented by the plaintiff at trial, showing that the alleged defamatory statement or writing by the defendant referred to the plaintiff. See also inducement and innuendo.
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  1. In a case of libel or slander, the assertions or allegations in the plaintiff’s pleading, or the evidence presented by the plaintiff at trial, showing that the alleged defamatory statement or writing by the defendant referred to the plaintiff. See also inducement and innuendo. In a case of libel or slander, the assertions or allegations in the plaintiff’s pleading, or the evidence presented by the plaintiff at trial, showing that the alleged defamatory statement or writing by the defendant referred to the plaintiff. See also inducement and innuendo.
  2. An organized conference or seminar on some subject, involving a number of scholars or experts
  3. An informal meeting for the exchange of views.
conference
An exchange of views.
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  1. An exchange of views.
  2. The act of conversing or consulting on a serious matter
  3. A meeting for consultation or discussion.
discussion
Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
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  1. Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
  2. The act of discussing; talk or writing in which the pros and cons or various aspects of a subject are considered
  3. Consideration of a subject by a group; an earnest conversation.
seminar
A course for such a group, or any of its sessions
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  1. A course for such a group, or any of its sessions
  2. Any similar group discussion
  3. A meeting for an exchange of ideas; a conference.
powwow
Among North American Indians, a ceremony to conjure the cure of disease, success in war, etc., marked by feasting, dancing, etc.
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  1. Among North American Indians, a ceremony to conjure the cure of disease, success in war, etc., marked by feasting, dancing, etc.
  2. A council or meeting of Native Americans, sometimes with people from other communities.
  3. (Informal) Any conference or gathering
rap session
An informal discussion held especially by a group of people with similar concerns.
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  1. An informal discussion held especially by a group of people with similar concerns.
advise
To give advice
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  1. To give advice
  2. To recommend; suggest:
  3. To discuss something and get advice; consult (with a person)
confer
To meet in order to deliberate together or compare views; consult:
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  1. To meet in order to deliberate together or compare views; consult:
  2. To give, grant, or bestow
  3. To have a conference or talk; meet for discussion; converse
consult
To seek an opinion from; ask the advice of
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  1. To seek an opinion from; ask the advice of
  2. To take into account; consider:
  3. To talk things over in order to decide or plan something; confer
deliberate
To consider carefully
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  1. To consider carefully
  2. To think carefully and often slowly, as about a choice to be made.
  3. To think or consider carefully and fully; esp., to consider reasons for and against a thing in order to make up one's mind
talk
To utter or pronounce words:
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  1. To utter or pronounce words:
  2. To confer; consult
  3. To speak about or discuss (something) or give expression to (something):
powwow
(Informal) To confer
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  1. (Informal) To confer
  2. To hold a powwow
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  • Here in 1381 Wat Tyler the rebel was killed by Sir William Walworth during the parley with Richard II.

  • Their leader, Juan Diaz de Solis, landing incautiously in 1516 on the north coast with a few attendants to parley with a body of Charrua Indians, was suddenly attacked by them and was killed, together with a number of his followers.

  • Hartford was the birthplace of Noah Webster, who here published his Grammatical Institute of the English Language (1783-1785), and of Henry Barnard, John Fiske and Frederick Law Olmsted, and has been the home of Samuel P. Goodrich (Peter Parley), George D.

  • Richard then led the mob to a neighbouring meadow, where he kept them in parley till Walworth, who had returned within the city to summon the loyal citizens to the king's aid, returned with a sufficient following to overawe and disperse the rebels.

  • Caesar at once marched to meet them, and, on the pre text that they had violated a truce, seized their leaders who had come to parley with him, and then surprised and practically destroyed their host.

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