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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
synonymy
    n 1: the semantic relation that holds between two words that can
         (in a given context) express the same meaning [syn:
         synonymy, synonymity, synonymousness]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Synonymy \Syn*on"y*my\, n. [L. synonymia, Gr. ? a synonym: cf.
   F. synonymie.]
   1. The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A system of synonyms.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Rhet.) A figure by which synonymous words are used to
      amplify a discourse.
      [1913 Webster]

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