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PRESCIENCE
prescience, prevision
(noun) the power to foresee the future
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
prescience (usually uncountable, plural presciences)
Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre"sci*ence n. Etym: [F. prescience, L. praescientia. See Prescient.]
Definition: Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight. God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. J. Edwards.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACRIMONIOUS
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; “an acrimonious dispute”; “bitter about the divorce”
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