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an example; fact or occasion etc supporting a general truth

case, situation

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Cases of word usage

1) an instance of forgetting for a short time (aberration)

2) (an instance of) the process of collecting something (accumulation)

3) an instance of being allowed to enter a club, disco, hospital, museum etc (admission)

4) (an instance of) voluntary sexual intercourse of a married person with a person to whom he or she is not married (adultery)

5) (an instance of) bad luck, trouble (adversity)

6) (an instance of) strong, active hatred (animosity)

7) (an instance of) opposition involving fighting or hatred (antagonism)

8) (an instance or example of) strong dislike (antipathy)

9) (an instance of) being bankrupt (bankruptcy)

10) (an instance of) the Christian ceremony of touching a person with, or putting a person in, water, to show that he or she is accepted as a member of the church (baptism)

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