(~s)
1.
Someone’s ~s are the things that they say. (FORMAL)
...the Queen’s public ~s.
...a host of admirers who hung on her every ~.
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2.
Utterance is the expression in words of ideas, thoughts, and feelings. (FORMAL)
She could choose her own partner in matrimony, as long as she gave no ~ to her passions and emotions.
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