n. Function: noun
1 an animating essence or principle held to be inseparably associated with life or living beings FF1C; philosophers who teach that life is a manifestation of soul FF1E;
Synonyms: anima, animus, élan vital, pneuma, psyche, spirit, vital force
Related Words: life, vitality
Idioms: breath of life
2 the immortal part of man believed to have permanent individual existence FF1C; into God's hands I commit my soul FF1E;
Synonyms: spirit
Related Words: life; noumenon
Idioms: one's immortal soul
Contrasted Words: flesh
Antonyms: body
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Synonyms: HEART 1, bosom, breast
Related Words: character, personality, psyche; conscience; spirit
Idioms: heart of hearts, heart's core, one's inmost soul ( or mind), one's secret ( or inner) self, (the) secret recesses of the heart
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Synonyms: ESSENCE 2, bottom, essentiality, marrow, pith, quintessence, quintessential, stuff, substance, virtuality
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Synonyms: HUMAN , being, ||character, creature, individual, man, mortal, person, personage, wight