PENUMBRA


Meaning of PENUMBRA in English

noun

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In other words, the First Amendment has a penumbra where privacy is protected from governmental intrusion.

She kept hitting my forehead, and penumbra replaced myopia, and my arms fell away, no longer offering interference.

The area round it was hidden in the penumbra .

The right of association contained in the penumbra of the First Amendment is one, as we have seen.

Thus, beyond the specifically theological reasons for unionism, there is a broader penumbra of social concerns.

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