Ability and Hope

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Hope and ability are semantically related in possibility topic. In some cases you can use "Hope" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Hope noun - The general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled.

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Ability and hope are semantically related in possibility topic. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Hope".

human	human ability	human hope
good	good ability	good hope
best	best ability	best hope
better	better ability	better hope
Other adjectives: original, single, powerful, actual, real, great, little, main, final, apparent, explicit, greater, said.

He also takes great pleasure in torturing Hook and depriving the souls of the Underworld of hope and the ability to move on.

Source: Faux Affably Evil
They live a bleak existence without hope or the ability to feel positive emotions, and they have the pleasure of living for maybe thousands of years without happiness, since all they're supposed to be are biological (sort of) machines to do Victor's work for him.

Source: Creator / Dean Koontz
Prime expresses the hope that Omega may eventually recover his ability to feel, and Omega answers, "Possibility: growing."

Source: Machine Monotone

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