Ability and Sanity

Ability

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

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Sanity and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sanity" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Sanity noun - The normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities.

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Ability and sanity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Sanity".

Nearby Words: sane, sanitize

human	human ability	human sanity
high	high ability	high sanity
rare	rare ability	rare sanity
full	full ability	full sanity
Other adjectives: better, common, poor, actual, little, mental, general, apparent, less, basic, super, newfound.

Subverted in the end - given the choice of sacrificing her sanity or ability to do magic for enough power for an epic spell, she chooses the latter.

Source: Literature / Guardians of the Flame
Restraining Bolt: Walken has an ESP-dampening device place on his forehead to keep his ability and sanity in check.

Source: Manga / Baoh
In short, he would have been a millionaire and an everyday hero if he had at least a little more sanity and some marketing ability, and the sense to use that ability.

Source: Jerkass Woobie / Video Games

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