Adaptation
Adaptation noun - The act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation.
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Synonyms for Adaptation
Decency and adaptation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Decency" instead a noun "Adaptation".
Decency
Decency noun - Socially acceptable behavior.
Adaptation and decency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adaptation" instead a noun "Decency".
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| actual | actual adaptation | actual decency |
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- The TV adaptation of the Agatha Christie story Dumb Witness forces the audience to sit through 40 minutes of nothing but wall-to-wall upper-class twits bickering about breaking the water-speed record before the first of the resident jerks has the decency to die.
Source: Developing Doomed Characters
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Decency and Adaptation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adaptation/decency
Adaptation & Decency. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/adaptation/decency>.
Decency or Adaptation. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/adaptation/decency.
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