Deed and Settlement

Deed

Deed noun - An act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness.

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Settlement and deed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Settlement" instead a noun "Deed".

Nearby Words: deeded, deeding

Settlement noun - An arrangement about action to be taken.

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Deed and settlement are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deed" instead a noun "Settlement".

Nearby Words: settle, settled, settling, settler

particular	particular deed	particular settlement
similar	similar deed	similar settlement
initial	initial deed	initial settlement
single	single deed	single settlement
Other adjectives: small, real, little, tiny, new, major, sole, final, random, next, last, occasional.

Also the Operative, who apologizes to Mal for killing all the crew's contacts (including an entire settlement with children and noncombatants), acknowledging that it was an evil deed.

Source: Film / Serenity
You also have to be a subscriber to own land, but thankfully members of a settlement can share the upkeep costs of a settlement deed.

Source: Allegedly Free Game
However, for a killing to count as manslaughter, you had to declare your deed before witnesses (that is, your name, whom you had killed, and where you had left the body) at the first settlement you reached where you weren't likely to be instantly killed as vengeance by a friend or relative.

Source: Literature / The Icelandic Sagas

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