Earnest and Prisoner

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Earnest noun - A mental state free of jesting or trifling.

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Prisoner and earnest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prisoner" instead a noun "Earnest".

Nearby Words: earnestness, earnestly

Prisoner noun - One that has been taken and held in confinement.

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Earnest and prisoner are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Earnest" instead a noun "Prisoner".

Nearby Words: prison, prisoned, prisoning

In Rupert of Hentzau, the sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda, Rudolf Rassendyll is offered the crown in earnest, after the death of the king of Ruritania whom he exactly resembles.

Source: Offered the Crown
Grudge Song, the fourth of the Female Prisoner Scorpion films, features a desperate attempt by the protagonist to do this to a calm, earnest Buddhist inmate in order to cause enough havoc to escape from Japan's equivalent of death row.

Source: The Corrupter

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