Precedent and Tendency

Precedent

Precedent noun - An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time.

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Tendency and precedent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tendency" instead a noun "Precedent".

Tendency noun - An established pattern of behavior.

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Precedent and tendency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Precedent" instead a noun "Tendency".

known	known precedent	known tendency
human	human precedent	human tendency
good	good precedent	good tendency
similar	similar precedent	similar tendency
Other adjectives: certain, strong, real, great, unfortunate, little, bad, horrible, new, early, general, apparent, cultural.

In short, his tendency to shoot off his mouth rather than keep his opinions to himself lead to it, with him running off Colt Cabana being precedent for a whole flood.

Source: Mis-blamed

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