On Chesil Beach Glossary

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distress

extreme anxiety

deliverance

action of being rescued or set free

righteous

morally right or justifiable

receding

gradually diminish

pallid

lacking vigour or intensity

effacing

make oneself appear insignificant

decorum

propriety and good behaviour and taste

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