breech vs gracious

breech

adj
  • Born, or having been born, breech. 

noun
  • The part of a cannon or other firearm behind the chamber. 

  • A breech birth. 

  • A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. 

  • The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat. 

adv
  • With the hips coming out before the head. 

verb
  • To fit or furnish with a breech. 

  • To fasten with breeching. 

gracious

adj
  • benignant 

  • indulgent, charming and graceful 

  • compassionate 

  • elegant and with good taste 

  • kind and warmly courteous 

  • full of grace 

  • magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint, benevolently declining to raise controversy or insist on possible prerogatives. 

  • tactful 

intj
  • Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration. 

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