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suggestion

/səˈd͡ʒɛstjən/
noun
  1. Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

    "I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit."

  2. The act of suggesting.

    "Suggestion often works better than explicit demand."

  3. Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

    "He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts."

Synonymshint, incitement, proposal

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