Synonyms for lent
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Princeton's WordNet

1. Lent, Lententidenoun

   a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday

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1. lentnoun

   Synonyms:
   quadragesima

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1. List of paraphrases for "lent":

   loaned, provided, slow

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1. David Howman:

   (The NFL has) a bit of an issue with their collective bargaining agreement, which has not lent itself to the same, let's say, progressive anti-doping program that the Major League Baseball people have, and similarly at the NHL, i think there needs to be an attitudinal shift from the players. They should be making sure that they're delivering clean sport. They should be making sure that they're not protecting the bad guys, the one or two who may try to cheat or actually cheat.

2. Anatole France:

   Never lend books - nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me.

3. Belgian Proverb:

   Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been lent to you.

4. Richard Valantasis:

   In Eastern Orthodoxy, for example, the fasting rules are pretty elaborate -- no milk, no eggs, no meat, no fish with blood systems, and sometimes no leavened bread, even though the foods for Lent are really wonderful and tasty, they still remind you that you are in the middle of a fasting period and therefore, your eating habits continually reinforce the spiritual disciplines you're supposed to be working through.

5. Zhou Lin:

   From Zhou to Li, central government officials keep sending market-friendly messages. In addition, the rebound in global equity markets also lent support.