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Assistance
/əˈsɪstəns/
Help or support provided, especially when someone is carrying out a task or activity.
Synonyms:
help
aid
support
backup
facilitation
Antonyms:
hindrance
obstacle
impedance
opposition
obstruction
Examples:
He needed
assistance
with his homework.
The police offered
assistance
to the lost child.
Etymology:
Late Middle English (in the sense
take one
s stand
): from Old French, or from Latin
assistentia
, from
assistere
meaning
stand by'.
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