Definitions of heart and soul
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the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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synonyms:
center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum
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bare bones
(plural) the most basic facts or elements
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hypostasis
(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
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haecceity, quiddity
the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
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distillation, quintessence
the purest and most concentrated essence of something
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stuff
a critically important or characteristic component
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type of:
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cognitive content, content, mental object
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
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with complete faith“she was with him heart and soul”
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synonyms:
body and soul
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