paraphrase
/ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/ noun C1- A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim. · Near-synonym: paraphrasis· close paraphrase
Plural paraphrases
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I settled for a polite paraphrase, and somewhere in the hall a few people laughed anyway.
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