# Words one can get confused

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> [@Amia](#):
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> needed me to explain my play on words.

To be fair, not everyone is familiar with Alexander Pope, and that isn’t a phrase in constant use among people of a younger persuasion, I’d guess

Besides, to forgive is divine…

Here’s an obscure one I just came across in a novel:

Demurred: raise objections/show reluctance  
Deferred: [depending on context] withdrew/suppressed objections/ accepted someone else’s decision

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