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The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will.
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dunning — Synonyms and related words: blandishment, buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling, coaxing, demanding, importunate, importunateness, importunity, insistent, nagging, pestering, plaguing, plying, pressing, pressure, teasing, urgency, urgent,… … Moby Thesaurus
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importunity — Synonyms and related words: blandishment, buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, coaxing, demandingness, dunning, exigency, importunacy, importunateness, insistence, nagging, persistence, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pestering, plaguing, plying,… … Moby Thesaurus
