Soul :  (noun)
1: the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life [syn: psyche]
2: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" [syn: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human]
3: deep feeling or emotion [syn: soulfulness]
4: the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor"
5: a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically ... ( more )

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