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salience
CIDE DICTIONARY
salience, n. [See Salient.].
- The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting. [1913 Webster]
- The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion. Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
salience
arrantness, bas-relief, bellying, blatancy, boldness, bulging, conspicuousness, dignity, distinction, embossment, eminence, esteem, excrescence, excrescency, extrusion, fame, flagrance, flagrancy, gibbosity, gibbousness, glory, greatness, high relief, honor, low relief, memorability, notability, noteworthiness, noticeability, notoriety, notoriousness, obtrusiveness, ostentation, outstandingness, prestige, projection, prominence, pronouncedness, protrusion, protuberance, protuberancy, relief, remarkableness, renown, reputation, repute, saliency, salient, strikingness, strong relief, tuberosity, tuberousnessFor further exploring for "salience" in Webster Dictionary Online