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  • noun A plot device that interrupts continuity in works of fiction, by returning characters and situations to the status quo they held before certain changes were introduced.
  • noun computing A button that resets something.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism

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