1. unwillingness   FERVOR   DUPE   DISINCLINATION   DETERRENT   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. difference   EULOGY   DISINCLINATION   DISCREPANCY   DILIGENCE   Half-n-half Clue   3. sorrowful song   EXASPERATION   EVANESCENCE   DURATION   ELEGY   Half-n-half Clue   4. mild substitute for blunt expression   DISPARITY   DUPE   DISSONANCE   EUPHEMISM   Half-n-half Clue   5. departure from main subject   DIGRESSION   EUPHEMISM   DISPARITY   ENIGMA   Half-n-half Clue   6. principle or beliefs   DUPLICITY   FERVOR   ELABORATION   DOCTRINE   Half-n-half Clue   7. expression of praise   EVANESCENCE   EULOGY   ENERVATION   DURATION   Half-n-half Clue