1 population

2 people

1 human nature

2 humanity

3 human

4 the totality of human attributes

1 willful

2 headstrong

3 unruly

1 individuality

2 personality

1 to use as an excuse

2 on the pretext

3 excuse

4 pretext

1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it

2 tight-lipped

1 out of breath (idiom)

2 to gasp for air

1 not to be crushed (idiom)

2 to be determined to have one's revenge

1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation

1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)