Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

473. Improbability — N. improbability, unlikelihood; unfavorable

chance, bad chance, ghost of a chance, little chance, small chance, poor chance, scarcely any chance, no chance; bare possibility; long odds; incredibility &c 485. V. be improbable &c adj.; have a small chance &c n.. Adj. improbable, unlikely, contrary to all reasonable expectation; wild [Coll.], far out [Coll.], out of sight [Coll.], outtasight [Coll.], heavy [Coll.]. rare &c (infrequent) 137; unheard of, inconceivable; unimaginable, inimaginableâ€ ; incredible &c 485; more than doubtful; strange, bizarre (uncomformable) 83. Phr. the chances are against; aquila non capit muscas [Lat.]; pedir peras pal olmo [Lat.].

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Chapter 1 Ch.1
1. Existence — N. existence, being, entity, ens [Lat.], esse [Lat.], Ch.2
2. Inexistence — N. inexistence†; nonexistence, nonsubsistence; Ch.3
3. Substantiality — N. substantiality, hypostasis; person, being, Ch.4
4. Unsubstantiality — N. unsubstantiality†, insubstantiality; Ch.5
3. FORMAL EXISTENCE Ch.6
5. Intrinsicality — N. intrinsicality†, inbeing†, inherence, inhesion†; Ch.7
6. Extrinsicality — N. extrinsicality†, objectiveness, non ego; Ch.8
4. MODAL EXISTENCE Ch.9
7. State — N. state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, Ch.10
8. Circumstance — N. circumstance, situation, phase, position, Ch.11
9. Relation — N. relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern, Ch.12
10. [Want, or absence of relation.] Irrelation — N. irrelation†, Ch.13
11. [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity — N. consanguinity, Ch.14
12. [Double or reciprocal relation.] Correlation — N. reciprocalness Ch.15
13. Identity — N. identity, sameness; coincidence, coalescence; Ch.16
14. [Noncoincidence.] Contrariety — N. contrariety, contrast, foil, Ch.17
15. Difference — N. difference; variance, variation, variety; Ch.18
16. Uniformity — N. uniformity; homogeneity, homogeneousness; Ch.19
17. Similarity — N. similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, Ch.20
18. Dissimilarity — N. dissimilarity, dissimilaritude†; unlikeness, Ch.21
19. Imitation — N. imitation; copying &c v.; transcription; Ch.22
20. Nonimitation — N. no imitation; originality; creativeness. Ch.23
21. [Result of imitation.] Copy — N. copy, facsimile, counterpart, Ch.24
22. [Thing copied.] Prototype — N. prototype, original, model, Ch.25
23. Agreement — N. agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony; Ch.26
24. Disagreement — N. disagreement; discord, discordance; dissonance, Ch.27
25. [Absolute quantity.] Quantity — N. quantity, magnitude; size &c Ch.28
26. [Relative quantity.] Degree — N. degree, grade, extent, measure, Ch.29
27. [Sameness of quantity or degree.] Equality — N. equality, parity, Ch.30
28. [Difference of quantity or degree.] Inequality — N. inequality; Ch.31
29. Mean — N. mean, average; median, mode; balance, medium, Ch.32
30. Compensation — N. compensation, equation; commutation; Ch.33
31. Greatness — N. greatness &c adj.; magnitude; size &c (dimensions) Ch.34
32. Smallness — N. smallness &c adj.; littleness &c (small size) 193; Ch.35
33. [Supremacy.] Superiority — N. superiority, majority; greatness &c Ch.36
34. Inferiority — N. inferiority, minority, subordinacy; shortcoming, Ch.37
35. Increase — N. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; Ch.38
36. Nonincrease, Decrease — N. decrease, diminution; lessening &c v.; Ch.39
37. Addition — N. addition, annexation, adjection†; junction &c 43; Ch.40
38. Nonaddition. Subtraction — N. subtraction, subduction†; deduction, Ch.41
39. [Thing added] Adjunct — N. adjunct; addition, additament†; additum Ch.42
40. [Thing remaining.] Remainder — N. remainder, residue; remains, Ch.43
41. [Forming a whole without coherence.] Mixture — N. mixture, Ch.44
42. [Freedom from mixture.] Simpleness — N. simpleness &c adj.; Ch.45
43. Junction — N. junction; joining &c v.; joinder [Law], union Ch.46
44. Disjunction — N. disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, Ch.47
45. [Connecting medium.] Connection — N. vinculum, link; connective, Ch.48
46. Coherence — N. coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness; Ch.49
47. [Want of adhesion, nonadhesion, immiscibility.] Incoherence — N. Ch.50
48. Combination — N. combination; mixture &c 41; junction &c 43; Ch.51
49. Decomposition — N. decomposition, analysis, dissection, Ch.52
50. [Principal part.] Whole — N. whole, totality, integrity; totalness Ch.53
51. Part — N. part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; Ch.54
52. Completeness — N. completeness &c adj.; completion &c 729; Ch.55
53. Incompleteness — N. incompleteness &c adj.; deficiency, short Ch.56
54. Composition — N. composition, constitution, crasis†; combination &c Ch.57
55. Exclusion — N. exclusion, nonadmission, omission, exception, Ch.58
56. Component — N. component; component part, integral part, integrant Ch.59
57. Extraneousness — N. extraneousness &c adj.; extrinsicality &c 6; Ch.60
58. Order — N. order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo Ch.61
59. [Absence, or want of Order, &c] Disorder — N. disorder; Ch.62
60. [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement — N. arrangement; plan &c 626; Ch.63
61. [Subversion of Order; bringing into disorder.] Derangement — N. Ch.64
62. Precedence — N. precedence; coming before &c v.; the lead, le pas; Ch.65
63. Sequence — N. sequence, coming after; going after &c (following) Ch.66
64. Precursor — N. precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor; Ch.67
65. Sequel — N. sequel, suffix, successor; tail, queue, train, wake, Ch.68
66. Beginning — N. beginning, commencement, opening, outset, Ch.69
67. End — N. end, close, termination; desinence†, conclusion, finis, Ch.70
68. Middle — N. middle, midst, mediety†, mean &c 29; medium, middle Ch.71
69. [Uninterrupted sequence.] Continuity — N. continuity; consecution, Ch.72
70. [Interrupted sequence.] Discontinuity — N. discontinuity; Ch.73
71. Term — N. term, rank, station, stage, step; degree &c 26; scale, Ch.74
72. Assemblage — N. {opp. Ch.75
73. Nonassemblage. Dispersion — N. {opp. Ch.76
74. [Place of meeting.] Focus — N. focus; point of convergence &c 290; Ch.77
75. Class — N. class, division, category, categorema†, head, order, Ch.78
76. [Comprehension under, or reference to a class.] Inclusion — N. Ch.79
77. Exclusion — N. {opp. Ch.80
78. Generality — N. {opp. Ch.81
79. Speciality — N. {opp. Ch.82
80. Normality — N. normality, normalcy, normalness†; familiarity, Ch.83
81. Multiformity — N. multiformity, omniformity†; variety, diversity; Ch.84
82. Conformity — N. {opp. Ch.85
83. Unconformity — N. {opp. Ch.86
84. Number — N. number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, Ch.87
85. Numeration — N. numeration; numbering &c v.; pagination; tale, Ch.88
86. List — N. list, catalog, catalogue, inventory; register &c Ch.89
87. Unity — N. unity; oneness &c adj.; individuality; solitude &c Ch.90
88. Accompaniment — N. accompaniment; adjunct &c 39; context; Ch.91
89. Duality — N. duality, dualism; duplicity; biplicity†, biformity†; Ch.92
90. Duplication — N. duplication; doubling &c v.; gemination, Ch.93
91. [Division into two parts.] bisection — N. bisection, bipartition; Ch.94
92. Triality — N. Triality†, trinity; triunity†. Ch.95
93. Triplication — N. triplication, triplicity†; trebleness†, trine. Ch.96
94. [Division into three parts.] Trisection — N. trisection, Ch.97
95. Four — N. quaternity†, four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion, square, Ch.98
96. Quadruplication — N. quadruplication. Ch.99
97. [Division into four parts.] Quadrisection — N. quadrisection, Ch.100
98. Five &c — N. five, cinque [Fr.], quint, quincux†; six, half-a- Ch.101
99. Quinquesection &c — N. division by five &c 98; quinquesection &c; Ch.102
100. {opp. Ch.103
3. INDETERMINATE NUMBER Ch.104
101. Zero — N. zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, Ch.105
102. Multitude — N. multitude; numerous &c adj.; numerosity, Ch.106
103. Fewness — N. fewness &c adj.; paucity, small number; small Ch.107
104. Repetition — N. repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, Ch.108
105. Infinity — N. infinity, infinitude, infiniteness &c adj.; Ch.109
106. Time — N. time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span, Ch.110
107. Neverness — N. neverness; absence of time, no time; dies non; Ch.111
108. [Definite duration, or portion of time.] Period — N. period, age, Ch.112
109. [Indefinite duration.] Course — N. corridors of time, sweep of Ch.113
110. [Long duration.] Diuturnity — N. diuturnity†; a long time, a Ch.114
111. [Short duration.] Transientness — N. transience, transientness &c Ch.115
112. [Endless duration.] Perpetuity — N. perpetuity, eternity, Ch.116
113. [Point of time] Instantaneity — N. instantaneity, Ch.117
114. [Estimation, measurement, and record of time.] Chronometry — N. Ch.118
115. [False estimate of time.] Anachronism — N. anachronism, Ch.119
116. Priority — N. priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, Ch.120
117. Posteriority — N. posteriority; succession, sequence; following Ch.121
118. The Present Time — N. the present, the present time, the present Ch.122
119. [Time different from the present.] Different time — N. different Ch.123
120. Synchronism — N. synchronism; coexistence, coincidence; Ch.124
121. [Prospective time.] Futurity — N. futurity, futurition; future, Ch.125
122. [Retrospective time.] The Past — N. the past, past time; days of Ch.126
123. Newness — N. newness &c adj.; novelty, recency; immaturity; youth Ch.127
124. Oldness — N. oldness &c adj.†; age, antiquity; cobwebs of Ch.128
125. Morning [Noon.] — N. morning, morn, forenoon, a.m., prime, dawn, Ch.129
126. Evening [Midnight.] — N. evening, eve; decline of day, fall of Ch.130
127. Youth — N. youth; juvenility, juvenescence†; juniority†; infancy; Ch.131
128. Age — N. age; oldness† &c adj.; old age, advanced age, golden Ch.132
129. Infant — N. infant, babe, baby, babe in arms; nurseling, Ch.133
130. Veteran — N. veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; Ch.134
131. Adolescence — N. adolescence, pubescence, majority; adultism; Ch.135
132. Earliness — N. {ant. Ch.136
133. Lateness — N. {ant. Ch.137
134. Occasion — N. {ant. Ch.138
135. Untimeliness — N. {ant. Ch.139
136. Frequency — N. frequency, oftness†, oftenness†, commonness; Ch.140
137. Infrequency — N. infrequency, rareness, rarity; fewness &c 103; Ch.141
138. Periodicity [Regularity of recurrence] — N. periodicity, Ch.142
139. Irregularity of recurrence — N. irregularity, uncertainty, Ch.143
140. [Difference at different times.] Change — N. change, alteration, Ch.144
141. [Absence of change.] Permanence — N. stability &c 150; quiescence Ch.145
142. [Change from action to rest.] Cessation — N. cessation, Ch.146
143. Continuance in action — N. continuance, continuation; run; Ch.147
144. [Gradual change to something different.] Conversion — N. Ch.148
145. Reversion — N. reversion, return; revulsion. Ch.149
146. [Sudden or violent change.] Revolution — N. revolution, Ch.150
147. [Change of one thing for another.] Substitution — N. Ch.151
148. [Double or mutual change.] Interchange — N. interchange, Ch.152
149. Changeableness — N. changeableness &c adj.; mutability, Ch.153
150. Stability — N. stability; immutability &c adj.; unchangeability, Ch.154
151. Eventuality — N. eventuality, event, occurrence, incident, Ch.155
152. Destiny — N. destiny &c (necessity) 601; future existence, post Ch.156
153. [Constant antecedent]. Cause — N. cause, origin, source, Ch.157
154. [Constant sequent.] Effect — N. effect, consequence; aftergrowth†, Ch.158
155. [Assignment of cause] Attribution — N. attribution, theory, Ch.159
156. [Absence of assignable cause.] Chance — N. chance, Ch.160
157. Power — N. power; potency, potentiality; jiva†; puissance, might, Ch.161
158. Impotence — N. impotence; inability, disability; disablement, Ch.162
159. [Degree of power.] Strength — N. strength; power &c 157; energy Ch.163
160. Weakness — N. weakness &c adj.; debility, atony†, relaxation, Ch.164
161. Production — N. {ant. Ch.165
162. [Nonproduction.] Destruction — N. {ant. Ch.166
163. Reproduction — N. reproduction, renovation; restoration &c 660; Ch.167
164. Producer — N. producer, originator, inventor, author, founder, Ch.168
165. Destroyer — N. destroyer &c (destroy) &c 162; cankerworm &c Ch.169
166. Paternity — N. paternity; parentage; consanguinity &c 11. Ch.170
167. Posterity — N. posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring, Ch.171
168. Productiveness — N. productiveness &c adj.; fecundity, fertility, Ch.172
169. Unproductiveness — N. unproductiveness &c adj.; infertility, Ch.173
170. Agency — N. agency, operation, force, working, strain, function, Ch.174
171. Physical Energy — N. energy, physical energy, force, power &c Ch.175
172. Physical Inertness — N. inertness, dullness &c adj.; inertia, vis Ch.176
173. Violence — N. violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, Ch.177
174. Moderation — N. moderation, lenity &c 740; temperateness, Ch.178
175. Influence — N. influence; importance &c 642; weight, pressure, Ch.179
176. Tendency — N. tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, Ch.180
177. Liability — N. liability, liableness†; possibility, contingency; Ch.181
178. Concurrence — N. concurrence, cooperation, coagency†; union; Ch.182
179. Counteraction — N. counteraction, opposition; contrariety &c 14; Ch.183
180. [Indefinite space.] Space — N. space, extension, extent, Ch.184
181. [Definite space.] Region — N. region, sphere, ground, soil, area, Ch.185
182. [Limited space.] Place — N. place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche, Ch.186
183. Situation — N. situation, position, locality, locale, status, Ch.187
184. Location — N. location, localization; lodgment; deposition, Ch.188
185. Displacement — N. displacement, elocation†, transposition. Ch.189
186. Presence — N. presence; occupancy, occupation; attendance; Ch.190
187. [Nullibiety.1] Absence — N. absence; inexistence &c 2 [Obs.]; Ch.191
188. Inhabitant — N. inhabitant; resident, residentiary†; dweller, Ch.192
189. [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode — N. abode, dwelling, Ch.193
190. [Things contained.] Contents — N. contents; cargo, lading, Ch.194
191. Receptacle — N. receptacle; inclosure &c 232; recipient, Ch.195
192. Size — N. size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume; largeness &c Ch.196
193. Littleness — N. littleness &c adj.; smallness &c (of quantity) Ch.197
194. Expansion — N. expansion; increase of size &c 35; enlargement, Ch.198
195. Contraction — N. contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease of Ch.199
196. Distance — N. distance; space &c 180; remoteness, farness†, far- Ch.200
197. Nearness — N. nearness &c adj.; proximity, propinquity; vicinity, Ch.201
198. Interval — N. interval, interspace†; separation &c 44; break, gap, Ch.202
199. Contiguity — N. contiguity, contact, proximity, apposition, Ch.203
200. Length — N. length, longitude, span; mileage; distance &c 196. Ch.204
201. Shortness — N. shortness &c adj.; brevity; littleness &c 193; a Ch.205
202. Breadth, Thickness, — N. breadth, width, latitude, amplitude; Ch.206
203. Narrowness. Thinness — N. narrowness &c adj.; closeness, exility†; Ch.207
204. Layer — N. layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, Ch.208
205. Filament — N. filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle†, vein; hair, Ch.209
206. Height — N. height, altitude, elevation; eminence, pitch; Ch.210
207. Lowness — N. lowness &c adj.; debasement, depression, prostration Ch.211
208. Depth — N. depth; deepness &c adj.; profundity, depression &c Ch.212
209. Shallowness — N. shallowness &c adj.; shoals; mere scratch. Ch.213
210. Summit — N. summit, summity†; top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, Ch.214
211. Base — N. base, basement; plinth, dado, wainscot; baseboard, Ch.215
212. Verticality — N. verticality; erectness &c adj.; perpendicularity Ch.216
213. Horizontality — N. horizontality†; flatness; level, plane; stratum Ch.217
214. Pendency — N. pendency†, dependency; suspension, hanging &c v.; Ch.218
215. Support — N. support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra Ch.219
216. Parallelism — N. {ant. Ch.220
217. Obliquity — N. obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness Ch.221
218. Inversion — N. inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, Ch.222
219. Crossing — N. crossing &c v.; intersection, interdigitation; Ch.223
220. Exteriority — N. exteriority†; outside, exterior; surface, Ch.224
221. Interiority — N. interiority; inside, interior; interspace†, Ch.225
222. Centrality — N. centrality, centricalness†, center; middle &c 68; Ch.226
223. Covering — N. covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino†, baldaquin†; Ch.227
224. Lining — N. lining, inner coating; coating &c (covering) 223; Ch.228
225. Clothing — N. clothing, investment; covering &c 223; dress, Ch.229
226. Divestment — N. divestment; taking off &c v.. nudity; bareness &c Ch.230
227. Circumjacence — N. circumjacence†, circumambience†; environment, Ch.231
228. Interposition — N. interposition, interjacence†, intercurrence†, Ch.232
229. Circumscription — N. circumscription, limitation, inclosure; Ch.233
230. Outline — N. outline, circumference; perimeter, periphery, ambit, Ch.234
231. Edge — N. edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, Ch.235
232. Inclosure — N. inclosure, envelope; case &c (receptacle) 191; Ch.236
233. Limit — N. limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, Ch.237
234. Front — N. front; fore, forepart; foreground; face, disk, disc, Ch.238
235. Rear — N. rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard; Ch.239
236. Laterality — N. laterality†; side, flank, quarter, lee; hand; Ch.240
237. Contraposition — N. contraposition†, opposition; polarity; Ch.241
238. Dextrality — N. dextrality†; right, right hand; dexter, offside, Ch.242
239. Sinistrality — N. sinistrality†; left, left hand, a gauche; Ch.243
240. Form — N. form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, Ch.244
241. [Absence of form.] Amorphism — N. amorphism†, informity†; unlicked Ch.245
242. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry — N. symmetry, shapeliness, Ch.246
243. [Irregularity of form.] Distortion — N. distortion, detortion†, Ch.247
244. Angularity — N. angularity, angularness†; aduncity†; angle, cusp, Ch.248
245. Curvature — N. curvature, curvity†, curvation†; incurvature†, Ch.249
246. Straightness — N. straightness, rectilinearity†, directness; Ch.250
247. [Simple circularity.] Circularity — N. circularity, roundness; Ch.251
248. [Complex curvature.] Convolution — N. winding &c v.; convolution, Ch.252
249. Rotundity — N. rotundity; roundness &c adj.; cylindricity†; Ch.253
250. Convexity — N. convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, Ch.254
251. Flatness — N. flatness &c adj.; smoothness &c 255. Ch.255
252. Concavity — N. concavity, depression, dip; hollow, hollowness; Ch.256
253. Sharpness — N. sharpness &c adj.; acuity, acumination†; Ch.257
254. Bluntness — N. bluntness &c adj.. Ch.258
255. Smoothness — N. smoothness &c adj.; polish, gloss; lubricity, Ch.259
256. Roughness — N. roughness &c adj.; tooth, grain, texture, ripple; Ch.260
257. Notch — N. notch, dent, nick, cut; indent, indentation; dimple. Ch.261
258. Fold — N. fold, plicature†, plait, pleat, ply, crease; tuck, Ch.262
259. Furrow — N. furrow, groove, rut, sulcus [Anat.], scratch, streak, Ch.263
260. Opening — N. hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel†; Ch.264
261. Closure — N. closure, occlusion, blockade; shutting up &c v.; Ch.265
262. Perforator — N. perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, Ch.266
263. Stopper — N. stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, Ch.267
264. [Successive change of place.] Motion — N. motion, movement, move; Ch.268
265. Quiescence — N. rest; stillness &c adj.; quiescence; stagnation, Ch.269
266. [Locomotion by land.] Journey — N. travel; traveling &c v.. Ch.270
267. [Locomotion by water, or air.] Navigation — N. navigation; Ch.271
268. Traveler — N. traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, Ch.272
269. Mariner — N. sailor, mariner, navigator; seaman, seafarer, Ch.273
270. Transference — N. transfer, transference; translocation, Ch.274
271. Carrier — N. carrier, porter, bearer, tranter†, conveyer; Ch.275
272. Vehicle — N. vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van; common Ch.276
273. Ship — N. ship, vessel, sail; craft, bottom. Ch.277
274. Velocity — N. velocity, speed, celerity; swiftness &c adj.; Ch.278
275. Slowness — N. slowness &c adj.; languor &c (inactivity) 683; Ch.279
276. Impulse — N. impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push, Ch.280
277. Recoil — N. recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, Ch.281
278. Direction — N. direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift, Ch.282
279. Deviation — N. deviation; swerving &c v.; obliquation†, warp, Ch.283
280. [Going before.] Precession — N. precession, leading, heading; Ch.284
281. [Going after.] Sequence — N. sequence; coming after &c (order) Ch.285
282. [Motion forward; progressive motion.] Progression — N. progress, Ch.286
283. [Motion backwards.] Regression — N. regress, regression; Ch.287
284. [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion — N. Ch.288
285. [Motion given to an object situated behind.] Traction — N. Ch.289
286. [Motion towards.] Approach — N. approach, approximation, Ch.290
287. [Motion from.] Recession — N. recession, retirement, withdrawal; Ch.291
288. [Motion towards, actively; force causing to draw closer.] Ch.292
289. [Motion from, actively; force driving apart.] Repulsion — N. Ch.293
290. [Motion nearer to.] Convergence — N. convergence, confluence, Ch.294
291. [Motion further off.] Divergence — N. divergence, divergency†; Ch.295
292. [Terminal motion at.] Arrival — N. arrival, advent; landing; Ch.296
293. [Initial motion from.] Departure — N. departure, decession†, Ch.297
294. [Motion into.] Ingress — N. ingress; entrance, entry; Ch.298
295. [Motion out of.] Egress — N. egress, exit, issue; emersion, Ch.299
296. [Motion into, actively.] Reception — N. reception; admission, Ch.300
297. [Motion out of, actively] Ejection — N. ejection, emission, Ch.301
298. [Eating.] Food — N. eating &c v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation†, Ch.302
299. Excretion — N. excretion, discharge, emanation; exhalation, Ch.303
introduction; insinuation &c (intervention) 228; planting, &c v.; Ch.304
301. [Forcible egress.] Extraction — N. extraction; extracting &c v.; Ch.305
302. [Motion through.] Passage — N. passage, transmission; permeation; Ch.306
303. [Motion beyond] Transcursion — N. transcursion†, transiliency†, Ch.307
304. [motion short of] Shortcoming — N. shortcoming, failure; falling Ch.308
305. [Motion upwards] Ascent — N. ascent, ascension; rising &c 309; Ch.309
306. [Motion downwards] Descent — N. descent, descension†, declension, Ch.310
307. Elevation — N. elevation; raising &c v.; erection, lift; Ch.311
308. Depression — N. lowering &c v.; depression; dip &c (concavity) Ch.312
309. Leap — N. leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation†. Ch.313
310. Plunge — N. plunge, dip, dive, header; ducking &c v.; diver. Ch.314
311. [Curvilinear motion.] Circuition — N. circuition†, circulation; Ch.315
312. [Motion in a continued circle.] Rotation — N. rotation, Ch.316
313. [Motion in the reverse circle.] Evolution — N. evolution, Ch.317
314. [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro.] Oscillation — N. Ch.318
315. [Irregular motion] Agitation — N. agitation, stir, tremor, shake, Ch.319
316. Materiality — N. materiality, materialness; corporeity†, Ch.320
317. Immateriality — N. immateriality, immaterialness; incorporeity†, Ch.321
318. World — N. world, creation, nature, universe; earth, globe, wide Ch.322
319. Gravity — N. gravity, gravitation; weight; heaviness &c adj.; Ch.323
320. Levity — N. levity; lightness &c adj.; imponderability, buoyancy, Ch.324
321. Density — N. density, solidity; solidness &c adj.; Ch.325
322. Rarity — N. rarity, tenuity; absence of solidity &c 321; Ch.326
323. Hardness — N. hardness &c adj.; rigidity; renitence†, renitency; Ch.327
324. Softness — N. softness, pliableness &c adj.; flexibility; Ch.328
325. Elasticity — N. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, Ch.329
326. Inelasticity — N. want of elasticity, absence of elasticity &c Ch.330
327. Tenacity — N. {ant. Ch.331
328. Brittleness — N. {ant. Ch.332
329. [Structure.] Texture — N. structure (form) 240, organization, Ch.333
330. Pulverulence — N. powderiness† [State of powder.], pulverulence†; Ch.334
331. Friction — N. friction, attrition; rubbing, abrasion, scraping &c Ch.335
332. [Absence of friction. Prevention of friction.] Lubrication — N. Ch.336
333. Fluidity — N. fluidity, liquidity; liquidness &c adj.†; gaseity &c Ch.337
334. Gaseity — N. gaseity†; vaporousness &c adj.; flatulence, Ch.338
335. Liquefaction — N. liquefaction; liquescence†, liquescency†; Ch.339
336. Vaporization — N. vaporization, volatilization; gasification, Ch.340
337. Water — N. water; serum, serosity†; lymph; rheum; diluent; agua Ch.341
338. Air — N. air &c (gas) 334; common air, atmospheric air; Ch.342
339. Moisture — N. moisture; moistness &c adj.; humidity, humectation†; Ch.343
340. Dryness — N. dryness &c adj.; siccity†, aridity, drought, ebb Ch.344
341. Ocean — N. sea, ocean, main, deep, brine, salt water, waves, Ch.345
342. Land — N. land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma. Ch.346
343. Gulf. Lake — N. land covered with water, gulf, gulph†, bay, inlet, Ch.347
344. Plain — N. plain, table-land, face of the country; open country, Ch.348
345. Marsh — N. marsh, swamp, morass, marish†, moss, fen, bog, Ch.349
346. Island — N. island, isle, islet, eyot†, ait†, holf†, reef, atoll, Ch.350
347. [Fluid in motion.] Stream — N. stream &c (of water) 348, (of air) Ch.351
348. [Water in motion.] River — N. running water. Ch.352
349. [Air in motion] Wind — N. wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, Ch.353
350. [Channel for the passage of water.] Conduit — N. conduit, Ch.354
351. [Channel for the passage of air.] Airpipe — N. air pipe, air Ch.355
352. Semiliquidity — N. semiliquidity; stickiness &c adj.; viscidity, Ch.356
353. [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble [Cloud.] — N. bubble, foam, Ch.357
354. Pulpiness — N. pulpiness &c adj.; pulp, taste, dough, curd, pap, Ch.358
355. Unctuousness — N. unctuousness &c adj.; unctuosity†, lubricity; Ch.359
356. Oil — N. oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, Ch.360
357. Organization — N. organized world, organized nature; living Ch.361
358. Inorganization — N. mineral world, mineral kingdom; unorganized Ch.362
359. Life — N. life, vitality, viability; animation; vital spark, Ch.363
360. Death — N. death; decease, demise; dissolution, departure, obit, Ch.364
361. [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing — N. killing &c v.; Ch.365
362. Corpse — N. corpse, corse†, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry Ch.366
363. Interment — N. interment, burial, sepulture†; inhumation†; Ch.367
364. Animality — N. animal life; animation, animality†, animalization†; Ch.368
365. Vegetability† — N. vegetable life; vegetation, vegetability†; Ch.369
366. Animal — N. animal, animal kingdom; fauna; brute creation. Ch.370
367. Vegetable — N. vegetable, vegetable kingdom; flora, verdure. Ch.371
368. [The science of animals.] Zoology — N. zoology, zoonomy†, Ch.372
369. [The science of plants.] Botany — N. botany; physiological Ch.373
370. [The economy or management of animals.] Husbandry — N. husbandry, Ch.374
371. [The economy or management of plants.] Agriculture — N. Ch.375
372. Mankind — N. man, mankind; human race, human species, human kind, Ch.376
373. Man — N. man, male, he, him; manhood &c (adolescence) 131; Ch.377
374. Woman — N. woman, she, her, female, petticoat. Ch.378
375. Physical Sensibility — N. sensibility; sensitiveness &c adj.; Ch.379
376. Physical Insensibility — N. insensibility, physical Ch.380
377. Physical Pleasure — N. pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual Ch.381
378. Physical Pain — N. pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance†; bodily Ch.382
2. Special Sensation Ch.383
379. [Sensation of pressure] Touch — N. touch; tact, taction†, Ch.384
380. Sensations of Touch — N. itching, pruritis [Med.] &c v.; Ch.385
381. [insensibility to touch.] Numbness — N. numbness &c (physical Ch.386
382. Heat — N. heat, caloric; temperature, warmth, fervor, calidity†; Ch.387
383. Cold — N. cold, coldness &c adj.; frigidity, inclemency, fresco. Ch.388
384. Calefaction — N. increase of temperature; heating &c v.; Ch.389
385. Refrigeration — N. refrigeration, infrigidation†, reduction of Ch.390
386. Furnace — N. furnace, stove, kiln, oven; cracker; hearth, focus, Ch.391
387. Refrigerator — N. refrigerator, refrigeratory†; frigidarium†; cold Ch.392
388. Fuel — N. fuel, firing, combustible. Ch.393
389. Thermometer — N. thermometer, thermometrograph†, mercury Ch.394
390. Taste — N. taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor; gout, relish; Ch.395
391. Insipidity — N. insipidity, blandness; tastelessness &c adj.. Ch.396
392. Pungency — N. pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, Ch.397
393. Condiment — N. condiment, seasoning, sauce, spice, relish, Ch.398
394. Savoriness — N. savoriness &c adj.; good taste, deliciousness, Ch.399
395. Unsavoriness — N. unsavoriness &c adj.; amaritude†; acrimony, Ch.400
396. Sweetness — N. sweetness, dulcitude†. Ch.401
397. Sourness — N. sourness &c adj.; acid, acidity, low pH; acetous Ch.402
398. Odor — N. odor, smell, odorament†, scent, effluvium; emanation, Ch.403
399. Inodorousness — N. inodorousness†; absence of smell, want of Ch.404
400. Fragrance — N. fragrance, aroma, redolence, perfume, bouquet, Ch.405
401. Fetor — N. fetor†; bad &c adj.. smell, bad odor; stench, stink; Ch.406
402. Sound — N. sound, noise, strain; accent, twang, intonation, tone; Ch.407
403. Silence — N. silence; stillness &c (quiet) 265; peace, hush, Ch.408
404. Loudness — N. loudness, power; loud noise, din; blare; clang, Ch.409
405. Faintness — N. faintness &c adj.; faint sound, whisper, breath; Ch.410
406. [Sudden and violent sounds.] Snap — N. snap &c v.; rapping &c v.; Ch.411
407. [Repeated and protracted sounds.] Roll — N. roll &c v.; drumming Ch.412
408. Resonance — N. resonance; ring &c v.; ringing, tintinabulation &c Ch.413
409. [Hissing sounds.] Sibilation — N. sibilance, sibilation; zip; Ch.414
410. [Harsh sounds.] Stridor — N. creak &c v.; creaking &c v.; Ch.415
411. Cry — N. cry &c v.; voice &c (human) 580; hubbub; bark &c Ch.416
412. [Animal sounds.] Ululation — N. cry &c v.; crying &c v.; bowwow, Ch.417
413. Melody. Concord — N. melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme &c (poetry) Ch.418
414. Discord — N. discord, discordance; dissonance, cacophony, want of Ch.419
415. Music — N. music; concert; strain, tune, air; melody &c 413; Ch.420
416. Musician [Performance of Music.] — N. musician, artiste, Ch.421
417. Musical Instruments — N. musical instruments; band; string-band, Ch.422
418. [Sense of sound.] Hearing — N. hearing &c v.; audition, Ch.423
419. Deafness — N. deafness, hardness of hearing, surdity†; Ch.424
420. Light — N. light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil; Ch.425
421. Darkness — N. darkness &c adj., absence of light; blackness &c Ch.426
422. Dimness — N. dimness &c adj.; darkness &c 421; paleness &c (light Ch.427
423. [Source of light, self-luminous body.] Luminary — N. luminary; Ch.428
424. Shade — N. shade; awning &c (cover) 223; parasol, sunshade, Ch.429
425. Transparency — N. transparence, transparency; clarity; Ch.430
426. Opacity — N. opacity; opaqueness &c adj.. film; cloud &c 353. Ch.431
427. Semitransparency — N. semitransparency, translucency, Ch.432
428. Color — N. color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, Ch.433
429. [Absence of color.] Achromatism — N. achromatism†; decoloration†, Ch.434
430. Whiteness — N. whiteness &c adj.; argent. Ch.435
431. Blackness — N. blackness, &c adj.; darkness, &c (want of light).. Ch.436
432. Gray — N. gray &c adj.; neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt, Ch.437
433. Brown — N. brown &c adj.. [Pigments],, bister ocher, sepia, Ch.438
434. Redness — N. red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, Ch.439
435. Greenness — N. green &c adj.; blue and yellow; vert [Heral.]. Ch.440
436. Yellowness — N. yellow &c adj.; or. Ch.441
437. Purple — N. purple &c adj.; blue and red, bishop's purple; Ch.442
438. Blueness — N. blue &c adj.; garter-blue; watchet†. Ch.443
439. Orange — N. orange, red and yellow; gold; or; flame color &c Ch.444
440. Variegation — N. variegation; colors, dichroism, trichroism; Ch.445
441. Vision — N. vision, sight, optics, eyesight. Ch.446
442. Blindness — N. blindness, cecity†, excecation†, amaurosis†, Ch.447
443. [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.] — N. Ch.448
444. Spectator — N. spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on, Ch.449
445. Optical Instruments — N. optical instruments; lens, meniscus, Ch.450
446. Visibility — N. visibility, perceptibility; conspicuousness, Ch.451
447. Invisibility — N. invisibility, invisibleness, nonappearance, Ch.452
448. Appearance — N. appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, Ch.453
449. Disappearance — N. disappearance, evanescence, eclipse, Ch.454
450. Intellect — N. intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking Ch.455
451. Thought — N. thought; exercitation of the intellect†, exercise of Ch.456
452. [Absence or want of thought.] Incogitancy — N. incogitancy†, Ch.457
453. [Object of thought.] Idea — N. idea, notion, conception, thought, Ch.458
454. [Subject of thought] Topic — N. subject of thought, material for Ch.459
455. [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity — N. interest, thirst for Ch.460
456. [Absence of curiosity.] Incuriosity — N. incuriosity, Ch.461
457. Attention — N. attention; mindfulness, presence of mind &c adj.; Ch.462
458. Inattention — N. inattention, inconsideration; inconsiderateness Ch.463
459. Care [Vigilance.] — N. care, solicitude, heed; heedfulness &c Ch.464
460. Neglect — N. neglect; carelessness &c adj.; trifling &c v.; Ch.465
461. Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question] — N. inquiry; request &c Ch.466
462. Answer — N. answer, response, reply, replication, riposte, Ch.467
463. Experiment — N. experiment; essay &c (attempt) 675; analysis &c Ch.468
464. Comparison — N. comparison, collation, contrast; identification; Ch.469
465. [results of comparison. 1] Discrimination — N. discrimination, Ch.470
466. Measurement — N. measurement, admeasurement†, mensuration, survey, Ch.471
467. Evidence [On one side.] — N. evidence; facts, premises, data, Ch.472
468. [Evidence on the other side, on the other hand.] Counter Evidence Ch.473
469. Qualification — N. qualification, limitation, modification, Ch.474
470. Possibility — N. possibility, potentiality; what may be, what is Ch.475
471. Impossibility — N. impossibility &c adj.; what cannot, what can Ch.476
472. Probability — N. probability, likelihood; credibleness†; Ch.477
473. Improbability — N. improbability, unlikelihood; unfavorable Ch.478
474. Certainty — N. certainty; necessity &c 601; certitude, surety, Ch.479
475. Uncertainty — N. uncertainty, incertitude, doubt; doubtfulness &c Ch.480
476. Reasoning, — N. {ant. Ch.481
477. Intuition. & Sophistry [The absence of reasoning.] [False or Ch.482
478. Demonstration — N. {ant. Ch.483
479. Confutation — N. {ant 478} confutation, refutation; answer, Ch.484
480. Judgment [Conclusion.] — N. result, conclusion, upshot; Ch.485
481. Misjudgment — N. misjudgment, obliquity of judgment; Ch.486
482. Overestimation — N. overestimation &c v.; exaggeration &c 549; Ch.487
483. Underestimation — N. underestimation; depreciation &c Ch.488
484. Belief — N. belief; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust, Ch.489
485. Unbelief. Doubt — N. unbelief, disbelief, misbelief; discredit, Ch.490
486. Credulity — N. credulity, credulousness &c adj.; cullibility†, Ch.491
487. Incredulity — N. incredulousness†, incredulity; skepticism, Ch.492
488. Assent — N. assent, assentment†; acquiescence, admission; nod; Ch.493
489. Dissent — N. dissent; discordance &c (disagreement) 24; Ch.494
490. Knowledge — N. knowledge; cognizance, cognition, cognoscence†; Ch.495
491. Ignorance — N. ignorance, nescience, tabula rasa [Lat.], crass Ch.496
492. Scholar — N. scholar, connoisseur, savant, pundit, schoolman†, Ch.497
493. Ignoramus — N. ignoramus, dunce; wooden spoon; no scholar. Ch.498
494. [Object of knowledge.] Truth — N. fact, reality &c (existence) 1; Ch.499
495. Error — N. error, fallacy; misconception, misapprehension, Ch.500
496. Maxim — N. maxim, aphorism; apothegm, apophthegm†; dictum, saying, Ch.501
497. Absurdity — N. absurdity, absurdness &c adj.; imbecility &c 499; Ch.502
498. Intelligence, Wisdom — N. intelligence, capacity, comprehension, Ch.503
499. Imbecility. Folly — N. want of intelligence &c 498, want of Ch.504
500. Sage — N. sage, wise man; genius; master mind, master spirit of Ch.505
501. Fool — N. fool, idiot, tomfool, wiseacre, simpleton, witling†, Ch.506
502. Sanity — N. sanity; soundness &c adj.; rationality, sobriety, Ch.507
503. Insanity — N. disordered reason, disordered intellect; diseased Ch.508
504. Madman — N. madman, lunatic, maniac, bedlamite†, candidate for Ch.509
505. Memory — N. memory, remembrance; retention, retentiveness; Ch.510
506. Oblivion — N. oblivion, obliviousness, lethe; forgetfulness &c Ch.511
507. Expectation — N. expectation, expectance, expectancy; Ch.512
508. Inexpectation — N. inexpectation†, non-expectation; false Ch.513
509. [Failure of expectation.] Disappointment — N. disappointment; Ch.514
510. Foresight — N. foresight, prospicience†, prevision, long- Ch.515
511. Prediction — N. prediction, announcement; program, programme Ch.516
512. Omen — N. omen, portent, presage, prognostic, augury, auspice; Ch.517
513. Oracle — N. oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, Ch.518
514. Supposition — N. supposition, assumption, assumed position, Ch.519
515. Imagination — N. imagination; originality; invention; fancy; Ch.520
516. [Idea to be conveyed.] Meaning [Thing signified.] — N. meaning; Ch.521
517. [Absence of meaning.] Unmeaningness — N. meaninglessness, Ch.522
518. Intelligibility — N. intelligibility; clearness, explicitness &c Ch.523
519. Unintelligibility — N. unintelligibility; incomprehensibility, Ch.524
520. [Having a double sense] Equivocalness — N. equivocalness &c adj.; Ch.525
521. Metaphor — N. figure of speech; facon de parler [Fr.], way of Ch.526
522. Interpretation — N. interpretation, definition; explanation, Ch.527
523. Misinterpretation — N. misinterpretation, misapprehension, Ch.528
524. Interpreter — N. interpreter; expositor, expounder, exponent, Ch.529
525. Manifestation — N. {ant. Ch.530
526. Latency. Implication — N. {ant. Ch.531
527. Information — N. information, enlightenment, acquaintance, Ch.532
528. Concealment — N. concealment; hiding &c v.; occultation, Ch.533
529. Disclosure — N. disclosure; retection†; unveiling &c v.; Ch.534
530. Ambush [Means of concealment]. — N. camouflage; mimicry; hiding Ch.535
531. Publication — N. publication; public announcement &c 527; Ch.536
532. News — N. news; information &c 527; piece of news [Fr.], budget Ch.537
533. Secret — N. secret; dead secret, profound secret; arcanum†, Ch.538
534. Messenger — N. messenger, envoy, emissary, legate; nuncio, Ch.539
535. Affirmation — N. affirmance, affirmation; statement, allegation, Ch.540
536. Negation — N. negation, abnegation; denial; disavowal, Ch.541
537. Teaching — N. teaching &c v.; instruction; edification; Ch.542
538. Misteaching — N. misteaching†, misinformaton, misintelligence†, Ch.543
539. Learning — N. learning; acquisition of knowledge &c 490, Ch.544
540. Teacher — N. teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master, Ch.545
541. Learner — N. learner, scholar, student, pupil; apprentice, Ch.546
542. School — N. school, academy, university, alma mater, college, Ch.547
543. Veracity — N. veracity; truthfulness, frankness, &c adj.; truth, Ch.548
544. Falsehood — N. falsehood, falseness; falsity, falsification; Ch.549
545. Deception — N. deception; falseness &c 544; untruth &c 546; Ch.550
546. Untruth — N. untruth, falsehood, lie, story, thing that is not, Ch.551
547. Dupe — N. dupe, gull, gudgeon, gobemouche†, cull [Slang], cully†, Ch.552
548. Deceiver — N. deceiver &c (deceive) &c 545; dissembler, Ch.553
549. Exaggeration — N. exaggeration; expansion &c 194; hyperbole, Ch.554
550. Indication — N. indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, Ch.555
551. Record — N. trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; Ch.556
552. [Suppression of sign.] Obliteration — N. obliteration; erasure, Ch.557
553. Recorder — N. recorder, notary, clerk; registrar, registrary†, Ch.558
554. Representation — N. representation, representment†; imitation &c Ch.559
555. Misrepresentation — N. misrepresentation, distortion, caricatura†, Ch.560
556. Painting — N. painting; depicting; drawing &c v.; design; Ch.561
557. Sculpture — N. sculpture, insculpture†; carving &c v.; statuary. Ch.562
558. Engraving — N. engraving, chalcography†; line engraving, mezzotint Ch.563
559. Artist — N. artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, Ch.564
560. Language — N. language; phraseology &c 569; speech &c 582; Ch.565
561. Letter — N. letter; character; hieroglyphic &c (writing) 590; Ch.566
562. Word — N. word, term, vocable; name &c 564; phrase &c 566; root, Ch.567
563. Neologism — N. neology, neologism; newfangled expression, nonce Ch.568
564. Nomenclature — N. nomenclature; naming &c v.; nuncupation†, Ch.569
565. Misnomer — N. misnomer; lucus a non lucendo [Lat.]; Mrs. Ch.570
566. Phrase — N. phrase, expression, set phrase; sentence, paragraph; Ch.571
567. Grammar — N. grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation; Ch.572
568. Solecism — N. solecism; bad grammar, false grammar, faulty Ch.573
569. Style — N. style, diction, phraseology, wording; manner, strain; Ch.574
570. Perspicuity — N. perspicuity, perspicuousness &c Ch.575
571. Obscurity — N. obscurity &c (unintelligibility) 519; involution; Ch.576
572. Conciseness — N. conciseness &c adj.; brevity, the soul of wit, Ch.577
573. Diffuseness — N. diffuseness &c adj.; amplification &c v.; Ch.578
574. Vigor — N. vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness &c adj.; Ch.579
575. Feebleness — N. feebleness &c adj.. Ch.580
576. Plainness — N. plainness &c adj.; simplicity, severity; plain Ch.581
577. Ornament — N. ornament; floridness c†. Ch.582
578. Elegance — N. elegance, purity, grace, ease; gracefulness, Ch.583
579. Inelegance — N. inelegance; stiffness &c adj.; unlettered Muse Ch.584
580. Voice — N. voice; vocality†; organ, lungs, bellows; good voice, Ch.585
581. Aphony — N. aphony†, aphonia†; dumbness &c adj.; obmutescence†; Ch.586
582. Speech — N. speech, faculty of speech; locution, talk, parlance, Ch.587
583. [Imperfect Speech.] Stammering — N. inarticulateness; stammering Ch.588
584. Loquacity — N. loquacity, loquaciousness; talkativeness &c adj.; Ch.589
585. Taciturnity — N. silence, muteness, obmutescence†; taciturnity, Ch.590
586. Allocution — N. allocution, alloquy†, address; speech &c 582; Ch.591
588. Conversation — N. conversation, interlocution; collocution†, Ch.592
589. Soliloquy — N. soliloquy, monologue, apostrophe; monology†. Ch.593
590. Writing — N. writing &c v.; chirography, stelography†, Ch.594
591. Printing — N. printing; block printing, type-printing; plate Ch.595
592. Correspondence — N. correspondence, letter, epistle, note, Ch.596
593. Book — N. booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule†; tract, Ch.597
594. Description — N. description, account, statement, report; expose Ch.598
595. Dissertation — N. dissertation, treatise, essay; thesis, theme; Ch.599
596. Compendium — N. compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, Ch.600
597. Poetry — N. poetry, poetics, poesy, Muse, Calliope, tuneful Nine, Ch.601
598. Prose — N. prose, prose writer. Ch.602
599. The Drama — N. the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film Ch.603
600. Will — N. will, volition, conation†, velleity; liberum arbitrium Ch.604
601. Necessity — N. involuntariness; instinct, blind impulse; inborn Ch.605
602. Willingness — N. willingness, voluntariness &c adj.†; willing Ch.606
603. Unwillingness — N. unwillingness &c adj.; indisposition, Ch.607
604. Resolution — N. determination, will; iron will, unconquerable Ch.608
605. Irresolution — N. irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision; Ch.609
606. Obstinacy — N. obstinateness &c adj.; obstinacy, tenacity; Ch.610
607. Tergiversation — N. change of mind, change of intention, change Ch.611
608. Caprice — N. caprice, fancy, humor; whim, whimsy, whimsey†, Ch.612
609. Choice — N. choice, option; discretion &c (volition) 600; Ch.613
610. Rejection — N. rejection, repudiation, exclusion; refusal &c 764; Ch.614
611. Predetermination — N. predestination, preordination, Ch.615
612. Impulse — N. impulse, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation; Ch.616
613. Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence] — N. Ch.617
614. Desuetude — N. desuetude, disusage†; obsolescence, disuse &c 678; Ch.618
615. Motive — N. motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action. Ch.619
616. Dissuasion — N. dissuasion, dehortation†, expostulation, Ch.620
617. [Ostensible motive, ground, or reason assigned.] Pretext — N. Ch.621
618. Good — N. good, benefit, advantage; improvement &c 658; greatest Ch.622
619. Evil — N. evil, ill, harm, hurt., mischief, nuisance; Ch.623
620. Intention — N. intent, intention, intentionality; purpose; quo Ch.624
621. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance — N. Ch.625
622. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit — N. pursuit; pursuing &c v.; Ch.626
623. [Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance — N. abstention, abstinence; for Ch.627
624. Relinquishment — N. relinquishment, abandonment; desertion, Ch.628
625. Business — N. business, occupation, employment; pursuit &c 622; Ch.629
626. Plan — N. plan, scheme, design, project; proposal, proposition, Ch.630
627. Method [Path.] — N. method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, Ch.631
628. Mid-course — N. middle course, midcourse; mean &c 29; middle &c Ch.632
629. Circuit — N. circuit, roundabout way, digression, detour, Ch.633
630. Requirement — N. requirement, need, wants, necessities; Ch.634
631. Instrumentality — N. instrumentality; aid &c 707; subservience, Ch.635
632. Means — N. means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means; capital Ch.636
633. Instrument — N. machinery, mechanism, engineering. Ch.637
635. Materials — N. material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple; Ch.638
636. Store — N. stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, Ch.639
637. Provision — N. provision, supply; grist, grist for the mill; Ch.640
638. Waste — N. consumption, expenditure, exhaustion; dispersion &c Ch.641
639. Sufficiency — N. sufficiency, adequacy, enough, withal, Ch.642
640. Insufficiency — N. insufficiency; inadequacy, inadequateness; Ch.643
641. Redundancy — N. redundancy, redundance†; too much, too many; Ch.644
642. Importance — N. importance, consequence, moment, prominence, Ch.645
643. Unimportance — N. unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, Ch.646
644. Utility — N. utility; usefulness &c adj.; efficacy, efficiency, Ch.647
645. Inutility — N. inutility; uselessness &c adj.; inefficacy†, Ch.648
646. [Specific subservience.] Expedience — N. expedience, expediency; Ch.649
647. Inexpedience — N. inexpedience, inexpediency; undesirableness, Ch.650
648. [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness — N. Ch.651
649. [Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities.] Badness — N. Ch.652
650. Perfection — N. perfection; perfectness &c adj.; indefectibility†; Ch.653
651. Imperfection — N. imperfection; imperfectness &c adj.; Ch.654
652. Cleanness — N. cleanness, cleanliness &c adj.; purity; cleaning Ch.655
653. Uncleanness — N. uncleanness &c adj.; impurity; immundity†, Ch.656
654. Health — N. health, sanity; soundness &c adj.; vigor; good Ch.657
655. Disease — N. disease; illness, sickness &c adj.; ailing &c; all Ch.658
656. Salubrity — N. salubrity; healthiness &c adj.. fine air, fine Ch.659
657. Insalubrity — N. insalubrity; unhealthiness &c adj.; nonnaturals†; Ch.660
658. Improvement — N. improvement; amelioration, melioration; Ch.661
659. Deterioration — N. deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb; Ch.662
660. Restoration — N. restoration, restoral; reinstatement, Ch.663
661. Relapse — N. relapse, lapse; falling back &c v.; retrogradation Ch.664
662. Remedy — N. remedy, help, cure, redress; medicine, medicament; Ch.665
663. Bane — N. bane, curse; evil &c 619; hurtfulness &c (badness) 649 Ch.666
664. Safety — N. safety, security, surety, impregnability; Ch.667
665. Danger — N. danger, peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard, Ch.668
666. [Means of safety.] Refuge — N. refuge, sanctuary, retreat, Ch.669
667. [Source of danger.] Pitfall — N. rocks, reefs, coral reef, sunken Ch.670
668. Warning — N. warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice &c Ch.671
669. [Indication of danger.] Alarm — N. alarm; alarum, larum†, alarm Ch.672
670. Preservation — N. preservation; safe-keeping; conservation &c Ch.673
671. Escape — N. escape, scape; avolation†, elopement, flight; evasion Ch.674
672. Deliverance — N. deliverance, extrication, rescue; reprieve, Ch.675
673. Preparation — N. preparation; providing &c v.; provision, Ch.676
674. Nonpreparation — N. non-preparation, absence of preparation, want Ch.677
675. Essay — N. essay, trial, endeavor, attempt; aim, struggle, Ch.678
676. Undertaking — N. undertaking; compact &c 769; adventure, venture; Ch.679
677. Use — N. use; employ, employment; exercise, exercitation†; Ch.680
678. Disuse — N. forbearance, abstinence; disuse; relinquishment &c Ch.681
679. Misuse — N. misuse, misusage, misemployment†, misapplication, Ch.682
680. Action — N. action, performance; doing, &c v.; perpetration; Ch.683
681. Inaction — N. inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action; Ch.684
682. Activity — N. activity; briskness, liveliness &c adj.; animation, Ch.685
683. Inactivity — N. inactivity; inaction &c 681; inertness &c 172; Ch.686
684. Haste — N. haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, Ch.687
685. Leisure — N. leisure; convenience; spare time, spare hours, spare Ch.688
686. Exertion — N. exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw, Ch.689
687. Repose — N. repose, rest, silken repose; sleep &c 683. Ch.690
688. Fatigue — N. fatigue; weariness &c 841; yawning, drowsiness &c Ch.691
689. Refreshment — N. bracing &c v.; recovery of strength, Ch.692
690. Agent — N. doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator; Ch.693
691. Workshop — N. workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of Ch.694
692. Conduct — N. conduct [actions of an individual agent]; behavior; Ch.695
693. Direction — N. direction; management, managery†; government, Ch.696
694. Director — N. director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller. Ch.697
695. Advice — N. advice, counsel, adhortation†; word to the wise; Ch.698
696. Council — N. council, committee, subcommittee, comitia [Lat.], Ch.699
697. Precept — N. precept, direction, instruction, charge; prescript, Ch.700
698. Skill — N. skill, skillfulness, address; dexterity, Ch.701
699. Unskillfulness — N. unskillfulness &c adj.; want of skill &c 698; Ch.702
700. Proficient — N. proficient, expert, adept, dab; dabster†, Ch.703
701. Bungler — N. bungler; blunderer, blunderhead†; marplot, fumbler, Ch.704
702. Cunning — N. cunning, craft; cunningness†, craftiness &c adj.; Ch.705
703. Artlessness — N. artlessness &c adj.; nature, simplicity; Ch.706
704. Difficulty — N. difficulty; hardness &c adj.; impracticability &c Ch.707
705. Facility — N. facility, ease; easiness &c adj.; capability; Ch.708
706. Hindrance — N. prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; Ch.709
707. Aid — N. aid, aidance†; assistance, help, opitulation†, succor; Ch.710
708. Opposition — N. opposition, antagonism; oppugnancy†, oppugnation†; Ch.711
709. Cooperation — N. cooperation; coadjuvancy†, coadjutancy†; Ch.712
710. Opponent — N. opponent, antagonist, adversary; adverse party, Ch.713
711. Auxiliary — N. auxiliary; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant; Ch.714
712. Party — N. party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, Ch.715
713. Discord — N. disagreement &c 24; discord, disaccord†, dissidence, Ch.716
714. Concord — N. concord, accord, harmony, symphony; homologue; Ch.717
715. Defiance — N. defiance; daring &c v.; dare; challenge, cartel†; Ch.718
716. Attack — N. attack; assault, assault and battery; onset, Ch.719
717. Defense — N. defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding &c v.; Ch.720
718. Retaliation — N. retaliation, reprisal, retort, payback; counter- Ch.721
719. Resistance — N. resistance, stand, front, oppugnation†; Ch.722
720. Contention — N. contention, strife; contest, contestation†; Ch.723
721. Peace — N. peace; amity &c (friendship) 888; harmony &c (concord) Ch.724
722. Warfare — N. warfare; fighting &c v.; hostilities; war, arms, the Ch.725
723. Pacification — N. pacification, conciliation; reconciliation, Ch.726
724. Mediation — N. mediation, mediatorship†, mediatization†; Ch.727
725. Submission — N. submission, yielding; nonresistance; obedience &c Ch.728
726. Combatant — N. combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, Ch.729
727. Arms — N. arm, arms; weapon, deadly weapon; armament, armaments, Ch.730
728. Arena — N. arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater; Ch.731
729. Completion — N. completion, accomplishment, achievement, Ch.732
730. Noncompletion — N. noncompletion, nonfulfillment; shortcoming &c Ch.733
731. Success — N. success, successfulness; speed; advance &c Ch.734
732. Failure — N. failure; nonsuccess†, nonfulfillment; dead failure, Ch.735
733. Trophy — N. trophy; medal, prize, palm, award; laurel, laurels; Ch.736
734. Prosperity — N. prosperity, welfare, well-being; affluence &c Ch.737
735. Adversity — N. adversity, evil &c 619; failure &c 732; bad luck, Ch.738
736. Mediocrity — N. moderate circumstances, average circumstances; Ch.739
737. Authority — N. authority; influence, patronage, power, Ch.740
738. [Absence of authority] Laxity — N. laxity; laxness, looseness, Ch.741
739. Severity — N. severity; strictness, harshness &c adj.; rigor, Ch.742
740. Lenity — N. lenity, lenience, leniency; moderation &c 174; Ch.743
741. Command — N. command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm†, bidding, Ch.744
742. Disobedience — N. disobedience, insubordination, contumacy; Ch.745
743. Obedience — N. obedience; observance &c 772; compliance; Ch.746
744. Compulsion — N. compulsion, coercion, coaction†, constraint, Ch.747
745. Master — N. master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, Ch.748
746. Servant — N. subject, liegeman†; servant, retainer, follower, Ch.749
747. [Insignia of authority.] Scepter — N. scepter, regalia, caduceus; Ch.750
748. Freedom — N. freedom, liberty, independence; license &c Ch.751
749. Subjection — N. subjection; dependence, dependency; Ch.752
750. Liberation — N. liberation, disengagement, release, enlargement, Ch.753
751. Restraint — N. restraint; hindrance &c 706; coercion &c Ch.754
752. [Means of restraint.] Prison — N. prison, prison house; jail, Ch.755
753. Keeper — N. keeper, custodian, custos [Lat.], ranger, warder, Ch.756
754. Prisoner — N. prisoner, prisoner of war, POW, captive, inmate, Ch.757
755. [Vicarious authority.] Commission — N. commission, delegation; Ch.758
756. Abrogation — N. abrogation, annulment, nullification, recision; Ch.759
757. Resignation — N. resignation, retirement, abdication, Ch.760
758. Consignee — N. consignee, trustee, nominee, committee. Ch.761
759. Deputy — N. deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli†, Ch.762
760. Permission — N. permission, leave; allowance, sufferance; Ch.763
761. Prohibition — N. prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance; Ch.764
762. Consent — N. consent; assent &c 488; acquiescence; approval &c Ch.765
763. Offer — N. offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture; Ch.766
764. Refusal — N. refusal, rejection; noncompliance, incompliance†; Ch.767
765. Request — N. request, requisition; claim &c (demand) 741; Ch.768
766. [Negative request.] Deprecation — N. deprecation, expostulation; Ch.769
767. Petitioner — N. petitioner, solicitor, applicant; suppliant, Ch.770
768. Promise — N. promise, undertaking, word, troth, plight, pledge, Ch.771
769. Compact — N. compact, contract, agreement, bargain; affidation†; Ch.772
770. Conditions — N. conditions, terms; articles, articles of Ch.773
771. Security — N. security; guaranty, guarantee; gage, warranty, Ch.774
772. Observance — N. observance, performance, compliance, Ch.775
773. Nonobservance — N. nonobservance &c 772; evasion, inobservance, Ch.776
774. Compromise — N. compromise, commutation, composition; middle Ch.777
775. Acquisition — N. acquisition; gaining &c v.; obtainment; Ch.778
776. Loss — N. loss; deperdition†, perdition; forfeiture, lapse. Ch.779
777. Possession — N. possession, seizin [Law], seisin [Law]; ownership Ch.780
778. [Joint possession.] Participation — N. participation; cotenancy†, Ch.781
779. Possessor — N. possessor, holder; occupant, occupier; tenant; Ch.782
780. Property — N. property, possession, suum cuique [Lat.], meum et Ch.783
781. Retention — N. retention; retaining &c v.; keep, detention, Ch.784
782. Relinquishment — N. relinquishment, abandonment &c (of a course) Ch.785
783. Transfer — N. transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, Ch.786
784. Giving — N. giving &c v.; bestowal, bestowment†, donation; Ch.787
785. Receiving — N. receiving &c v.; acquisition &c 775; reception &c Ch.788
786. Apportionment — N. apportionment, allotment, consignment, Ch.789
787. Lending — N. lending &c v.; loan, advance, accommodation, Ch.790
788. Borrowing — N. borrowing, pledging. Ch.791
789. Taking — N. taking &c v.; reception &c (taking in) 296; Ch.792
790. Restitution — N. restitution, return; rendition, reddition†; Ch.793
791. Stealing — N. stealing &c v.; theft, thievery, latrociny†, Ch.794
792. Thief — N. thief, robber, homo triumliterarum [Lat.], pilferer, Ch.795
793. Booty — N. booty, spoil, plunder, prize, loot, swag [Slang], Ch.796
794. Barter — N. barter, exchange, scorse†, truck system; interchange Ch.797
795. Purchase — N. purchase, emption†; buying, purchasing, shopping; Ch.798
796. Sale — N. sale, vent, disposal; auction, roup, Dutch auction; Ch.799
797. Merchant — N. merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, Ch.800
798. Merchandise — N. merchandise, ware, commodity, effects, goods, Ch.801
799. Mart — N. mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple, Ch.802
800. Money — N. money, legal tender; money matters, money market; Ch.803
801. Treasurer — N. treasurer; bursar, bursary; purser, purse bearer; Ch.804
802. Treasury — N. treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper†; cash Ch.805
803. Wealth — N. wealth, riches, fortune, handsome fortune, opulence, Ch.806
804. Poverty — N. poverty, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution, Ch.807
805. Credit — N. credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account. Ch.808
806. Debt — N. debt, obligation, liability, indebtment†, debit, score. Ch.809
807. Payment — N. payment, defrayment†; discharge; acquittance, Ch.810
808. Nonpayment — N. nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest, Ch.811
809. Expenditure — N. expenditure, money going out; out goings, out Ch.812
810. Receipt — N. receipt, value received, money coming in; income, Ch.813
811. Accounts — N. accounts, accompts†; commercial arithmetic, monetary Ch.814
812. Price — N. price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, Ch.815
813. Discount — N. discount, abatement, concession, reduction, Ch.816
814. Dearness — N. dearness &c adj.; high price, famine price, fancy Ch.817
815. Cheapness — N. cheapness, low price; depreciation; bargain; good Ch.818
816. Liberality — N. liberality, generosity, munificence; bounty, Ch.819
817. Economy — N. economy, frugality; thrift, thriftiness; care, Ch.820
818. Prodigality — N. prodigality, prodigence†; unthriftiness†, waste; Ch.821
819. Parsimony — N. parsimony, parcity†; parsimoniousness†, stinginess Ch.822
820. Affections — N. affections, affect; character, qualities, Ch.823
821. Feeling — N. feeling; suffering &c v.; endurance, tolerance, Ch.824
822. Sensibility — N. sensibility, sensibleness, sensitiveness; moral Ch.825
823. Insensibility — N. insensibility, insensibleness†; moral Ch.826
824. Excitation — N. excitation of feeling; mental excitement; Ch.827
825. [Excess of sensitiveness] Excitability — N. excitability, Ch.828
826. [Absence of excitability, or of excitement.] Inexcitability — N. Ch.829
827. Pleasure — N. pleasure, gratification, enjoyment, fruition; Ch.830
828. Pain — N. mental suffering, pain, dolor; suffering, sufferance; Ch.831
829. [Capability of giving pleasure; cause or source of pleasure.] Ch.832
830. [Capability of giving pain; cause or source of pain]. Painfulness Ch.833
831. Content — N. content, contentment, contentedness; complacency, Ch.834
832. Discontent — N. discontent, discontentment; dissatisfaction; Ch.835
833. Regret — N. regret, repining; homesickness, nostalgia; mal du Ch.836
834. Relief — N. relief; deliverance; refreshment &c 689; easement, Ch.837
835. Aggravation — N. aggravation, worsening, heightening; Ch.838
836. Cheerfulness — N. cheerfulness &c adj.; geniality, gayety, Ch.839
837. Dejection — N. dejection; dejectedness &c adj.; depression, Ch.840
838. [Expression of pleasure.] Rejoicing — N. rejoicing, exultation, Ch.841
839. [Expression of pain.] Lamentation — N. lament, lamentation; wail, Ch.842
840. Amusement — N. amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, Ch.843
841. Weariness — N. weariness, defatigation†; lassitude &c (fatigue) Ch.844
842. Wit — N. wit, humor, wittiness; sense of humor; attic wit, attic Ch.845
843. Dullness — N. dullness, heaviness, flatness; infestivity† &c 837, Ch.846
844. Humorist — N. humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist†, epigrammatist, Ch.847
845. Beauty — N. beauty, the beautiful, to kalon [Gr.], le beau ideal. Ch.848
846. Ugliness — N. ugliness &c adj.; deformity, inelegance; acomia†; Ch.849
847. Ornament — N. ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art; ornature†, Ch.850
848. Blemish — N. blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism†; flaw, Ch.851
849. Simplicity — N. simplicity; plainness, homeliness; undress, Ch.852
850. [Good taste.] Taste — N. taste; good taste, refined taste, Ch.853
851. [Bad taste.] Vulgarity — N. vulgarity, vulgarism; barbarism, Ch.854
852. Fashion — N. fashion, style, ton, bon ton†, society; good society, Ch.855
853. Ridiculousness — N. ridiculousness &c adj.; comicality, oddity &c Ch.856
854. Fop — N. fop, fine gentleman; swell; dandy, dandiprat†; exquisite, Ch.857
855. Affectation — N. affectation; affectedness &c adj.; acting a part Ch.858
856. Ridicule — N. ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin; Ch.859
857. [Object and cause of ridicule.] Laughingstock — N. laughingstock, Ch.860
858. Hope — N. hope, hopes; desire &c 865; fervent hope, sanguine Ch.861
859. [Absence, want or loss of hope.] Hopelessness — N. hopelessness Ch.862
860. Fear — N. fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence; Ch.863
861. [Absence of fear.] Courage — N. courage, bravery, valor; Ch.864
862. [Excess of fear.] Cowardice — N. cowardice, pusillanimity; Ch.865
863. Rashness — N. rashness &c adj.; temerity, want of caution, Ch.866
864. Caution — N. caution; cautiousness &c adj.; discretion, prudence, Ch.867
865. Desire — N. desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need, exigency. Ch.868
866. Indifference — N. indifference, neutrality; coldness &c adj.; Ch.869
867. Dislike — N. dislike, distaste, disrelish, disinclination, Ch.870
868. Fastidiousness — N. fastidiousness &c adj.; nicety, Ch.871
869. Satiety — N. satiety, satisfaction, saturation, repletion, glut, Ch.872
870. Wonder — N. wonder, marvel; astonishment, amazement, wonderment, Ch.873
871. [Absence of wonder.] Expectance — N. expectance &c (expectation) Ch.874
872. Prodigy — N. prodigy, phenomenon; wonder, wonderment; marvel, Ch.875
873. Repute — N. distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; Ch.876
874. Disrepute — N. disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad Ch.877
875. Nobility — N. nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy†, Ch.878
876. Commonalty — N. commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition, Ch.879
877. Title — N. title, honor; knighthood &c (nobility) 875. Ch.880
878. Pride — N. dignity, self-respect, mens sibi conscia recti [Lat.] Ch.881
879. Humility — N. humility, humbleness; meekness, lowness; lowliness, Ch.882
880. Vanity — N. vanity; conceit, conceitedness; self-conceit, self- Ch.883
881. Modesty — N. modesty; humility &c 879; diffidence, timidity; Ch.884
882. Ostentation — N. ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, Ch.885
883. Celebration — N. celebration, solemnization, jubilee, Ch.886
884. Boasting — N. boasting &c v.; boast, vaunt, crake†; pretense, Ch.887
885. [Undue assumption of superiority.] Insolence — N. insolence; Ch.888
886. Servility — N. servility; slavery &c (subjection) 749; Ch.889
887. Blusterer — N. blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer†, brawler; Ch.890
888. Friendship — N. friendship, amity; friendliness &c adj.; Ch.891
889. Enmity — N. enmity, hostility; unfriendliness &c adj.; discord &c Ch.892
890. Friend — N. friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best Ch.893
891. Enemy — N. enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman†; open enemy, bitter Ch.894
892. Sociality — N. sociality, sociability, sociableness &c adj.; Ch.895
893. Seclusion. Exclusion — N. seclusion, privacy; retirement; Ch.896
894. Courtesy — N. courtesy; respect &c 928; good manners, good Ch.897
895. Discourtesy — N. discourtesy; ill breeding; ill manners, bad Ch.898
896. Congratulation — N. congratulation, gratulation†; felicitation; Ch.899
897. Love — N. love; fondness &c adj.; liking; inclination &c (desire) Ch.900
898. Hate — N. hate, hatred, vials of hate. Ch.901
899. Favorite — N. favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol, jewel, spoiled Ch.902
900. Resentment — N. resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, Ch.903
901. Irascibility — N. irascibility, irascibleness, temper; crossness Ch.904
902. [Expression of affection or love.] Endearment — N. endearment, Ch.905
903. Marriage — N. marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, Ch.906
904. Celibacy — N. celibacy, singleness, single blessedness; Ch.907
905. Divorce — N. divorce, divorcement; separation; judicial Ch.908
906. Benevolence — N. benevolence, Christian charity; God's love, Ch.909
907. Malevolence — N. malevolence; bad intent, bad intention; Ch.910
908. Malediction — N. malediction, malison†, curse, imprecation, Ch.911
909. Threat — N. threat, menace; defiance &c 715; abuse, minacity†, Ch.912
910. Philanthropy — N. philanthropy, humanity, humanitarianism Ch.913
911. Misanthropy — N. misanthropy, incivism; egotism &c (selfishness) Ch.914
912. Benefactor — N. benefactor, savior, good genius, tutelary saint, Ch.915
913. [Maleficent being] Evil doer — N. evil doer, evil worker; Ch.916
914. Pity — N. pity, compassion, commiseration; bowels, of compassion; Ch.917
915. Condolence — N. condolence; lamentation &c 839; sympathy, Ch.918
916. Gratitude — N. gratitude, thankfulness, feeling of obligation, Ch.919
917. Ingratitude — N. ingratitude, thanklessness, oblivion of Ch.920
918. Forgiveness — N. forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, Ch.921
919. Revenge — N. revenge, revengement†; vengeance; avengement†, Ch.922
920. Jealousy — N. jealousy, jealousness; jaundiced eye; envious Ch.923
921. Envy — N. envy; enviousness &c adj.; rivalry; jalousie de milier Ch.924
922. Right — N. right; what ought to be, what should be; fitness &c Ch.925
923. Wrong — N. wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum Ch.926
924. Dueness — N. due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative, Ch.927
925. [Absence of right.] Undueness — N. undueness &c adj.; malum Ch.928
926. Duty — N. duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation, Ch.929
927. Dereliction of Duty — N. dereliction of duty; fault &c (guilt) Ch.930
928. Respect — N. respect, regard, consideration; courtesy &c 894; Ch.931
929. Disrespect — N. disrespect, disesteem, disestimation†; Ch.932
930. Contempt — N. contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt; Ch.933
931. Approbation — N. approbation; approval, approvement†; sanction, Ch.934
932. Disapprobation — N. disapprobation, disapproval; improbation†; Ch.935
933. Flattery — N. flattery, adulation, gloze; blandishment, Ch.936
934. Detraction — N. detraction, disparagement, depreciation, Ch.937
935. Flatterer — N. flatterer, adulator; eulogist, euphemist; Ch.938
936. Detractor — N. detractor, reprover; censor, censurer; cynic, Ch.939
937. Vindication — N. vindication, justification, warrant; Ch.940
938. Accusation — N. accusation, charge, imputation, slur, Ch.941
939. Probity — N. probity, integrity, rectitude; uprightness &c adj.; Ch.942
940. Improbity — N. improbity†; dishonesty, dishonor; deviation from Ch.943
941. Knave — N. knave, rogue; Scapin†, rascal; Lazarillo de Tormes; bad Ch.944
942. Disinterestedness — N. disinterestedness &c adj.; generosity; Ch.945
943. Selfishness — N. selfishness &c adj.; self-love, self-indulgence, Ch.946
944. Virtue — N. virtue; virtuousness &c adj.; morality; moral Ch.947
945. Vice — N. vice; evil-doing, evil courses; wrongdoing; wickedness, Ch.948
946. Innocence — N. innocence; guiltlessness &c adj.; incorruption, Ch.949
947. Guilt — N. guilt, guiltiness; culpability; criminality, Ch.950
948. Good Man — N. good man, honest man, worthy. Ch.951
949. Bad Man — N. bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity; evildoer &c Ch.952
950. Penitence — N. penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance, Ch.953
951. Impenitence — N. impenitence, irrepentance†, recusance†; lack of Ch.954
952. Atonement — N. atonement, reparation; compromise, composition; Ch.955
953. Temperance — N. temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness. Ch.956
954. Intemperance — N. intemperance; sensuality, animalism, carnality; Ch.957
955. Asceticism — N. asceticism, puritanism, sabbatarianism†; Ch.958
956. Fasting — N. fasting; xerophagy†; famishment, starvation. Ch.959
957. Gluttony — N. gluttony; greed, avarice; greediness &c adj.; Ch.960
958. Sobriety — N. sobriety; teetotalism. Ch.961
959. Drunkenness — N. drunkenness &c adj.; intemperance; drinking &c Ch.962
960. Purity — N. purity; decency, decorum, delicacy; continence, Ch.963
961. Impurity — N. impurity; uncleanness &c (filth) 653; immodesty; Ch.964
962. Libertine — N. libertine; voluptuary &c 954.1; rake, debauchee, Ch.965
963. Legality — N. legality; legitimacy, legitimateness. Ch.966
964. [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality — N. lawlessness; Ch.967
965. Jurisdiction [Executive.] — N. jurisdiction, judicature, Ch.968
966. Tribunal — N. tribunal, court, board, bench, judicatory†; court of Ch.969
967. Judge — N. judge; justice, justiciar†, justiciary†; chancellor; Ch.970
968. Lawyer — N. lawyer, attorney, legal counsel; counsel, counsellor, Ch.971
969. Lawsuit — N. lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in Ch.972
970. Acquittal — N. acquittal, acquitment†; clearance, exculpation; Ch.973
971. Condemnation — N. condemnation, conviction, judgment, penalty, Ch.974
972. Punishment — N. punishment, punition†; chastisement, chastening; Ch.975
973. Reward — N. reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon†, Ch.976
974. Penalty — N. penalty; retribution &c (punishment) 972; pain, Ch.977
975. [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge — N. scourge, rod, cane, Ch.978
976. Deity — N. Deity, Divinity; Godhead, Godship†; Omnipotence, Ch.979
977. [Beneficent spirits] Angel — N. angel, archangel; guardian angel; Ch.980
978. [Maleficent spirits.] Satan — N. Satan, the Devil, Lucifer, Ch.981
979. Jupiter — N. god, goddess; heathen gods and goddesses; deva†; Ch.982
980. Demon — N. demon, daemon, demonry†, demonology; evil genius, Ch.983
981. Heaven — N. heaven; kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God; heavenly Ch.984
982. Hell — N. hell, bottomless pit, place of torment; habitation of Ch.985
983. [Religious Knowledge.] Theology — N. theology (natural and Ch.986
984. Heterodoxy [Sectarianism.] — N. heterodoxy; error &c 495; false Ch.987
985. Judeo-Christian Revelation — N. revelation, inspiration, Ch.988
986. Pseudo-Revelation — N. the Koran, the Alcoran†; Lyking†, Vedas, Ch.989
987. Piety — N. piety, religion, theism, faith; religiousness, Ch.990
988. Impiety — N. impiety; sin &c 945; irreverence; profaneness &c Ch.991
989. Irreligion — N. irreligion†, indevotion†; godlessness, ungodliness Ch.992
990. Worship — N. worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, Ch.993
991. Idolatry — N. idolatry, idolism†; demonism†, demonolatry†; idol- Ch.994
992. Sorcery — N. sorcery; occult art, occult sciences; magic, the Ch.995
993. Spell — N. spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala†, Ch.996
994. Sorcerer — N. sorcerer, magician; thaumaturgist†, theurgist; Ch.997
995. Churchdom — N. church, churchdom; ministry, apostleship†, Ch.998
996. Clergy — N. clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, Ch.999
997. Laity — N. laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly, brethren, Ch.1000
998. Rite — N. rite; ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial; ordinance, Ch.1001
999. Canonicals — N. canonicals, vestments; robe, gown, Geneva gown Ch.1002
1000. Temple — N. place of worship; house of God, house of prayer. Ch.1003