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Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
2 by Peter Mark Roget, Roget, Peter Mark, 1779-1869
Chapter 383: 2. Special Sensation
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
1. Existence — N. existence, being, entity, ens [Lat.], esse [Lat.],
Chapter 3
2. Inexistence — N. inexistence†; nonexistence, nonsubsistence;
Chapter 4
3. Substantiality — N. substantiality, hypostasis; person, being,
Chapter 5
4. Unsubstantiality — N. unsubstantiality†, insubstantiality;
Chapter 6
3. FORMAL EXISTENCE
Chapter 7
5. Intrinsicality — N. intrinsicality†, inbeing†, inherence, inhesion†;
Chapter 8
6. Extrinsicality — N. extrinsicality†, objectiveness, non ego;
Chapter 9
4. MODAL EXISTENCE
Chapter 10
7. State — N. state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim,
Chapter 11
8. Circumstance — N. circumstance, situation, phase, position,
Chapter 12
9. Relation — N. relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern,
Chapter 13
10. [Want, or absence of relation.] Irrelation — N. irrelation†,
Chapter 14
11. [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity — N. consanguinity,
Chapter 15
12. [Double or reciprocal relation.] Correlation — N. reciprocalness
Chapter 16
13. Identity — N. identity, sameness; coincidence, coalescence;
Chapter 17
14. [Noncoincidence.] Contrariety — N. contrariety, contrast, foil,
Chapter 18
15. Difference — N. difference; variance, variation, variety;
Chapter 19
16. Uniformity — N. uniformity; homogeneity, homogeneousness;
Chapter 20
17. Similarity — N. similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude,
Chapter 21
18. Dissimilarity — N. dissimilarity, dissimilaritude†; unlikeness,
Chapter 22
19. Imitation — N. imitation; copying &c v.; transcription;
Chapter 23
20. Nonimitation — N. no imitation; originality; creativeness.
Chapter 24
21. [Result of imitation.] Copy — N. copy, facsimile, counterpart,
Chapter 25
22. [Thing copied.] Prototype — N. prototype, original, model,
Chapter 26
23. Agreement — N. agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony;
Chapter 27
24. Disagreement — N. disagreement; discord, discordance; dissonance,
Chapter 28
25. [Absolute quantity.] Quantity — N. quantity, magnitude; size &c
Chapter 29
26. [Relative quantity.] Degree — N. degree, grade, extent, measure,
Chapter 30
27. [Sameness of quantity or degree.] Equality — N. equality, parity,
Chapter 31
28. [Difference of quantity or degree.] Inequality — N. inequality;
Chapter 32
29. Mean — N. mean, average; median, mode; balance, medium,
Chapter 33
30. Compensation — N. compensation, equation; commutation;
Chapter 34
31. Greatness — N. greatness &c adj.; magnitude; size &c (dimensions)
Chapter 35
32. Smallness — N. smallness &c adj.; littleness &c (small size) 193;
Chapter 36
33. [Supremacy.] Superiority — N. superiority, majority; greatness &c
Chapter 37
34. Inferiority — N. inferiority, minority, subordinacy; shortcoming,
Chapter 38
35. Increase — N. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension;
Chapter 39
36. Nonincrease, Decrease — N. decrease, diminution; lessening &c v.;
Chapter 40
37. Addition — N. addition, annexation, adjection†; junction &c 43;
Chapter 41
38. Nonaddition. Subtraction — N. subtraction, subduction†; deduction,
Chapter 42
39. [Thing added] Adjunct — N. adjunct; addition, additament†; additum
Chapter 43
40. [Thing remaining.] Remainder — N. remainder, residue; remains,
Chapter 44
41. [Forming a whole without coherence.] Mixture — N. mixture,
Chapter 45
42. [Freedom from mixture.] Simpleness — N. simpleness &c adj.;
Chapter 46
43. Junction — N. junction; joining &c v.; joinder [Law], union
Chapter 47
44. Disjunction — N. disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion,
Chapter 48
45. [Connecting medium.] Connection — N. vinculum, link; connective,
Chapter 49
46. Coherence — N. coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness;
Chapter 50
47. [Want of adhesion, nonadhesion, immiscibility.] Incoherence — N.
Chapter 51
48. Combination — N. combination; mixture &c 41; junction &c 43;
Chapter 52
49. Decomposition — N. decomposition, analysis, dissection,
Chapter 53
50. [Principal part.] Whole — N. whole, totality, integrity; totalness
Chapter 54
51. Part — N. part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any;
Chapter 55
52. Completeness — N. completeness &c adj.; completion &c 729;
Chapter 56
53. Incompleteness — N. incompleteness &c adj.; deficiency, short
Chapter 57
54. Composition — N. composition, constitution, crasis†; combination &c
Chapter 58
55. Exclusion — N. exclusion, nonadmission, omission, exception,
Chapter 59
56. Component — N. component; component part, integral part, integrant
Chapter 60
57. Extraneousness — N. extraneousness &c adj.; extrinsicality &c 6;
Chapter 61
58. Order — N. order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo
Chapter 62
59. [Absence, or want of Order, &c] Disorder — N. disorder;
Chapter 63
60. [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement — N. arrangement; plan &c 626;
Chapter 64
61. [Subversion of Order; bringing into disorder.] Derangement — N.
Chapter 65
62. Precedence — N. precedence; coming before &c v.; the lead, le pas;
Chapter 66
63. Sequence — N. sequence, coming after; going after &c (following)
Chapter 67
64. Precursor — N. precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor;
Chapter 68
65. Sequel — N. sequel, suffix, successor; tail, queue, train, wake,
Chapter 69
66. Beginning — N. beginning, commencement, opening, outset,
Chapter 70
67. End — N. end, close, termination; desinence†, conclusion, finis,
Chapter 71
68. Middle — N. middle, midst, mediety†, mean &c 29; medium, middle
Chapter 72
69. [Uninterrupted sequence.] Continuity — N. continuity; consecution,
Chapter 73
70. [Interrupted sequence.] Discontinuity — N. discontinuity;
Chapter 74
71. Term — N. term, rank, station, stage, step; degree &c 26; scale,
Chapter 75
72. Assemblage — N. {opp.
Chapter 76
73. Nonassemblage. Dispersion — N. {opp.
Chapter 77
74. [Place of meeting.] Focus — N. focus; point of convergence &c 290;
Chapter 78
75. Class — N. class, division, category, categorema†, head, order,
Chapter 79
76. [Comprehension under, or reference to a class.] Inclusion — N.
Chapter 80
77. Exclusion — N. {opp.
Chapter 81
78. Generality — N. {opp.
Chapter 82
79. Speciality — N. {opp.
Chapter 83
80. Normality — N. normality, normalcy, normalness†; familiarity,
Chapter 84
81. Multiformity — N. multiformity, omniformity†; variety, diversity;
Chapter 85
82. Conformity — N. {opp.
Chapter 86
83. Unconformity — N. {opp.
Chapter 87
84. Number — N. number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit,
Chapter 88
85. Numeration — N. numeration; numbering &c v.; pagination; tale,
Chapter 89
86. List — N. list, catalog, catalogue, inventory; register &c
Chapter 90
87. Unity — N. unity; oneness &c adj.; individuality; solitude &c
Chapter 91
88. Accompaniment — N. accompaniment; adjunct &c 39; context;
Chapter 92
89. Duality — N. duality, dualism; duplicity; biplicity†, biformity†;
Chapter 93
90. Duplication — N. duplication; doubling &c v.; gemination,
Chapter 94
91. [Division into two parts.] bisection — N. bisection, bipartition;
Chapter 95
92. Triality — N. Triality†, trinity; triunity†.
Chapter 96
93. Triplication — N. triplication, triplicity†; trebleness†, trine.
Chapter 97
94. [Division into three parts.] Trisection — N. trisection,
Chapter 98
95. Four — N. quaternity†, four, tetrad, quartet, quaternion, square,
Chapter 99
96. Quadruplication — N. quadruplication.
Chapter 100
97. [Division into four parts.] Quadrisection — N. quadrisection,
Chapter 101
98. Five &c — N. five, cinque [Fr.], quint, quincux†; six, half-a-
Chapter 102
99. Quinquesection &c — N. division by five &c 98; quinquesection &c;
Chapter 103
100. {opp.
Chapter 104
3. INDETERMINATE NUMBER
Chapter 105
101. Zero — N. zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher,
Chapter 106
102. Multitude — N. multitude; numerous &c adj.; numerosity,
Chapter 107
103. Fewness — N. fewness &c adj.; paucity, small number; small
Chapter 108
104. Repetition — N. repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping,
Chapter 109
105. Infinity — N. infinity, infinitude, infiniteness &c adj.;
Chapter 110
106. Time — N. time, duration; period, term, stage, space, span,
Chapter 111
107. Neverness — N. neverness; absence of time, no time; dies non;
Chapter 112
108. [Definite duration, or portion of time.] Period — N. period, age,
Chapter 113
109. [Indefinite duration.] Course — N. corridors of time, sweep of
Chapter 114
110. [Long duration.] Diuturnity — N. diuturnity†; a long time, a
Chapter 115
111. [Short duration.] Transientness — N. transience, transientness &c
Chapter 116
112. [Endless duration.] Perpetuity — N. perpetuity, eternity,
Chapter 117
113. [Point of time] Instantaneity — N. instantaneity,
Chapter 118
114. [Estimation, measurement, and record of time.] Chronometry — N.
Chapter 119
115. [False estimate of time.] Anachronism — N. anachronism,
Chapter 120
116. Priority — N. priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence,
Chapter 121
117. Posteriority — N. posteriority; succession, sequence; following
Chapter 122
118. The Present Time — N. the present, the present time, the present
Chapter 123
119. [Time different from the present.] Different time — N. different
Chapter 124
120. Synchronism — N. synchronism; coexistence, coincidence;
Chapter 125
121. [Prospective time.] Futurity — N. futurity, futurition; future,
Chapter 126
122. [Retrospective time.] The Past — N. the past, past time; days of
Chapter 127
123. Newness — N. newness &c adj.; novelty, recency; immaturity; youth
Chapter 128
124. Oldness — N. oldness &c adj.†; age, antiquity; cobwebs of
Chapter 129
125. Morning [Noon.] — N. morning, morn, forenoon, a.m., prime, dawn,
Chapter 130
126. Evening [Midnight.] — N. evening, eve; decline of day, fall of
Chapter 131
127. Youth — N. youth; juvenility, juvenescence†; juniority†; infancy;
Chapter 132
128. Age — N. age; oldness† &c adj.; old age, advanced age, golden
Chapter 133
129. Infant — N. infant, babe, baby, babe in arms; nurseling,
Chapter 134
130. Veteran — N. veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard;
Chapter 135
131. Adolescence — N. adolescence, pubescence, majority; adultism;
Chapter 136
132. Earliness — N. {ant.
Chapter 137
133. Lateness — N. {ant.
Chapter 138
134. Occasion — N. {ant.
Chapter 139
135. Untimeliness — N. {ant.
Chapter 140
136. Frequency — N. frequency, oftness†, oftenness†, commonness;
Chapter 141
137. Infrequency — N. infrequency, rareness, rarity; fewness &c 103;
Chapter 142
138. Periodicity [Regularity of recurrence] — N. periodicity,
Chapter 143
139. Irregularity of recurrence — N. irregularity, uncertainty,
Chapter 144
140. [Difference at different times.] Change — N. change, alteration,
Chapter 145
141. [Absence of change.] Permanence — N. stability &c 150; quiescence
Chapter 146
142. [Change from action to rest.] Cessation — N. cessation,
Chapter 147
143. Continuance in action — N. continuance, continuation; run;
Chapter 148
144. [Gradual change to something different.] Conversion — N.
Chapter 149
145. Reversion — N. reversion, return; revulsion.
Chapter 150
146. [Sudden or violent change.] Revolution — N. revolution,
Chapter 151
147. [Change of one thing for another.] Substitution — N.
Chapter 152
148. [Double or mutual change.] Interchange — N. interchange,
Chapter 153
149. Changeableness — N. changeableness &c adj.; mutability,
Chapter 154
150. Stability — N. stability; immutability &c adj.; unchangeability,
Chapter 155
151. Eventuality — N. eventuality, event, occurrence, incident,
Chapter 156
152. Destiny — N. destiny &c (necessity) 601; future existence, post
Chapter 157
153. [Constant antecedent]. Cause — N. cause, origin, source,
Chapter 158
154. [Constant sequent.] Effect — N. effect, consequence; aftergrowth†,
Chapter 159
155. [Assignment of cause] Attribution — N. attribution, theory,
Chapter 160
156. [Absence of assignable cause.] Chance — N. chance,
Chapter 161
157. Power — N. power; potency, potentiality; jiva†; puissance, might,
Chapter 162
158. Impotence — N. impotence; inability, disability; disablement,
Chapter 163
159. [Degree of power.] Strength — N. strength; power &c 157; energy
Chapter 164
160. Weakness — N. weakness &c adj.; debility, atony†, relaxation,
Chapter 165
161. Production — N. {ant.
Chapter 166
162. [Nonproduction.] Destruction — N. {ant.
Chapter 167
163. Reproduction — N. reproduction, renovation; restoration &c 660;
Chapter 168
164. Producer — N. producer, originator, inventor, author, founder,
Chapter 169
165. Destroyer — N. destroyer &c (destroy) &c 162; cankerworm &c
Chapter 170
166. Paternity — N. paternity; parentage; consanguinity &c 11.
Chapter 171
167. Posterity — N. posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring,
Chapter 172
168. Productiveness — N. productiveness &c adj.; fecundity, fertility,
Chapter 173
169. Unproductiveness — N. unproductiveness &c adj.; infertility,
Chapter 174
170. Agency — N. agency, operation, force, working, strain, function,
Chapter 175
171. Physical Energy — N. energy, physical energy, force, power &c
Chapter 176
172. Physical Inertness — N. inertness, dullness &c adj.; inertia, vis
Chapter 177
173. Violence — N. violence, inclemency, vehemence, might,
Chapter 178
174. Moderation — N. moderation, lenity &c 740; temperateness,
Chapter 179
175. Influence — N. influence; importance &c 642; weight, pressure,
Chapter 180
176. Tendency — N. tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity,
Chapter 181
177. Liability — N. liability, liableness†; possibility, contingency;
Chapter 182
178. Concurrence — N. concurrence, cooperation, coagency†; union;
Chapter 183
179. Counteraction — N. counteraction, opposition; contrariety &c 14;
Chapter 184
180. [Indefinite space.] Space — N. space, extension, extent,
Chapter 185
181. [Definite space.] Region — N. region, sphere, ground, soil, area,
Chapter 186
182. [Limited space.] Place — N. place, lieu, spot, point, dot; niche,
Chapter 187
183. Situation — N. situation, position, locality, locale, status,
Chapter 188
184. Location — N. location, localization; lodgment; deposition,
Chapter 189
185. Displacement — N. displacement, elocation†, transposition.
Chapter 190
186. Presence — N. presence; occupancy, occupation; attendance;
Chapter 191
187. [Nullibiety.1] Absence — N. absence; inexistence &c 2 [Obs.];
Chapter 192
188. Inhabitant — N. inhabitant; resident, residentiary†; dweller,
Chapter 193
189. [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode — N. abode, dwelling,
Chapter 194
190. [Things contained.] Contents — N. contents; cargo, lading,
Chapter 195
191. Receptacle — N. receptacle; inclosure &c 232; recipient,
Chapter 196
192. Size — N. size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume; largeness &c
Chapter 197
193. Littleness — N. littleness &c adj.; smallness &c (of quantity)
Chapter 198
194. Expansion — N. expansion; increase of size &c 35; enlargement,
Chapter 199
195. Contraction — N. contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease of
Chapter 200
196. Distance — N. distance; space &c 180; remoteness, farness†, far-
Chapter 201
197. Nearness — N. nearness &c adj.; proximity, propinquity; vicinity,
Chapter 202
198. Interval — N. interval, interspace†; separation &c 44; break, gap,
Chapter 203
199. Contiguity — N. contiguity, contact, proximity, apposition,
Chapter 204
200. Length — N. length, longitude, span; mileage; distance &c 196.
Chapter 205
201. Shortness — N. shortness &c adj.; brevity; littleness &c 193; a
Chapter 206
202. Breadth, Thickness, — N. breadth, width, latitude, amplitude;
Chapter 207
203. Narrowness. Thinness — N. narrowness &c adj.; closeness, exility†;
Chapter 208
204. Layer — N. layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum,
Chapter 209
205. Filament — N. filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle†, vein; hair,
Chapter 210
206. Height — N. height, altitude, elevation; eminence, pitch;
Chapter 211
207. Lowness — N. lowness &c adj.; debasement, depression, prostration
Chapter 212
208. Depth — N. depth; deepness &c adj.; profundity, depression &c
Chapter 213
209. Shallowness — N. shallowness &c adj.; shoals; mere scratch.
Chapter 214
210. Summit — N. summit, summity†; top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith,
Chapter 215
211. Base — N. base, basement; plinth, dado, wainscot; baseboard,
Chapter 216
212. Verticality — N. verticality; erectness &c adj.; perpendicularity
Chapter 217
213. Horizontality — N. horizontality†; flatness; level, plane; stratum
Chapter 218
214. Pendency — N. pendency†, dependency; suspension, hanging &c v.;
Chapter 219
215. Support — N. support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra
Chapter 220
216. Parallelism — N. {ant.
Chapter 221
217. Obliquity — N. obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness
Chapter 222
218. Inversion — N. inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion,
Chapter 223
219. Crossing — N. crossing &c v.; intersection, interdigitation;
Chapter 224
220. Exteriority — N. exteriority†; outside, exterior; surface,
Chapter 225
221. Interiority — N. interiority; inside, interior; interspace†,
Chapter 226
222. Centrality — N. centrality, centricalness†, center; middle &c 68;
Chapter 227
223. Covering — N. covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino†, baldaquin†;
Chapter 228
224. Lining — N. lining, inner coating; coating &c (covering) 223;
Chapter 229
225. Clothing — N. clothing, investment; covering &c 223; dress,
Chapter 230
226. Divestment — N. divestment; taking off &c v.. nudity; bareness &c
Chapter 231
227. Circumjacence — N. circumjacence†, circumambience†; environment,
Chapter 232
228. Interposition — N. interposition, interjacence†, intercurrence†,
Chapter 233
229. Circumscription — N. circumscription, limitation, inclosure;
Chapter 234
230. Outline — N. outline, circumference; perimeter, periphery, ambit,
Chapter 235
231. Edge — N. edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border,
Chapter 236
232. Inclosure — N. inclosure, envelope; case &c (receptacle) 191;
Chapter 237
233. Limit — N. limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term,
Chapter 238
234. Front — N. front; fore, forepart; foreground; face, disk, disc,
Chapter 239
235. Rear — N. rear, back, posteriority; rear rank, rear guard;
Chapter 240
236. Laterality — N. laterality†; side, flank, quarter, lee; hand;
Chapter 241
237. Contraposition — N. contraposition†, opposition; polarity;
Chapter 242
238. Dextrality — N. dextrality†; right, right hand; dexter, offside,
Chapter 243
239. Sinistrality — N. sinistrality†; left, left hand, a gauche;
Chapter 244
240. Form — N. form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make,
Chapter 245
241. [Absence of form.] Amorphism — N. amorphism†, informity†; unlicked
Chapter 246
242. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry — N. symmetry, shapeliness,
Chapter 247
243. [Irregularity of form.] Distortion — N. distortion, detortion†,
Chapter 248
244. Angularity — N. angularity, angularness†; aduncity†; angle, cusp,
Chapter 249
245. Curvature — N. curvature, curvity†, curvation†; incurvature†,
Chapter 250
246. Straightness — N. straightness, rectilinearity†, directness;
Chapter 251
247. [Simple circularity.] Circularity — N. circularity, roundness;
Chapter 252
248. [Complex curvature.] Convolution — N. winding &c v.; convolution,
Chapter 253
249. Rotundity — N. rotundity; roundness &c adj.; cylindricity†;
Chapter 254
250. Convexity — N. convexity, prominence, projection, swelling,
Chapter 255
251. Flatness — N. flatness &c adj.; smoothness &c 255.
Chapter 256
252. Concavity — N. concavity, depression, dip; hollow, hollowness;
Chapter 257
253. Sharpness — N. sharpness &c adj.; acuity, acumination†;
Chapter 258
254. Bluntness — N. bluntness &c adj..
Chapter 259
255. Smoothness — N. smoothness &c adj.; polish, gloss; lubricity,
Chapter 260
256. Roughness — N. roughness &c adj.; tooth, grain, texture, ripple;
Chapter 261
257. Notch — N. notch, dent, nick, cut; indent, indentation; dimple.
Chapter 262
258. Fold — N. fold, plicature†, plait, pleat, ply, crease; tuck,
Chapter 263
259. Furrow — N. furrow, groove, rut, sulcus [Anat.], scratch, streak,
Chapter 264
260. Opening — N. hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel†;
Chapter 265
261. Closure — N. closure, occlusion, blockade; shutting up &c v.;
Chapter 266
262. Perforator — N. perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel,
Chapter 267
263. Stopper — N. stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill,
Chapter 268
264. [Successive change of place.] Motion — N. motion, movement, move;
Chapter 269
265. Quiescence — N. rest; stillness &c adj.; quiescence; stagnation,
Chapter 270
266. [Locomotion by land.] Journey — N. travel; traveling &c v..
Chapter 271
267. [Locomotion by water, or air.] Navigation — N. navigation;
Chapter 272
268. Traveler — N. traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger,
Chapter 273
269. Mariner — N. sailor, mariner, navigator; seaman, seafarer,
Chapter 274
270. Transference — N. transfer, transference; translocation,
Chapter 275
271. Carrier — N. carrier, porter, bearer, tranter†, conveyer;
Chapter 276
272. Vehicle — N. vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van; common
Chapter 277
273. Ship — N. ship, vessel, sail; craft, bottom.
Chapter 278
274. Velocity — N. velocity, speed, celerity; swiftness &c adj.;
Chapter 279
275. Slowness — N. slowness &c adj.; languor &c (inactivity) 683;
Chapter 280
276. Impulse — N. impulse, impulsion, impetus; momentum; push,
Chapter 281
277. Recoil — N. recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce,
Chapter 282
278. Direction — N. direction, bearing, course, vector; set, drift,
Chapter 283
279. Deviation — N. deviation; swerving &c v.; obliquation†, warp,
Chapter 284
280. [Going before.] Precession — N. precession, leading, heading;
Chapter 285
281. [Going after.] Sequence — N. sequence; coming after &c (order)
Chapter 286
282. [Motion forward; progressive motion.] Progression — N. progress,
Chapter 287
283. [Motion backwards.] Regression — N. regress, regression;
Chapter 288
284. [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion — N.
Chapter 289
285. [Motion given to an object situated behind.] Traction — N.
Chapter 290
286. [Motion towards.] Approach — N. approach, approximation,
Chapter 291
287. [Motion from.] Recession — N. recession, retirement, withdrawal;
Chapter 292
288. [Motion towards, actively; force causing to draw closer.]
Chapter 293
289. [Motion from, actively; force driving apart.] Repulsion — N.
Chapter 294
290. [Motion nearer to.] Convergence — N. convergence, confluence,
Chapter 295
291. [Motion further off.] Divergence — N. divergence, divergency†;
Chapter 296
292. [Terminal motion at.] Arrival — N. arrival, advent; landing;
Chapter 297
293. [Initial motion from.] Departure — N. departure, decession†,
Chapter 298
294. [Motion into.] Ingress — N. ingress; entrance, entry;
Chapter 299
295. [Motion out of.] Egress — N. egress, exit, issue; emersion,
Chapter 300
296. [Motion into, actively.] Reception — N. reception; admission,
Chapter 301
297. [Motion out of, actively] Ejection — N. ejection, emission,
Chapter 302
298. [Eating.] Food — N. eating &c v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation†,
Chapter 303
299. Excretion — N. excretion, discharge, emanation; exhalation,
Chapter 304
introduction; insinuation &c (intervention) 228; planting, &c v.;
Chapter 305
301. [Forcible egress.] Extraction — N. extraction; extracting &c v.;
Chapter 306
302. [Motion through.] Passage — N. passage, transmission; permeation;
Chapter 307
303. [Motion beyond] Transcursion — N. transcursion†, transiliency†,
Chapter 308
304. [motion short of] Shortcoming — N. shortcoming, failure; falling
Chapter 309
305. [Motion upwards] Ascent — N. ascent, ascension; rising &c 309;
Chapter 310
306. [Motion downwards] Descent — N. descent, descension†, declension,
Chapter 311
307. Elevation — N. elevation; raising &c v.; erection, lift;
Chapter 312
308. Depression — N. lowering &c v.; depression; dip &c (concavity)
Chapter 313
309. Leap — N. leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation†.
Chapter 314
310. Plunge — N. plunge, dip, dive, header; ducking &c v.; diver.
Chapter 315
311. [Curvilinear motion.] Circuition — N. circuition†, circulation;
Chapter 316
312. [Motion in a continued circle.] Rotation — N. rotation,
Chapter 317
313. [Motion in the reverse circle.] Evolution — N. evolution,
Chapter 318
314. [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro.] Oscillation — N.
Chapter 319
315. [Irregular motion] Agitation — N. agitation, stir, tremor, shake,
Chapter 320
316. Materiality — N. materiality, materialness; corporeity†,
Chapter 321
317. Immateriality — N. immateriality, immaterialness; incorporeity†,
Chapter 322
318. World — N. world, creation, nature, universe; earth, globe, wide
Chapter 323
319. Gravity — N. gravity, gravitation; weight; heaviness &c adj.;
Chapter 324
320. Levity — N. levity; lightness &c adj.; imponderability, buoyancy,
Chapter 325
321. Density — N. density, solidity; solidness &c adj.;
Chapter 326
322. Rarity — N. rarity, tenuity; absence of solidity &c 321;
Chapter 327
323. Hardness — N. hardness &c adj.; rigidity; renitence†, renitency;
Chapter 328
324. Softness — N. softness, pliableness &c adj.; flexibility;
Chapter 329
325. Elasticity — N. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience,
Chapter 330
326. Inelasticity — N. want of elasticity, absence of elasticity &c
Chapter 331
327. Tenacity — N. {ant.
Chapter 332
328. Brittleness — N. {ant.
Chapter 333
329. [Structure.] Texture — N. structure (form) 240, organization,
Chapter 334
330. Pulverulence — N. powderiness† [State of powder.], pulverulence†;
Chapter 335
331. Friction — N. friction, attrition; rubbing, abrasion, scraping &c
Chapter 336
332. [Absence of friction. Prevention of friction.] Lubrication — N.
Chapter 337
333. Fluidity — N. fluidity, liquidity; liquidness &c adj.†; gaseity &c
Chapter 338
334. Gaseity — N. gaseity†; vaporousness &c adj.; flatulence,
Chapter 339
335. Liquefaction — N. liquefaction; liquescence†, liquescency†;
Chapter 340
336. Vaporization — N. vaporization, volatilization; gasification,
Chapter 341
337. Water — N. water; serum, serosity†; lymph; rheum; diluent; agua
Chapter 342
338. Air — N. air &c (gas) 334; common air, atmospheric air;
Chapter 343
339. Moisture — N. moisture; moistness &c adj.; humidity, humectation†;
Chapter 344
340. Dryness — N. dryness &c adj.; siccity†, aridity, drought, ebb
Chapter 345
341. Ocean — N. sea, ocean, main, deep, brine, salt water, waves,
Chapter 346
342. Land — N. land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma.
Chapter 347
343. Gulf. Lake — N. land covered with water, gulf, gulph†, bay, inlet,
Chapter 348
344. Plain — N. plain, table-land, face of the country; open country,
Chapter 349
345. Marsh — N. marsh, swamp, morass, marish†, moss, fen, bog,
Chapter 350
346. Island — N. island, isle, islet, eyot†, ait†, holf†, reef, atoll,
Chapter 351
347. [Fluid in motion.] Stream — N. stream &c (of water) 348, (of air)
Chapter 352
348. [Water in motion.] River — N. running water.
Chapter 353
349. [Air in motion] Wind — N. wind, draught, flatus, afflatus,
Chapter 354
350. [Channel for the passage of water.] Conduit — N. conduit,
Chapter 355
351. [Channel for the passage of air.] Airpipe — N. air pipe, air
Chapter 356
352. Semiliquidity — N. semiliquidity; stickiness &c adj.; viscidity,
Chapter 357
353. [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble [Cloud.] — N. bubble, foam,
Chapter 358
354. Pulpiness — N. pulpiness &c adj.; pulp, taste, dough, curd, pap,
Chapter 359
355. Unctuousness — N. unctuousness &c adj.; unctuosity†, lubricity;
Chapter 360
356. Oil — N. oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard,
Chapter 361
357. Organization — N. organized world, organized nature; living
Chapter 362
358. Inorganization — N. mineral world, mineral kingdom; unorganized
Chapter 363
359. Life — N. life, vitality, viability; animation; vital spark,
Chapter 364
360. Death — N. death; decease, demise; dissolution, departure, obit,
Chapter 365
361. [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing — N. killing &c v.;
Chapter 366
362. Corpse — N. corpse, corse†, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry
Chapter 367
363. Interment — N. interment, burial, sepulture†; inhumation†;
Chapter 368
364. Animality — N. animal life; animation, animality†, animalization†;
Chapter 369
365. Vegetability† — N. vegetable life; vegetation, vegetability†;
Chapter 370
366. Animal — N. animal, animal kingdom; fauna; brute creation.
Chapter 371
367. Vegetable — N. vegetable, vegetable kingdom; flora, verdure.
Chapter 372
368. [The science of animals.] Zoology — N. zoology, zoonomy†,
Chapter 373
369. [The science of plants.] Botany — N. botany; physiological
Chapter 374
370. [The economy or management of animals.] Husbandry — N. husbandry,
Chapter 375
371. [The economy or management of plants.] Agriculture — N.
Chapter 376
372. Mankind — N. man, mankind; human race, human species, human kind,
Chapter 377
373. Man — N. man, male, he, him; manhood &c (adolescence) 131;
Chapter 378
374. Woman — N. woman, she, her, female, petticoat.
Chapter 379
375. Physical Sensibility — N. sensibility; sensitiveness &c adj.;
Chapter 380
376. Physical Insensibility — N. insensibility, physical
Chapter 381
377. Physical Pleasure — N. pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual
Chapter 382
378. Physical Pain — N. pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance†; bodily
Chapter 383
2. Special Sensation
Chapter 384
379. [Sensation of pressure] Touch — N. touch; tact, taction†,
Chapter 385
380. Sensations of Touch — N. itching, pruritis [Med.] &c v.;
Chapter 386
381. [insensibility to touch.] Numbness — N. numbness &c (physical
Chapter 387
382. Heat — N. heat, caloric; temperature, warmth, fervor, calidity†;
Chapter 388
383. Cold — N. cold, coldness &c adj.; frigidity, inclemency, fresco.
Chapter 389
384. Calefaction — N. increase of temperature; heating &c v.;
Chapter 390
385. Refrigeration — N. refrigeration, infrigidation†, reduction of
Chapter 391
386. Furnace — N. furnace, stove, kiln, oven; cracker; hearth, focus,
Chapter 392
387. Refrigerator — N. refrigerator, refrigeratory†; frigidarium†; cold
Chapter 393
388. Fuel — N. fuel, firing, combustible.
Chapter 394
389. Thermometer — N. thermometer, thermometrograph†, mercury
Chapter 395
390. Taste — N. taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor; gout, relish;
Chapter 396
391. Insipidity — N. insipidity, blandness; tastelessness &c adj..
Chapter 397
392. Pungency — N. pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout,
Chapter 398
393. Condiment — N. condiment, seasoning, sauce, spice, relish,
Chapter 399
394. Savoriness — N. savoriness &c adj.; good taste, deliciousness,
Chapter 400
395. Unsavoriness — N. unsavoriness &c adj.; amaritude†; acrimony,
Chapter 401
396. Sweetness — N. sweetness, dulcitude†.
Chapter 402
397. Sourness — N. sourness &c adj.; acid, acidity, low pH; acetous
Chapter 403
398. Odor — N. odor, smell, odorament†, scent, effluvium; emanation,
Chapter 404
399. Inodorousness — N. inodorousness†; absence of smell, want of
Chapter 405
400. Fragrance — N. fragrance, aroma, redolence, perfume, bouquet,
Chapter 406
401. Fetor — N. fetor†; bad &c adj.. smell, bad odor; stench, stink;
Chapter 407
402. Sound — N. sound, noise, strain; accent, twang, intonation, tone;
Chapter 408
403. Silence — N. silence; stillness &c (quiet) 265; peace, hush,
Chapter 409
404. Loudness — N. loudness, power; loud noise, din; blare; clang,
Chapter 410
405. Faintness — N. faintness &c adj.; faint sound, whisper, breath;
Chapter 411
406. [Sudden and violent sounds.] Snap — N. snap &c v.; rapping &c v.;
Chapter 412
407. [Repeated and protracted sounds.] Roll — N. roll &c v.; drumming
Chapter 413
408. Resonance — N. resonance; ring &c v.; ringing, tintinabulation &c
Chapter 414
409. [Hissing sounds.] Sibilation — N. sibilance, sibilation; zip;
Chapter 415
410. [Harsh sounds.] Stridor — N. creak &c v.; creaking &c v.;
Chapter 416
411. Cry — N. cry &c v.; voice &c (human) 580; hubbub; bark &c
Chapter 417
412. [Animal sounds.] Ululation — N. cry &c v.; crying &c v.; bowwow,
Chapter 418
413. Melody. Concord — N. melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme &c (poetry)
Chapter 419
414. Discord — N. discord, discordance; dissonance, cacophony, want of
Chapter 420
415. Music — N. music; concert; strain, tune, air; melody &c 413;
Chapter 421
416. Musician [Performance of Music.] — N. musician, artiste,
Chapter 422
417. Musical Instruments — N. musical instruments; band; string-band,
Chapter 423
418. [Sense of sound.] Hearing — N. hearing &c v.; audition,
Chapter 424
419. Deafness — N. deafness, hardness of hearing, surdity†;
Chapter 425
420. Light — N. light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil;
Chapter 426
421. Darkness — N. darkness &c adj., absence of light; blackness &c
Chapter 427
422. Dimness — N. dimness &c adj.; darkness &c 421; paleness &c (light
Chapter 428
423. [Source of light, self-luminous body.] Luminary — N. luminary;
Chapter 429
424. Shade — N. shade; awning &c (cover) 223; parasol, sunshade,
Chapter 430
425. Transparency — N. transparence, transparency; clarity;
Chapter 431
426. Opacity — N. opacity; opaqueness &c adj.. film; cloud &c 353.
Chapter 432
427. Semitransparency — N. semitransparency, translucency,
Chapter 433
428. Color — N. color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade,
Chapter 434
429. [Absence of color.] Achromatism — N. achromatism†; decoloration†,
Chapter 435
430. Whiteness — N. whiteness &c adj.; argent.
Chapter 436
431. Blackness — N. blackness, &c adj.; darkness, &c (want of light)..
Chapter 437
432. Gray — N. gray &c adj.; neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt,
Chapter 438
433. Brown — N. brown &c adj.. [Pigments],, bister ocher, sepia,
Chapter 439
434. Redness — N. red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink,
Chapter 440
435. Greenness — N. green &c adj.; blue and yellow; vert [Heral.].
Chapter 441
436. Yellowness — N. yellow &c adj.; or.
Chapter 442
437. Purple — N. purple &c adj.; blue and red, bishop's purple;
Chapter 443
438. Blueness — N. blue &c adj.; garter-blue; watchet†.
Chapter 444
439. Orange — N. orange, red and yellow; gold; or; flame color &c
Chapter 445
440. Variegation — N. variegation; colors, dichroism, trichroism;
Chapter 446
441. Vision — N. vision, sight, optics, eyesight.
Chapter 447
442. Blindness — N. blindness, cecity†, excecation†, amaurosis†,
Chapter 448
443. [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.] — N.
Chapter 449
444. Spectator — N. spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on,
Chapter 450
445. Optical Instruments — N. optical instruments; lens, meniscus,
Chapter 451
446. Visibility — N. visibility, perceptibility; conspicuousness,
Chapter 452
447. Invisibility — N. invisibility, invisibleness, nonappearance,
Chapter 453
448. Appearance — N. appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show,
Chapter 454
449. Disappearance — N. disappearance, evanescence, eclipse,
Chapter 455
450. Intellect — N. intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking
Chapter 456
451. Thought — N. thought; exercitation of the intellect†, exercise of
Chapter 457
452. [Absence or want of thought.] Incogitancy — N. incogitancy†,
Chapter 458
453. [Object of thought.] Idea — N. idea, notion, conception, thought,
Chapter 459
454. [Subject of thought] Topic — N. subject of thought, material for
Chapter 460
455. [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity — N. interest, thirst for
Chapter 461
456. [Absence of curiosity.] Incuriosity — N. incuriosity,
Chapter 462
457. Attention — N. attention; mindfulness, presence of mind &c adj.;
Chapter 463
458. Inattention — N. inattention, inconsideration; inconsiderateness
Chapter 464
459. Care [Vigilance.] — N. care, solicitude, heed; heedfulness &c
Chapter 465
460. Neglect — N. neglect; carelessness &c adj.; trifling &c v.;
Chapter 466
461. Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question] — N. inquiry; request &c
Chapter 467
462. Answer — N. answer, response, reply, replication, riposte,
Chapter 468
463. Experiment — N. experiment; essay &c (attempt) 675; analysis &c
Chapter 469
464. Comparison — N. comparison, collation, contrast; identification;
Chapter 470
465. [results of comparison. 1] Discrimination — N. discrimination,
Chapter 471
466. Measurement — N. measurement, admeasurement†, mensuration, survey,
Chapter 472
467. Evidence [On one side.] — N. evidence; facts, premises, data,
Chapter 473
468. [Evidence on the other side, on the other hand.] Counter Evidence
Chapter 474
469. Qualification — N. qualification, limitation, modification,
Chapter 475
470. Possibility — N. possibility, potentiality; what may be, what is
Chapter 476
471. Impossibility — N. impossibility &c adj.; what cannot, what can
Chapter 477
472. Probability — N. probability, likelihood; credibleness†;
Chapter 478
473. Improbability — N. improbability, unlikelihood; unfavorable
Chapter 479
474. Certainty — N. certainty; necessity &c 601; certitude, surety,
Chapter 480
475. Uncertainty — N. uncertainty, incertitude, doubt; doubtfulness &c
Chapter 481
476. Reasoning, — N. {ant.
Chapter 482
477. Intuition. & Sophistry [The absence of reasoning.] [False or
Chapter 483
478. Demonstration — N. {ant.
Chapter 484
479. Confutation — N. {ant 478} confutation, refutation; answer,
Chapter 485
480. Judgment [Conclusion.] — N. result, conclusion, upshot;
Chapter 486
481. Misjudgment — N. misjudgment, obliquity of judgment;
Chapter 487
482. Overestimation — N. overestimation &c v.; exaggeration &c 549;
Chapter 488
483. Underestimation — N. underestimation; depreciation &c
Chapter 489
484. Belief — N. belief; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust,
Chapter 490
485. Unbelief. Doubt — N. unbelief, disbelief, misbelief; discredit,
Chapter 491
486. Credulity — N. credulity, credulousness &c adj.; cullibility†,
Chapter 492
487. Incredulity — N. incredulousness†, incredulity; skepticism,
Chapter 493
488. Assent — N. assent, assentment†; acquiescence, admission; nod;
Chapter 494
489. Dissent — N. dissent; discordance &c (disagreement) 24;
Chapter 495
490. Knowledge — N. knowledge; cognizance, cognition, cognoscence†;
Chapter 496
491. Ignorance — N. ignorance, nescience, tabula rasa [Lat.], crass
Chapter 497
492. Scholar — N. scholar, connoisseur, savant, pundit, schoolman†,
Chapter 498
493. Ignoramus — N. ignoramus, dunce; wooden spoon; no scholar.
Chapter 499
494. [Object of knowledge.] Truth — N. fact, reality &c (existence) 1;
Chapter 500
495. Error — N. error, fallacy; misconception, misapprehension,
Chapter 501
496. Maxim — N. maxim, aphorism; apothegm, apophthegm†; dictum, saying,
Chapter 502
497. Absurdity — N. absurdity, absurdness &c adj.; imbecility &c 499;
Chapter 503
498. Intelligence, Wisdom — N. intelligence, capacity, comprehension,
Chapter 504
499. Imbecility. Folly — N. want of intelligence &c 498, want of
Chapter 505
500. Sage — N. sage, wise man; genius; master mind, master spirit of
Chapter 506
501. Fool — N. fool, idiot, tomfool, wiseacre, simpleton, witling†,
Chapter 507
502. Sanity — N. sanity; soundness &c adj.; rationality, sobriety,
Chapter 508
503. Insanity — N. disordered reason, disordered intellect; diseased
Chapter 509
504. Madman — N. madman, lunatic, maniac, bedlamite†, candidate for
Chapter 510
505. Memory — N. memory, remembrance; retention, retentiveness;
Chapter 511
506. Oblivion — N. oblivion, obliviousness, lethe; forgetfulness &c
Chapter 512
507. Expectation — N. expectation, expectance, expectancy;
Chapter 513
508. Inexpectation — N. inexpectation†, non-expectation; false
Chapter 514
509. [Failure of expectation.] Disappointment — N. disappointment;
Chapter 515
510. Foresight — N. foresight, prospicience†, prevision, long-
Chapter 516
511. Prediction — N. prediction, announcement; program, programme
Chapter 517
512. Omen — N. omen, portent, presage, prognostic, augury, auspice;
Chapter 518
513. Oracle — N. oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur,
Chapter 519
514. Supposition — N. supposition, assumption, assumed position,
Chapter 520
515. Imagination — N. imagination; originality; invention; fancy;
Chapter 521
516. [Idea to be conveyed.] Meaning [Thing signified.] — N. meaning;
Chapter 522
517. [Absence of meaning.] Unmeaningness — N. meaninglessness,
Chapter 523
518. Intelligibility — N. intelligibility; clearness, explicitness &c
Chapter 524
519. Unintelligibility — N. unintelligibility; incomprehensibility,
Chapter 525
520. [Having a double sense] Equivocalness — N. equivocalness &c adj.;
Chapter 526
521. Metaphor — N. figure of speech; facon de parler [Fr.], way of
Chapter 527
522. Interpretation — N. interpretation, definition; explanation,
Chapter 528
523. Misinterpretation — N. misinterpretation, misapprehension,
Chapter 529
524. Interpreter — N. interpreter; expositor, expounder, exponent,
Chapter 530
525. Manifestation — N. {ant.
Chapter 531
526. Latency. Implication — N. {ant.
Chapter 532
527. Information — N. information, enlightenment, acquaintance,
Chapter 533
528. Concealment — N. concealment; hiding &c v.; occultation,
Chapter 534
529. Disclosure — N. disclosure; retection†; unveiling &c v.;
Chapter 535
530. Ambush [Means of concealment]. — N. camouflage; mimicry; hiding
Chapter 536
531. Publication — N. publication; public announcement &c 527;
Chapter 537
532. News — N. news; information &c 527; piece of news [Fr.], budget
Chapter 538
533. Secret — N. secret; dead secret, profound secret; arcanum†,
Chapter 539
534. Messenger — N. messenger, envoy, emissary, legate; nuncio,
Chapter 540
535. Affirmation — N. affirmance, affirmation; statement, allegation,
Chapter 541
536. Negation — N. negation, abnegation; denial; disavowal,
Chapter 542
537. Teaching — N. teaching &c v.; instruction; edification;
Chapter 543
538. Misteaching — N. misteaching†, misinformaton, misintelligence†,
Chapter 544
539. Learning — N. learning; acquisition of knowledge &c 490,
Chapter 545
540. Teacher — N. teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master,
Chapter 546
541. Learner — N. learner, scholar, student, pupil; apprentice,
Chapter 547
542. School — N. school, academy, university, alma mater, college,
Chapter 548
543. Veracity — N. veracity; truthfulness, frankness, &c adj.; truth,
Chapter 549
544. Falsehood — N. falsehood, falseness; falsity, falsification;
Chapter 550
545. Deception — N. deception; falseness &c 544; untruth &c 546;
Chapter 551
546. Untruth — N. untruth, falsehood, lie, story, thing that is not,
Chapter 552
547. Dupe — N. dupe, gull, gudgeon, gobemouche†, cull [Slang], cully†,
Chapter 553
548. Deceiver — N. deceiver &c (deceive) &c 545; dissembler,
Chapter 554
549. Exaggeration — N. exaggeration; expansion &c 194; hyperbole,
Chapter 555
550. Indication — N. indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology,
Chapter 556
551. Record — N. trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix;
Chapter 557
552. [Suppression of sign.] Obliteration — N. obliteration; erasure,
Chapter 558
553. Recorder — N. recorder, notary, clerk; registrar, registrary†,
Chapter 559
554. Representation — N. representation, representment†; imitation &c
Chapter 560
555. Misrepresentation — N. misrepresentation, distortion, caricatura†,
Chapter 561
556. Painting — N. painting; depicting; drawing &c v.; design;
Chapter 562
557. Sculpture — N. sculpture, insculpture†; carving &c v.; statuary.
Chapter 563
558. Engraving — N. engraving, chalcography†; line engraving, mezzotint
Chapter 564
559. Artist — N. artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer,
Chapter 565
560. Language — N. language; phraseology &c 569; speech &c 582;
Chapter 566
561. Letter — N. letter; character; hieroglyphic &c (writing) 590;
Chapter 567
562. Word — N. word, term, vocable; name &c 564; phrase &c 566; root,
Chapter 568
563. Neologism — N. neology, neologism; newfangled expression, nonce
Chapter 569
564. Nomenclature — N. nomenclature; naming &c v.; nuncupation†,
Chapter 570
565. Misnomer — N. misnomer; lucus a non lucendo [Lat.]; Mrs.
Chapter 571
566. Phrase — N. phrase, expression, set phrase; sentence, paragraph;
Chapter 572
567. Grammar — N. grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation;
Chapter 573
568. Solecism — N. solecism; bad grammar, false grammar, faulty
Chapter 574
569. Style — N. style, diction, phraseology, wording; manner, strain;
Chapter 575
570. Perspicuity — N. perspicuity, perspicuousness &c
Chapter 576
571. Obscurity — N. obscurity &c (unintelligibility) 519; involution;
Chapter 577
572. Conciseness — N. conciseness &c adj.; brevity, the soul of wit,
Chapter 578
573. Diffuseness — N. diffuseness &c adj.; amplification &c v.;
Chapter 579
574. Vigor — N. vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness &c adj.;
Chapter 580
575. Feebleness — N. feebleness &c adj..
Chapter 581
576. Plainness — N. plainness &c adj.; simplicity, severity; plain
Chapter 582
577. Ornament — N. ornament; floridness c†.
Chapter 583
578. Elegance — N. elegance, purity, grace, ease; gracefulness,
Chapter 584
579. Inelegance — N. inelegance; stiffness &c adj.; unlettered Muse
Chapter 585
580. Voice — N. voice; vocality†; organ, lungs, bellows; good voice,
Chapter 586
581. Aphony — N. aphony†, aphonia†; dumbness &c adj.; obmutescence†;
Chapter 587
582. Speech — N. speech, faculty of speech; locution, talk, parlance,
Chapter 588
583. [Imperfect Speech.] Stammering — N. inarticulateness; stammering
Chapter 589
584. Loquacity — N. loquacity, loquaciousness; talkativeness &c adj.;
Chapter 590
585. Taciturnity — N. silence, muteness, obmutescence†; taciturnity,
Chapter 591
586. Allocution — N. allocution, alloquy†, address; speech &c 582;
Chapter 592
588. Conversation — N. conversation, interlocution; collocution†,
Chapter 593
589. Soliloquy — N. soliloquy, monologue, apostrophe; monology†.
Chapter 594
590. Writing — N. writing &c v.; chirography, stelography†,
Chapter 595
591. Printing — N. printing; block printing, type-printing; plate
Chapter 596
592. Correspondence — N. correspondence, letter, epistle, note,
Chapter 597
593. Book — N. booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule†; tract,
Chapter 598
594. Description — N. description, account, statement, report; expose
Chapter 599
595. Dissertation — N. dissertation, treatise, essay; thesis, theme;
Chapter 600
596. Compendium — N. compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome,
Chapter 601
597. Poetry — N. poetry, poetics, poesy, Muse, Calliope, tuneful Nine,
Chapter 602
598. Prose — N. prose, prose writer.
Chapter 603
599. The Drama — N. the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film
Chapter 604
600. Will — N. will, volition, conation†, velleity; liberum arbitrium
Chapter 605
601. Necessity — N. involuntariness; instinct, blind impulse; inborn
Chapter 606
602. Willingness — N. willingness, voluntariness &c adj.†; willing
Chapter 607
603. Unwillingness — N. unwillingness &c adj.; indisposition,
Chapter 608
604. Resolution — N. determination, will; iron will, unconquerable
Chapter 609
605. Irresolution — N. irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision;
Chapter 610
606. Obstinacy — N. obstinateness &c adj.; obstinacy, tenacity;
Chapter 611
607. Tergiversation — N. change of mind, change of intention, change
Chapter 612
608. Caprice — N. caprice, fancy, humor; whim, whimsy, whimsey†,
Chapter 613
609. Choice — N. choice, option; discretion &c (volition) 600;
Chapter 614
610. Rejection — N. rejection, repudiation, exclusion; refusal &c 764;
Chapter 615
611. Predetermination — N. predestination, preordination,
Chapter 616
612. Impulse — N. impulse, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation;
Chapter 617
613. Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence] — N.
Chapter 618
614. Desuetude — N. desuetude, disusage†; obsolescence, disuse &c 678;
Chapter 619
615. Motive — N. motive, springs of action, wellsprings of action.
Chapter 620
616. Dissuasion — N. dissuasion, dehortation†, expostulation,
Chapter 621
617. [Ostensible motive, ground, or reason assigned.] Pretext — N.
Chapter 622
618. Good — N. good, benefit, advantage; improvement &c 658; greatest
Chapter 623
619. Evil — N. evil, ill, harm, hurt., mischief, nuisance;
Chapter 624
620. Intention — N. intent, intention, intentionality; purpose; quo
Chapter 625
621. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance — N.
Chapter 626
622. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit — N. pursuit; pursuing &c v.;
Chapter 627
623. [Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance — N. abstention, abstinence; for
Chapter 628
624. Relinquishment — N. relinquishment, abandonment; desertion,
Chapter 629
625. Business — N. business, occupation, employment; pursuit &c 622;
Chapter 630
626. Plan — N. plan, scheme, design, project; proposal, proposition,
Chapter 631
627. Method [Path.] — N. method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode,
Chapter 632
628. Mid-course — N. middle course, midcourse; mean &c 29; middle &c
Chapter 633
629. Circuit — N. circuit, roundabout way, digression, detour,
Chapter 634
630. Requirement — N. requirement, need, wants, necessities;
Chapter 635
631. Instrumentality — N. instrumentality; aid &c 707; subservience,
Chapter 636
632. Means — N. means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means; capital
Chapter 637
633. Instrument — N. machinery, mechanism, engineering.
Chapter 638
635. Materials — N. material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple;
Chapter 639
636. Store — N. stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount,
Chapter 640
637. Provision — N. provision, supply; grist, grist for the mill;
Chapter 641
638. Waste — N. consumption, expenditure, exhaustion; dispersion &c
Chapter 642
639. Sufficiency — N. sufficiency, adequacy, enough, withal,
Chapter 643
640. Insufficiency — N. insufficiency; inadequacy, inadequateness;
Chapter 644
641. Redundancy — N. redundancy, redundance†; too much, too many;
Chapter 645
642. Importance — N. importance, consequence, moment, prominence,
Chapter 646
643. Unimportance — N. unimportance, insignificance, nothingness,
Chapter 647
644. Utility — N. utility; usefulness &c adj.; efficacy, efficiency,
Chapter 648
645. Inutility — N. inutility; uselessness &c adj.; inefficacy†,
Chapter 649
646. [Specific subservience.] Expedience — N. expedience, expediency;
Chapter 650
647. Inexpedience — N. inexpedience, inexpediency; undesirableness,
Chapter 651
648. [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness — N.
Chapter 652
649. [Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities.] Badness — N.
Chapter 653
650. Perfection — N. perfection; perfectness &c adj.; indefectibility†;
Chapter 654
651. Imperfection — N. imperfection; imperfectness &c adj.;
Chapter 655
652. Cleanness — N. cleanness, cleanliness &c adj.; purity; cleaning
Chapter 656
653. Uncleanness — N. uncleanness &c adj.; impurity; immundity†,
Chapter 657
654. Health — N. health, sanity; soundness &c adj.; vigor; good
Chapter 658
655. Disease — N. disease; illness, sickness &c adj.; ailing &c; all
Chapter 659
656. Salubrity — N. salubrity; healthiness &c adj.. fine air, fine
Chapter 660
657. Insalubrity — N. insalubrity; unhealthiness &c adj.; nonnaturals†;
Chapter 661
658. Improvement — N. improvement; amelioration, melioration;
Chapter 662
659. Deterioration — N. deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb;
Chapter 663
660. Restoration — N. restoration, restoral; reinstatement,
Chapter 664
661. Relapse — N. relapse, lapse; falling back &c v.; retrogradation
Chapter 665
662. Remedy — N. remedy, help, cure, redress; medicine, medicament;
Chapter 666
663. Bane — N. bane, curse; evil &c 619; hurtfulness &c (badness) 649
Chapter 667
664. Safety — N. safety, security, surety, impregnability;
Chapter 668
665. Danger — N. danger, peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard,
Chapter 669
666. [Means of safety.] Refuge — N. refuge, sanctuary, retreat,
Chapter 670
667. [Source of danger.] Pitfall — N. rocks, reefs, coral reef, sunken
Chapter 671
668. Warning — N. warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice &c
Chapter 672
669. [Indication of danger.] Alarm — N. alarm; alarum, larum†, alarm
Chapter 673
670. Preservation — N. preservation; safe-keeping; conservation &c
Chapter 674
671. Escape — N. escape, scape; avolation†, elopement, flight; evasion
Chapter 675
672. Deliverance — N. deliverance, extrication, rescue; reprieve,
Chapter 676
673. Preparation — N. preparation; providing &c v.; provision,
Chapter 677
674. Nonpreparation — N. non-preparation, absence of preparation, want
Chapter 678
675. Essay — N. essay, trial, endeavor, attempt; aim, struggle,
Chapter 679
676. Undertaking — N. undertaking; compact &c 769; adventure, venture;
Chapter 680
677. Use — N. use; employ, employment; exercise, exercitation†;
Chapter 681
678. Disuse — N. forbearance, abstinence; disuse; relinquishment &c
Chapter 682
679. Misuse — N. misuse, misusage, misemployment†, misapplication,
Chapter 683
680. Action — N. action, performance; doing, &c v.; perpetration;
Chapter 684
681. Inaction — N. inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action;
Chapter 685
682. Activity — N. activity; briskness, liveliness &c adj.; animation,
Chapter 686
683. Inactivity — N. inactivity; inaction &c 681; inertness &c 172;
Chapter 687
684. Haste — N. haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration,
Chapter 688
685. Leisure — N. leisure; convenience; spare time, spare hours, spare
Chapter 689
686. Exertion — N. exertion, effort, strain, tug, pull, stress, throw,
Chapter 690
687. Repose — N. repose, rest, silken repose; sleep &c 683.
Chapter 691
688. Fatigue — N. fatigue; weariness &c 841; yawning, drowsiness &c
Chapter 692
689. Refreshment — N. bracing &c v.; recovery of strength,
Chapter 693
690. Agent — N. doer, actor, agent, performer, perpetrator, operator;
Chapter 694
691. Workshop — N. workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of
Chapter 695
692. Conduct — N. conduct [actions of an individual agent]; behavior;
Chapter 696
693. Direction — N. direction; management, managery†; government,
Chapter 697
694. Director — N. director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller.
Chapter 698
695. Advice — N. advice, counsel, adhortation†; word to the wise;
Chapter 699
696. Council — N. council, committee, subcommittee, comitia [Lat.],
Chapter 700
697. Precept — N. precept, direction, instruction, charge; prescript,
Chapter 701
698. Skill — N. skill, skillfulness, address; dexterity,
Chapter 702
699. Unskillfulness — N. unskillfulness &c adj.; want of skill &c 698;
Chapter 703
700. Proficient — N. proficient, expert, adept, dab; dabster†,
Chapter 704
701. Bungler — N. bungler; blunderer, blunderhead†; marplot, fumbler,
Chapter 705
702. Cunning — N. cunning, craft; cunningness†, craftiness &c adj.;
Chapter 706
703. Artlessness — N. artlessness &c adj.; nature, simplicity;
Chapter 707
704. Difficulty — N. difficulty; hardness &c adj.; impracticability &c
Chapter 708
705. Facility — N. facility, ease; easiness &c adj.; capability;
Chapter 709
706. Hindrance — N. prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage;
Chapter 710
707. Aid — N. aid, aidance†; assistance, help, opitulation†, succor;
Chapter 711
708. Opposition — N. opposition, antagonism; oppugnancy†, oppugnation†;
Chapter 712
709. Cooperation — N. cooperation; coadjuvancy†, coadjutancy†;
Chapter 713
710. Opponent — N. opponent, antagonist, adversary; adverse party,
Chapter 714
711. Auxiliary — N. auxiliary; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant;
Chapter 715
712. Party — N. party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set,
Chapter 716
713. Discord — N. disagreement &c 24; discord, disaccord†, dissidence,
Chapter 717
714. Concord — N. concord, accord, harmony, symphony; homologue;
Chapter 718
715. Defiance — N. defiance; daring &c v.; dare; challenge, cartel†;
Chapter 719
716. Attack — N. attack; assault, assault and battery; onset,
Chapter 720
717. Defense — N. defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding &c v.;
Chapter 721
718. Retaliation — N. retaliation, reprisal, retort, payback; counter-
Chapter 722
719. Resistance — N. resistance, stand, front, oppugnation†;
Chapter 723
720. Contention — N. contention, strife; contest, contestation†;
Chapter 724
721. Peace — N. peace; amity &c (friendship) 888; harmony &c (concord)
Chapter 725
722. Warfare — N. warfare; fighting &c v.; hostilities; war, arms, the
Chapter 726
723. Pacification — N. pacification, conciliation; reconciliation,
Chapter 727
724. Mediation — N. mediation, mediatorship†, mediatization†;
Chapter 728
725. Submission — N. submission, yielding; nonresistance; obedience &c
Chapter 729
726. Combatant — N. combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic,
Chapter 730
727. Arms — N. arm, arms; weapon, deadly weapon; armament, armaments,
Chapter 731
728. Arena — N. arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater;
Chapter 732
729. Completion — N. completion, accomplishment, achievement,
Chapter 733
730. Noncompletion — N. noncompletion, nonfulfillment; shortcoming &c
Chapter 734
731. Success — N. success, successfulness; speed; advance &c
Chapter 735
732. Failure — N. failure; nonsuccess†, nonfulfillment; dead failure,
Chapter 736
733. Trophy — N. trophy; medal, prize, palm, award; laurel, laurels;
Chapter 737
734. Prosperity — N. prosperity, welfare, well-being; affluence &c
Chapter 738
735. Adversity — N. adversity, evil &c 619; failure &c 732; bad luck,
Chapter 739
736. Mediocrity — N. moderate circumstances, average circumstances;
Chapter 740
737. Authority — N. authority; influence, patronage, power,
Chapter 741
738. [Absence of authority] Laxity — N. laxity; laxness, looseness,
Chapter 742
739. Severity — N. severity; strictness, harshness &c adj.; rigor,
Chapter 743
740. Lenity — N. lenity, lenience, leniency; moderation &c 174;
Chapter 744
741. Command — N. command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm†, bidding,
Chapter 745
742. Disobedience — N. disobedience, insubordination, contumacy;
Chapter 746
743. Obedience — N. obedience; observance &c 772; compliance;
Chapter 747
744. Compulsion — N. compulsion, coercion, coaction†, constraint,
Chapter 748
745. Master — N. master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander,
Chapter 749
746. Servant — N. subject, liegeman†; servant, retainer, follower,
Chapter 750
747. [Insignia of authority.] Scepter — N. scepter, regalia, caduceus;
Chapter 751
748. Freedom — N. freedom, liberty, independence; license &c
Chapter 752
749. Subjection — N. subjection; dependence, dependency;
Chapter 753
750. Liberation — N. liberation, disengagement, release, enlargement,
Chapter 754
751. Restraint — N. restraint; hindrance &c 706; coercion &c
Chapter 755
752. [Means of restraint.] Prison — N. prison, prison house; jail,
Chapter 756
753. Keeper — N. keeper, custodian, custos [Lat.], ranger, warder,
Chapter 757
754. Prisoner — N. prisoner, prisoner of war, POW, captive, inmate,
Chapter 758
755. [Vicarious authority.] Commission — N. commission, delegation;
Chapter 759
756. Abrogation — N. abrogation, annulment, nullification, recision;
Chapter 760
757. Resignation — N. resignation, retirement, abdication,
Chapter 761
758. Consignee — N. consignee, trustee, nominee, committee.
Chapter 762
759. Deputy — N. deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli†,
Chapter 763
760. Permission — N. permission, leave; allowance, sufferance;
Chapter 764
761. Prohibition — N. prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance;
Chapter 765
762. Consent — N. consent; assent &c 488; acquiescence; approval &c
Chapter 766
763. Offer — N. offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture;
Chapter 767
764. Refusal — N. refusal, rejection; noncompliance, incompliance†;
Chapter 768
765. Request — N. request, requisition; claim &c (demand) 741;
Chapter 769
766. [Negative request.] Deprecation — N. deprecation, expostulation;
Chapter 770
767. Petitioner — N. petitioner, solicitor, applicant; suppliant,
Chapter 771
768. Promise — N. promise, undertaking, word, troth, plight, pledge,
Chapter 772
769. Compact — N. compact, contract, agreement, bargain; affidation†;
Chapter 773
770. Conditions — N. conditions, terms; articles, articles of
Chapter 774
771. Security — N. security; guaranty, guarantee; gage, warranty,
Chapter 775
772. Observance — N. observance, performance, compliance,
Chapter 776
773. Nonobservance — N. nonobservance &c 772; evasion, inobservance,
Chapter 777
774. Compromise — N. compromise, commutation, composition; middle
Chapter 778
775. Acquisition — N. acquisition; gaining &c v.; obtainment;
Chapter 779
776. Loss — N. loss; deperdition†, perdition; forfeiture, lapse.
Chapter 780
777. Possession — N. possession, seizin [Law], seisin [Law]; ownership
Chapter 781
778. [Joint possession.] Participation — N. participation; cotenancy†,
Chapter 782
779. Possessor — N. possessor, holder; occupant, occupier; tenant;
Chapter 783
780. Property — N. property, possession, suum cuique [Lat.], meum et
Chapter 784
781. Retention — N. retention; retaining &c v.; keep, detention,
Chapter 785
782. Relinquishment — N. relinquishment, abandonment &c (of a course)
Chapter 786
783. Transfer — N. transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation,
Chapter 787
784. Giving — N. giving &c v.; bestowal, bestowment†, donation;
Chapter 788
785. Receiving — N. receiving &c v.; acquisition &c 775; reception &c
Chapter 789
786. Apportionment — N. apportionment, allotment, consignment,
Chapter 790
787. Lending — N. lending &c v.; loan, advance, accommodation,
Chapter 791
788. Borrowing — N. borrowing, pledging.
Chapter 792
789. Taking — N. taking &c v.; reception &c (taking in) 296;
Chapter 793
790. Restitution — N. restitution, return; rendition, reddition†;
Chapter 794
791. Stealing — N. stealing &c v.; theft, thievery, latrociny†,
Chapter 795
792. Thief — N. thief, robber, homo triumliterarum [Lat.], pilferer,
Chapter 796
793. Booty — N. booty, spoil, plunder, prize, loot, swag [Slang],
Chapter 797
794. Barter — N. barter, exchange, scorse†, truck system; interchange
Chapter 798
795. Purchase — N. purchase, emption†; buying, purchasing, shopping;
Chapter 799
796. Sale — N. sale, vent, disposal; auction, roup, Dutch auction;
Chapter 800
797. Merchant — N. merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler,
Chapter 801
798. Merchandise — N. merchandise, ware, commodity, effects, goods,
Chapter 802
799. Mart — N. mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple,
Chapter 803
800. Money — N. money, legal tender; money matters, money market;
Chapter 804
801. Treasurer — N. treasurer; bursar, bursary; purser, purse bearer;
Chapter 805
802. Treasury — N. treasury, bank, exchequer, fisc, hanaper†; cash
Chapter 806
803. Wealth — N. wealth, riches, fortune, handsome fortune, opulence,
Chapter 807
804. Poverty — N. poverty, indigence, penury, pauperism, destitution,
Chapter 808
805. Credit — N. credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account.
Chapter 809
806. Debt — N. debt, obligation, liability, indebtment†, debit, score.
Chapter 810
807. Payment — N. payment, defrayment†; discharge; acquittance,
Chapter 811
808. Nonpayment — N. nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest,
Chapter 812
809. Expenditure — N. expenditure, money going out; out goings, out
Chapter 813
810. Receipt — N. receipt, value received, money coming in; income,
Chapter 814
811. Accounts — N. accounts, accompts†; commercial arithmetic, monetary
Chapter 815
812. Price — N. price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge,
Chapter 816
813. Discount — N. discount, abatement, concession, reduction,
Chapter 817
814. Dearness — N. dearness &c adj.; high price, famine price, fancy
Chapter 818
815. Cheapness — N. cheapness, low price; depreciation; bargain; good
Chapter 819
816. Liberality — N. liberality, generosity, munificence; bounty,
Chapter 820
817. Economy — N. economy, frugality; thrift, thriftiness; care,
Chapter 821
818. Prodigality — N. prodigality, prodigence†; unthriftiness†, waste;
Chapter 822
819. Parsimony — N. parsimony, parcity†; parsimoniousness†, stinginess
Chapter 823
820. Affections — N. affections, affect; character, qualities,
Chapter 824
821. Feeling — N. feeling; suffering &c v.; endurance, tolerance,
Chapter 825
822. Sensibility — N. sensibility, sensibleness, sensitiveness; moral
Chapter 826
823. Insensibility — N. insensibility, insensibleness†; moral
Chapter 827
824. Excitation — N. excitation of feeling; mental excitement;
Chapter 828
825. [Excess of sensitiveness] Excitability — N. excitability,
Chapter 829
826. [Absence of excitability, or of excitement.] Inexcitability — N.
Chapter 830
827. Pleasure — N. pleasure, gratification, enjoyment, fruition;
Chapter 831
828. Pain — N. mental suffering, pain, dolor; suffering, sufferance;
Chapter 832
829. [Capability of giving pleasure; cause or source of pleasure.]
Chapter 833
830. [Capability of giving pain; cause or source of pain]. Painfulness
Chapter 834
831. Content — N. content, contentment, contentedness; complacency,
Chapter 835
832. Discontent — N. discontent, discontentment; dissatisfaction;
Chapter 836
833. Regret — N. regret, repining; homesickness, nostalgia; mal du
Chapter 837
834. Relief — N. relief; deliverance; refreshment &c 689; easement,
Chapter 838
835. Aggravation — N. aggravation, worsening, heightening;
Chapter 839
836. Cheerfulness — N. cheerfulness &c adj.; geniality, gayety,
Chapter 840
837. Dejection — N. dejection; dejectedness &c adj.; depression,
Chapter 841
838. [Expression of pleasure.] Rejoicing — N. rejoicing, exultation,
Chapter 842
839. [Expression of pain.] Lamentation — N. lament, lamentation; wail,
Chapter 843
840. Amusement — N. amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game,
Chapter 844
841. Weariness — N. weariness, defatigation†; lassitude &c (fatigue)
Chapter 845
842. Wit — N. wit, humor, wittiness; sense of humor; attic wit, attic
Chapter 846
843. Dullness — N. dullness, heaviness, flatness; infestivity† &c 837,
Chapter 847
844. Humorist — N. humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist†, epigrammatist,
Chapter 848
845. Beauty — N. beauty, the beautiful, to kalon [Gr.], le beau ideal.
Chapter 849
846. Ugliness — N. ugliness &c adj.; deformity, inelegance; acomia†;
Chapter 850
847. Ornament — N. ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art; ornature†,
Chapter 851
848. Blemish — N. blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism†; flaw,
Chapter 852
849. Simplicity — N. simplicity; plainness, homeliness; undress,
Chapter 853
850. [Good taste.] Taste — N. taste; good taste, refined taste,
Chapter 854
851. [Bad taste.] Vulgarity — N. vulgarity, vulgarism; barbarism,
Chapter 855
852. Fashion — N. fashion, style, ton, bon ton†, society; good society,
Chapter 856
853. Ridiculousness — N. ridiculousness &c adj.; comicality, oddity &c
Chapter 857
854. Fop — N. fop, fine gentleman; swell; dandy, dandiprat†; exquisite,
Chapter 858
855. Affectation — N. affectation; affectedness &c adj.; acting a part
Chapter 859
856. Ridicule — N. ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin;
Chapter 860
857. [Object and cause of ridicule.] Laughingstock — N. laughingstock,
Chapter 861
858. Hope — N. hope, hopes; desire &c 865; fervent hope, sanguine
Chapter 862
859. [Absence, want or loss of hope.] Hopelessness — N. hopelessness
Chapter 863
860. Fear — N. fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence;
Chapter 864
861. [Absence of fear.] Courage — N. courage, bravery, valor;
Chapter 865
862. [Excess of fear.] Cowardice — N. cowardice, pusillanimity;
Chapter 866
863. Rashness — N. rashness &c adj.; temerity, want of caution,
Chapter 867
864. Caution — N. caution; cautiousness &c adj.; discretion, prudence,
Chapter 868
865. Desire — N. desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need, exigency.
Chapter 869
866. Indifference — N. indifference, neutrality; coldness &c adj.;
Chapter 870
867. Dislike — N. dislike, distaste, disrelish, disinclination,
Chapter 871
868. Fastidiousness — N. fastidiousness &c adj.; nicety,
Chapter 872
869. Satiety — N. satiety, satisfaction, saturation, repletion, glut,
Chapter 873
870. Wonder — N. wonder, marvel; astonishment, amazement, wonderment,
Chapter 874
871. [Absence of wonder.] Expectance — N. expectance &c (expectation)
Chapter 875
872. Prodigy — N. prodigy, phenomenon; wonder, wonderment; marvel,
Chapter 876
873. Repute — N. distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation;
Chapter 877
874. Disrepute — N. disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad
Chapter 878
875. Nobility — N. nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy†,
Chapter 879
876. Commonalty — N. commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition,
Chapter 880
877. Title — N. title, honor; knighthood &c (nobility) 875.
Chapter 881
878. Pride — N. dignity, self-respect, mens sibi conscia recti [Lat.]
Chapter 882
879. Humility — N. humility, humbleness; meekness, lowness; lowliness,
Chapter 883
880. Vanity — N. vanity; conceit, conceitedness; self-conceit, self-
Chapter 884
881. Modesty — N. modesty; humility &c 879; diffidence, timidity;
Chapter 885
882. Ostentation — N. ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade,
Chapter 886
883. Celebration — N. celebration, solemnization, jubilee,
Chapter 887
884. Boasting — N. boasting &c v.; boast, vaunt, crake†; pretense,
Chapter 888
885. [Undue assumption of superiority.] Insolence — N. insolence;
Chapter 889
886. Servility — N. servility; slavery &c (subjection) 749;
Chapter 890
887. Blusterer — N. blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer†, brawler;
Chapter 891
888. Friendship — N. friendship, amity; friendliness &c adj.;
Chapter 892
889. Enmity — N. enmity, hostility; unfriendliness &c adj.; discord &c
Chapter 893
890. Friend — N. friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best
Chapter 894
891. Enemy — N. enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman†; open enemy, bitter
Chapter 895
892. Sociality — N. sociality, sociability, sociableness &c adj.;
Chapter 896
893. Seclusion. Exclusion — N. seclusion, privacy; retirement;
Chapter 897
894. Courtesy — N. courtesy; respect &c 928; good manners, good
Chapter 898
895. Discourtesy — N. discourtesy; ill breeding; ill manners, bad
Chapter 899
896. Congratulation — N. congratulation, gratulation†; felicitation;
Chapter 900
897. Love — N. love; fondness &c adj.; liking; inclination &c (desire)
Chapter 901
898. Hate — N. hate, hatred, vials of hate.
Chapter 902
899. Favorite — N. favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol, jewel, spoiled
Chapter 903
900. Resentment — N. resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath,
Chapter 904
901. Irascibility — N. irascibility, irascibleness, temper; crossness
Chapter 905
902. [Expression of affection or love.] Endearment — N. endearment,
Chapter 906
903. Marriage — N. marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage,
Chapter 907
904. Celibacy — N. celibacy, singleness, single blessedness;
Chapter 908
905. Divorce — N. divorce, divorcement; separation; judicial
Chapter 909
906. Benevolence — N. benevolence, Christian charity; God's love,
Chapter 910
907. Malevolence — N. malevolence; bad intent, bad intention;
Chapter 911
908. Malediction — N. malediction, malison†, curse, imprecation,
Chapter 912
909. Threat — N. threat, menace; defiance &c 715; abuse, minacity†,
Chapter 913
910. Philanthropy — N. philanthropy, humanity, humanitarianism
Chapter 914
911. Misanthropy — N. misanthropy, incivism; egotism &c (selfishness)
Chapter 915
912. Benefactor — N. benefactor, savior, good genius, tutelary saint,
Chapter 916
913. [Maleficent being] Evil doer — N. evil doer, evil worker;
Chapter 917
914. Pity — N. pity, compassion, commiseration; bowels, of compassion;
Chapter 918
915. Condolence — N. condolence; lamentation &c 839; sympathy,
Chapter 919
916. Gratitude — N. gratitude, thankfulness, feeling of obligation,
Chapter 920
917. Ingratitude — N. ingratitude, thanklessness, oblivion of
Chapter 921
918. Forgiveness — N. forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace,
Chapter 922
919. Revenge — N. revenge, revengement†; vengeance; avengement†,
Chapter 923
920. Jealousy — N. jealousy, jealousness; jaundiced eye; envious
Chapter 924
921. Envy — N. envy; enviousness &c adj.; rivalry; jalousie de milier
Chapter 925
922. Right — N. right; what ought to be, what should be; fitness &c
Chapter 926
923. Wrong — N. wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum
Chapter 927
924. Dueness — N. due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative,
Chapter 928
925. [Absence of right.] Undueness — N. undueness &c adj.; malum
Chapter 929
926. Duty — N. duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation,
Chapter 930
927. Dereliction of Duty — N. dereliction of duty; fault &c (guilt)
Chapter 931
928. Respect — N. respect, regard, consideration; courtesy &c 894;
Chapter 932
929. Disrespect — N. disrespect, disesteem, disestimation†;
Chapter 933
930. Contempt — N. contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt;
Chapter 934
931. Approbation — N. approbation; approval, approvement†; sanction,
Chapter 935
932. Disapprobation — N. disapprobation, disapproval; improbation†;
Chapter 936
933. Flattery — N. flattery, adulation, gloze; blandishment,
Chapter 937
934. Detraction — N. detraction, disparagement, depreciation,
Chapter 938
935. Flatterer — N. flatterer, adulator; eulogist, euphemist;
Chapter 939
936. Detractor — N. detractor, reprover; censor, censurer; cynic,
Chapter 940
937. Vindication — N. vindication, justification, warrant;
Chapter 941
938. Accusation — N. accusation, charge, imputation, slur,
Chapter 942
939. Probity — N. probity, integrity, rectitude; uprightness &c adj.;
Chapter 943
940. Improbity — N. improbity†; dishonesty, dishonor; deviation from
Chapter 944
941. Knave — N. knave, rogue; Scapin†, rascal; Lazarillo de Tormes; bad
Chapter 945
942. Disinterestedness — N. disinterestedness &c adj.; generosity;
Chapter 946
943. Selfishness — N. selfishness &c adj.; self-love, self-indulgence,
Chapter 947
944. Virtue — N. virtue; virtuousness &c adj.; morality; moral
Chapter 948
945. Vice — N. vice; evil-doing, evil courses; wrongdoing; wickedness,
Chapter 949
946. Innocence — N. innocence; guiltlessness &c adj.; incorruption,
Chapter 950
947. Guilt — N. guilt, guiltiness; culpability; criminality,
Chapter 951
948. Good Man — N. good man, honest man, worthy.
Chapter 952
949. Bad Man — N. bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity; evildoer &c
Chapter 953
950. Penitence — N. penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance,
Chapter 954
951. Impenitence — N. impenitence, irrepentance†, recusance†; lack of
Chapter 955
952. Atonement — N. atonement, reparation; compromise, composition;
Chapter 956
953. Temperance — N. temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness.
Chapter 957
954. Intemperance — N. intemperance; sensuality, animalism, carnality;
Chapter 958
955. Asceticism — N. asceticism, puritanism, sabbatarianism†;
Chapter 959
956. Fasting — N. fasting; xerophagy†; famishment, starvation.
Chapter 960
957. Gluttony — N. gluttony; greed, avarice; greediness &c adj.;
Chapter 961
958. Sobriety — N. sobriety; teetotalism.
Chapter 962
959. Drunkenness — N. drunkenness &c adj.; intemperance; drinking &c
Chapter 963
960. Purity — N. purity; decency, decorum, delicacy; continence,
Chapter 964
961. Impurity — N. impurity; uncleanness &c (filth) 653; immodesty;
Chapter 965
962. Libertine — N. libertine; voluptuary &c 954.1; rake, debauchee,
Chapter 966
963. Legality — N. legality; legitimacy, legitimateness.
Chapter 967
964. [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality — N. lawlessness;
Chapter 968
965. Jurisdiction [Executive.] — N. jurisdiction, judicature,
Chapter 969
966. Tribunal — N. tribunal, court, board, bench, judicatory†; court of
Chapter 970
967. Judge — N. judge; justice, justiciar†, justiciary†; chancellor;
Chapter 971
968. Lawyer — N. lawyer, attorney, legal counsel; counsel, counsellor,
Chapter 972
969. Lawsuit — N. lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in
Chapter 973
970. Acquittal — N. acquittal, acquitment†; clearance, exculpation;
Chapter 974
971. Condemnation — N. condemnation, conviction, judgment, penalty,
Chapter 975
972. Punishment — N. punishment, punition†; chastisement, chastening;
Chapter 976
973. Reward — N. reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon†,
Chapter 977
974. Penalty — N. penalty; retribution &c (punishment) 972; pain,
Chapter 978
975. [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge — N. scourge, rod, cane,
Chapter 979
976. Deity — N. Deity, Divinity; Godhead, Godship†; Omnipotence,
Chapter 980
977. [Beneficent spirits] Angel — N. angel, archangel; guardian angel;
Chapter 981
978. [Maleficent spirits.] Satan — N. Satan, the Devil, Lucifer,
Chapter 982
979. Jupiter — N. god, goddess; heathen gods and goddesses; deva†;
Chapter 983
980. Demon — N. demon, daemon, demonry†, demonology; evil genius,
Chapter 984
981. Heaven — N. heaven; kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God; heavenly
Chapter 985
982. Hell — N. hell, bottomless pit, place of torment; habitation of
Chapter 986
983. [Religious Knowledge.] Theology — N. theology (natural and
Chapter 987
984. Heterodoxy [Sectarianism.] — N. heterodoxy; error &c 495; false
Chapter 988
985. Judeo-Christian Revelation — N. revelation, inspiration,
Chapter 989
986. Pseudo-Revelation — N. the Koran, the Alcoran†; Lyking†, Vedas,
Chapter 990
987. Piety — N. piety, religion, theism, faith; religiousness,
Chapter 991
988. Impiety — N. impiety; sin &c 945; irreverence; profaneness &c
Chapter 992
989. Irreligion — N. irreligion†, indevotion†; godlessness, ungodliness
Chapter 993
990. Worship — N. worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage,
Chapter 994
991. Idolatry — N. idolatry, idolism†; demonism†, demonolatry†; idol-
Chapter 995
992. Sorcery — N. sorcery; occult art, occult sciences; magic, the
Chapter 996
993. Spell — N. spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala†,
Chapter 997
994. Sorcerer — N. sorcerer, magician; thaumaturgist†, theurgist;
Chapter 998
995. Churchdom — N. church, churchdom; ministry, apostleship†,
Chapter 999
996. Clergy — N. clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery,
Chapter 1000
997. Laity — N. laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly, brethren,
Chapter 1001
998. Rite — N. rite; ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial; ordinance,
Chapter 1002
999. Canonicals — N. canonicals, vestments; robe, gown, Geneva gown
Chapter 1003
1000. Temple — N. place of worship; house of God, house of prayer.
Chapter 383: 2. Special Sensation
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