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#738. [Absence of authority] Laxity.-- N. laxity

• laxness

• looseness

• slackness

• toleration

• freedom

• anarchy

• interregnum

• relaxation

• loosening

• remission

• dead

• letter

• brutum fulmen[Lat]

• misrule

• license

• licentiousness;

• insubordination

• lynch law

• nihilism

• reign of violence

• [Deprivation of power] dethronement

• deposition

• usurpation

• abdication

• V. be -lax

• hold a

• loose rein

• give the reins to

• give rope enough

• give a loose to

• tolerate;

• relax

• misrule

• go beyond the length of one's tether

• have one's swing

• have one's

• fling

• act without instructions

• act without authority

• act outside of

• one's authority

• act on one's own responsibility

• usurp authority

• dethrone

• depose

• abdicate

• Adj. lax

• loose

• slack

• remiss

• weak

• relaxed

• licensed

• unbridled

• anarchical

• unauthorized

#739. Severity.-- N. severity

• strictness

• harshness

• rigor

• stringency

• austerity

• inclemency

• arrogance

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• arbitrary power

• absolutism

• despotism

• dictatorship

• autocracy

• tyranny

• domineering

• oppression

• assumption

• usurpation

• inquisition

• reign of terror

• martial law

• iron heel

• iron rule

• iron hand

• iron sway;

• tight grasp

• brute force

• brute strength

• coercion

• strong hand

• tight hand

• hard lines

• hard measure

• tender mercies [ironical]

• sharp practice;

• pipe-clay

• officialism

• tyrant

• disciplinarian

• martinet

• stickler

• despot

• hard master

• Draco

• oppressor

• inquisitor

• extortioner

• harpy

• vulture

• birds of prey

• V. be -severe

• assume

• usurp

• arrogate

• take liberties

• domineer

• bully

• tyrannize

• inflict

• wreak

• stretch a point

• put on the screw

• be hard upon;

• bear a heavy hand on

• lay a heavy hand on

• be down upon

• come down upon;

• ill treat

• deal hardly with

• deal hard measure to

• rule with a rod of iron

• chastise with scorpions

• dye with blood

• oppress

• override

• trample under

• foot

• tread under foot

• tread upon

• trample upon

• tread down upon

• trample

• down upon

• crush under an iron heel

• ride roughshod over

• rivet the yoke;

• hold a tight hand

• keep a tight hand

• force down the throat

• coerce

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• give no quarter

• Adj. severe

• strict

• hard

• harsh

• dour

• rigid

• stiff

• stern

• rigorous

• uncompromising

• exacting

• exigent

• inexorable

• inflexible

• obdurate

• austere

• hard-headed

• hard-nosed

• hard-shell [U.S.]

• relentless

• Spartan

• Draconian

• stringent

• strait-laced

• searching

• unsparing

• iron-

• handed

• peremptory

• absolute

• positive

• arbitrary

• imperative

• coercive

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• tyrannical

• extortionate

• grinding

• withering

• oppressive

• inquisitorial

• inclement

• cruel

• haughty

• arrogant

• Adv. severely

• with a high hand

• with a strong hand

• with a

• tight hand

• with a heavy hand

• at the point of the sword

• at the point of the bayonet

• Phr. Delirant reges plectuntur Achivi[Lat]

• manu forti[Lat]

• ogni

• debole ha sempre il suo tiranno[It]

#740. Lenity.-- N. lenity

• lenience

• leniency

• moderation

• tolerance

• toleration

• mildness

• gentleness

• favor

• indulgence

• clemency

• mercy

• forbearance

• quarter

• compassion

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• V. be -lenient

• tolerate

• bear with

• parcere subjectis[Lat]

• give quarter

• indulge

• allow one to have his own way

• spoil

• Adj. lenient

• mild

• mild as milk

• gentle

• soft

• tolerant

• indulgent

• easy-going

• clement

• forbearing

• long-suffering

#741. Command.-- N. command

• order

• ordinance

• act

• fiat

• bidding

• dictum

• behest

• call

• beck

• nod

• despatch

• dispatch

• message

• direction

• injunction

• charge

• instructions

• appointment

• fixture

• demand

• exaction

• imposition

• requisition

• claim

• reclamation

• ultimatum

• request

• requirement

• dictation

• dictate

• mandate

• caveat

• decree

• senatus consultum[Lat];

• precept

• prescript

• rescript

• writ

• ordination

• bull

• ex cathedra

• pronouncement[Lat]

• edict

• dispensation

• prescription

• brevet

• ukase

• ukaz [Russian]

• firman

• warrant

• passport

• mittimus[Law@crim]

• mandamus

• summons

• subpoena

• nisi

• prius[Lat]

• interpellation

• citation

• word

• word of command

• mot

• bugle call

• trumpet call

• beat of drum

• tattoo

• order of the

• day

• enactment

• plebiscite

• V. command

• order

• decree

• enact

• ordain

• dictate

• direct

• give

• orders

• prescribe

• set

• appoint

• mark out

• set a task

• prescribe a task

• impose a task

• set to work

• put in requisition

• bid

• enjoin

• charge

• call upon

• instruct

• require at the hands of;

• exact

• impose

• tax

• task

• demand

• insist on

• claim

• lay claim to

• reclaim

• cite

• summon

• call for

• send for

• subpoena

• beckon

• issue a command

• make a requisition

• issue a requisition

• promulgate a

• requisition

• make a decree

• issue a decree

• promulgate a decree

• make an

• order

• issue an order

• promulgate an order

• give the word of

• command

• give the word

• give the signal

• call to order

• give the law

• lay

• down the law

• assume the command

• remand

• be -ordered

• receive an order

• Adj. commanding

• authoritative

• callable

• Adv. in a commanding tone

• by a stroke of the pen

• by a dash of the

• pen

• by order

• at beat of drum

• on the first summons

• Phr. the decree is gone forth

• sic volo sic jubeo[Lat]

• le Roi le

#742. Disobedience.-- N. disobedience

• insubordination

• contumacy;

• infraction

• infringement

• violation

• noncompliance

• nonobservance

• revolt

• rebellion

• mutiny

• outbreak

• rising

• uprising

• insurrection

• riot

• tumult

• strike

• barring out

• defiance

• mutinousness

• sedition

• treason

• high

• treason

• petty treason

• misprision of treason

• premunire[Lat]

• lese

• violation of law

• defection

• secession

• insurgent

• mutineer

• rebel

• revolter

• revolutionary

• rioter

• traitor

• quisling

• red republican

• bonnet rouge

• communist

• Fenian

• frondeur

• seceder

• secessionist

• runagate

• renegade

• brawler

• anarchist

• demagogue

• Spartacus

• Masaniello

• Wat Tyler

• Jack Cade;

• ringleader

• V. disobey

• violate

• infringe

• shirk

• set at defiance

• set authority at naught

• run riot

• fly in the face of

• take the law into

• one's own hands

• kick over the traces

• turn restive

• run restive

• champ the bit

• strike

• rise

• rise in arms

• secede

• mutiny

• rebel

• Adj. disobedient

• uncomplying

• uncompliant

• unruly

• ungovernable

• insubordinate

• impatient of control

• incorrigible

• restiff|

• restive

• refractory

• contumacious

• recusant

• (refuse)

• recalcitrant

• resisting

• lawless

• mutinous

• seditions

• insurgent

• riotous

• unbidden

• Phr. seditiosissimus quisque ignavus [Lat][Tacitus]

• "unthread the

• rude eye of rebellion" [King John]

#743. Obedience.-- N. obedience

• observance

• compliance;

• submission

• subjection

• nonresistance

• passiveness

• resignation

• allegiance

• loyalty

• fealty

• homage

• deference

• devotion

• constancy

• fidelity

• submissiveness

• ductility

• obsequiousness

• V. be -obedient

• obey

• bear obedience to

• submit

• comply

• answer the helm

• come at one's call

• do one's bidding

• do what one

• is told

• do suit and service

• attend to orders

• serve faithfully

• follow the lead of

• follow to the world's end

• serve

• play

• second fiddle

• Adj. obedient

• complying

• compliant

• loyal

• faithful

• devoted

• at

• one's call

• at one's command

• at one's orders

• at one's beck and call;

• under beck and call

• under control

• restrainable

• resigned

• passive

• submissive

• henpecked

• pliant

• Adv. obediently

• in compliance with

• in obedience to

• Phr. to hear is to obey

• as you please

• if you please

• your wish is my

• command

• as you wish

• no sooner said than done

#744. Compulsion.-- N. compulsion

• coercion

• constraint

• duress

• enforcement

• press

• conscription

• force

• brute force

• main force

• physical force

• the sword

• ultima

• ratio[Lat]

• club law

• lynch law

• mob law

• le

• martial law

• restraint

• necessity

• Hobson's

• choice

• V. compel

• force

• make

• drive

• coerce

• constrain

• enforce

• necessitate

• oblige

• force upon

• press

• cram down the throat

• thrust down the throat

• force

• down the throat

• say it must be done

• make a point of

• insist upon

• take no

• denial

• put down

• dragoon

• extort

• wring from

• squeeze

• put on the squeeze

• put on the screws

• turn on the screw

• drag into

• bind

• bind over

• pin down

• tie down

• require

• tax

• put in force

• commandeer

• restrain

• Adj. compelling

• coercive

• inexorable

• compulsory

• obligatory

• stringent

• peremptory

• forcible

• not to be trifled with

• irresistible

• compelled

• v

• fain to

• Adv. by force

• by force of arms

• on compulsion

• perforce

• vi et

• armis[Lat]

• under the lash

• at the point of the sword

• at the point of the

• bayonet

• forcibly

• by a strong arm

• under protest

• in spite of one's teeth

• against one's will

• nolens volens

• by stress of circumstances

• by

• stress of weather

• under press of

• de rigueur

• with a gun to one's head

• Phr. I'll make him an offer he can't refuse

#745. Master.-- N. master

• padrone

• lord

• lord paramount

• commander

• commandant

• captain

• chief

• chieftain

• sachem

• sheik

• head

• senior

• governor

• ruler

• dictator

• leader

• boss

• sagamore[ISA:chief@algonquin]

• lord of the ascendant

• cock of the walk

• cock of the roost

• gray mare;

• mistress

• potentate

• liege

• liege lord

• suzerain

• sovereign

• monarch

• autocrat

• despot

• tyrant

• oligarch

• crowned head

• emperor

• king

• anointed king

• majesty

• imperator[Lat]

• protector

• president

• judge

• ceasar

• kaiser

• czar

• tsar

• sultan

• soldan|

• grand Turk

• caliph

• shah

• mogul

• great mogul

• khan

• lama

• tycoon

• mikado

• tenno[Jap]

• inca

• grand seignior

• prince

• duke

• archduke

• doge

• elector

• seignior;

• margrave

• rajah

• emir

• wali

• nawab

• empress

• queen

• sultana

• czarina

• princess

• infanta

• duchess

• maharani

• rani

• regent

• viceroy

• palatine

• khedive

• pasha

• bey

• beg

• tetrarch

• satrap

• mandarin

• nabob

• maharajah

• laird

• collector

• commissioner

• deputy commissioner

• the authorities

• the powers that be

• the government

• staff

• etat

• official

• man in office

• person in authority;

• Sublime Porte

• [Military authorities] marshal

• field marshal

• general

• generalissimo

• commander in chief

• lieutenant general

• major general

• colonel

• lieutenant colonel

• major

• captain

• centurion

• skipper

• lieutenant

• first lieutenant

• second

• lieutenant

• sublieutenant

• officer

• staff officer

• aide-de-camp

• brigadier

• brigade major

• adjutant

• ensign

• cornet

• cadet

• subaltern

• noncommissioned officer

• warrant officer

• sergeant

• sergeant major

• color

• sergeant

• corporal

• corporal major

• lance corporal

• acting corporal

• drum

• major

• captain general

• knight marshal

• pendragon

• [Civil authorities] mayor

• mayoralty

• prefect

• chancellor

• archon

• provost

• magistrate

• syndic

• burgomaster

• seneschal

• alderman

• councilman

• committeeman

• councilwoman

• warden

• constable

• lord mayor

• officer

• (executive)

• [Naval authorities] admiral

• admiralty

• rear admiral

• vice admiral

• port admiral

• commodore

• captain

• commander

• lieutenant

• ensign

• skipper

• mate

• master

• officer of the day

• OD

• Phr. da locum melioribus[Lat]

• der Furst ist der erste Diener seines

• Staats [German: the prince is the first servant of his state]

• "lord of thy

• presence and no land beside" [King John]

#746. Servant.-- N. subject

• servant

• retainer

• follower

• henchman

• servitor

• domestic

• menial

• help

• lady help

• employe

• attache

• official

• retinue

• suite

• cortege

• staff

• court

• attendant

• squire

• usher

• page

• train

• bearer

• cup bearer

• waiter

• butler

• livery servant

• lackey

• footman

• flunky

• flunkey

• valet

• equerry

• groom;

• jockey

• hostler

• tiger

• orderly

• messenger

• cad

• herdsman

• swineherd

• barkeeper

• bartender

• bell boy

• boots

• boy

• yardman

• bailiff

• seneschal

• chamberlain

• groom of the chambers

• secretary

• under secretary

• assistant secretary

• clerk

• subsidiary;

• agent

• subaltern

• underling

• understrapper

• man

• maid

• maidservant

• handmaid

• lady's maid

• abigail

• soubrette

• biddy

• nurse

• nursemaid

• nursery maid

• house maid

• parlor maid

• waiting maid

• chamber maid

• kitchen

• maid

• scullery maid

• cook

• scullion

• Cinderella

• maid of all work

• servant of all work;

• laundress

• journeyman

• charwoman

• bearer

• gyp [Cambridge]

• scout [Oxford]

• serf

• vassal

• slave

• negro

• helot

• bondsman

• odalisque

• adscriptus

• gleboe[Lat]

• villein

• pensioner

• client

• dependant

• dependent;

• hanger on

• satellite

• parasite

• led captain;

• ward

• hireling

• mercenary

• puppet

• tool

• creature

• badge of slavery

• bonds

• V. serve

• wait upon

• attend upon

• dance attendance upon

• pin oneself

• upon

• squire

• tend

• hang on the sleeve of

• chore [U.S.]

• Adj. in the train of

• in one's pay

• in one's employ

• at one's call

• (obedient)

• in bonds

#747. [Insignia of authority.] Scepter.-- N. scepter

• regalia

• caduceus

• Mercury's rod

• Mercury's staff

• Mercury's wand

• rod of empire

• mace

• wand

• staff

• staff of office

• baton

• truncheon

• flag

• ensign of authority

• emblem of authority

• badge of

• authority

• insignia of authority

• throne

• chair

• divan

• dais

• toga

• pall

• mantle

• robes of state

• ermine

• purple

• crown

• coronet

• diadem

• tiara

• cap of maintenance

• decoration

• title

• portfolio

• key

• signet

• seals

• talisman

• helm

• reins

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