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#748. Freedom.-- N. freedom

• liberty

• independence

• license

• (permission) 760

• facility

• scope

• range

• latitude

• play

• free play

• full play

• free scope

• full

• scope

• free stage and no favor

• swing

• full swing

• elbowroom

• margin

• rope

• wide berth

• Liberty Hall

• franchise

• free man

• freed man

• livery man

• denizen

• autonomy

• self-government

• liberalism

• free trade

• noninterference

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• Monroe Doctrine [U.S.]

• immunity

• exemption

• emancipation

• enfranchisement

• free land

• freehold

• bushwhacker

• freelance

• free thinker

• free trader

• independent

• V. be free

• have scope

• have the run of

• have one's

• own way

• have a will of one's own

• have one's fling

• do what one likes

• do

• what one wishes

• do what one pleases

• do what one chooses

• go at large

• feel at home

• paddle one's own canoe

• stand on one's legs

• stand on one's

• rights

• shift for oneself

• take a liberty

• make free with

• make oneself quite at home

• use a

• freedom

• take leave

• take French leave

• set free

• give a loose to

• allow

• scope

• give scope

• give a horse his head

• make free of

• give the freedom of

• give the franchise

• enfranchise

• live and let live

• leave to

• oneself

• leave alone

• let alone

• Adj. free

• free as air

• out of harness

• independent

• at large

• loose

• scot-free

• left alone

• left to oneself

• in full swing

• uncaught

• unconstrained

• unbuttoned

• unconfined

• unrestrained

• unchecked

• unhindered

• unobstructed

• unbound

• uncontrolled

• untrammeled

• ungoverned

• unchained

• unshackled

• unfettered

• unbridled

• uncurbed

• unmuzzled

• unrestricted

• unlimited

• unmitigated

• unconditional

• absolute;

• discretionary

• unassailed

• unforced

• uncompelled

• spontaneous

• free and easy

• at ease

• at one's ease

• quite at home;

• wanton

• rampant

• irrepressible

• exempt

• freed

• freeborn

• autonomous

• freehold

• gratis

• unclaimed

• going a begging

• Adv. freely

• ad libitum

• Phr. ubi libertas ibi patria[Lat]

• free white and twenty-one

#749. Subjection.-- N. subjection

• dependence

• dependency;

• subordination

• thrall

• thralldom

• thraldom

• enthrallment

• subjugation

• bondage

• serfdom

• feudalism

• vassalage

• villenage;

• slavery

• enslavement

• involuntary servitude

• conquest

• service

• servitude

• employ

• tutelage

• liability

• constraint

• oppression

• yoke

• submission

• obedience

• V. be subject

• be at the mercy of

• lie at the mercy of;

• depend upon

• lean upon

• hang upon

• fall a prey to

• fall under

• play second

• fiddle

• be a mere machine

• be a puppet

• be a football

• not dare to say one's

• soul is his own

• drag a chain

• serve

• obey

• submit

• break in

• tame

• subject

• subjugate

• master

• tread down

• tread

• under foot

• weigh down

• drag at one's chariot wheels

• reduce to subjection

• reduce to slavery

• enthrall

• enslave

• lead

• captive

• take into custody

• rule

• drive into a

• corner

• hold at the sword's point

• keep under

• hold in bondage

• hold in

• leading strings

• hold in swaddling clothes

• Adj. subject

• dependent

• subordinate

• feudal

• feudatory

• in subjection

• to

• under control

• in leading strings

• in harness

• subjected

• enslaved

• v

• constrained

• downtrodden

• overborne

• overwhelmed

• under the

• lash

• on the hip

• led by the nose

• henpecked

• the puppet of

• the sport of

• the plaything of

• under one's orders

• under one's command

• under one's

• thumb

• a slave to

• at the mercy of

• in the power of

• in the hands of

• in

• the clutches of

• at the feet of

• at one's beck and call

• liable

• parasitical

• stipendiary

• Adv. under

• Phr. "slaves - in a land of light and law" [Whittier]

#750. Liberation.-- N. liberation

• disengagement

• release

• enlargement

• emancipation

• enfranchisement

• manumission

• discharge

• dismissal

• deliverance

• redemption

• extrication

• acquittance

• absolution;

• acquittal

• escape

• V. liberate

• free

• set free

• set clear

• set at liberty

• render free

• emancipate

• release

• enfranchise

• manumit

• enlarge;

• disband

• discharge

• disenthrall

• disenthral

• dismiss

• let go

• let loose

• loose

• let out

• let slip

• cast adrift

• turn adrift

• deliver

• absolve

• unfetter

• untie

• loose

• loosen

• relax

• unbolt

• unbar

• unclose

• uncork

• unclog

• unhand

• unbind

• unchain

• unharness

• unleash

• disengage

• disentangle

• clear

• extricate

• unloose

• gain one's liberty

• obtain one's liberty

• acquire one's liberty

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• get rid of

• get clear of

• deliver oneself from

• shake off the yoke

• slip the collar

• break loose

• break prison

• tear asunder one's bonds

• cast

• off trammels

• escape

• Adj. liberated

• out of harness

• Int. unhand me! let me go!

#751. Restraint.-- N. restraint

• hindrance

• coercion

• (compulsion) 7

• constraint

• repression

• suppression;

• discipline

• control

• confinement

• durance

• duress

• imprisonment

• incarceration

• coarctation|

• entombment

• durance vile

• limbo

• captivity

• blockade

• arrest

• custody

• keep

• care

• charge

• ward

• curb

• limitation

• restriction

• protection

• monopoly

• prohibition

• prisoner

• V. restrain

• check

• put under restraint

• lay under restraint

• enthral

• enthrall

• restrict

• debar

• constrain

• coerce

• curb

• control

• hold back

• hold from

• hold in

• hold in check

• hold within bounds

• keep back

• keep from

• keep in

• keep in check

• keep within bounds

• hold in

• leash

• hold in leading strings

• withhold

• keep under

• repress

• suppress

• smother

• pull in

• rein in

• hold

• hold

• fast

• keep a tight hand on

• prohibit

• inhibit

• enchain

• fasten

• fetter

• shackle

• bridle

• muzzle

• gag

• pinion

• manacle

• handcuff

• tie one's

• hands

• hobble

• bind hand and foot

• swathe

• swaddle

• pin down

• tether;

• picket

• tie down

• tie up

• secure

• forge fetters

• disable

• hamstring

• (incapacitate) 158

• confine

• shut up

• shut in

• clap up

• lock up

• box up

• mew up

• bottle

• up

• cork up

• seal up

• button up

• hem in

• bolt in

• wall in

• rail in;

• impound

• pen

• coop

• inclose

• cage

• close the door upon

• cloister

• imprison

• immure

• incarcerate

• entomb

• clap under hatches

• lay under hatches

• put in irons

• put in a

• strait-waistcoat

• throw into prison

• cast into prison

• put into bilboes

• arrest

• take up

• take charge of

• take into custody

• take prisoner

• take captive

• make prisoner

• make captive

• captivate

• lead captive

• lead

• into captivity

• send to prison

• commit to prison

• commit

• give in charge

• give in custody

• subjugate

• Adj. restrained

• constrained

• imprisoned

• pent up

• jammed in

• wedged in

• under lock and key

• under restraint

• under hatches

• in swaddling

• clothes

• on parole

• in custody

• doing time

• coactive

• stiff

• strait-laced

• hidebound

• ice bound

• wind bound

• weather bound

• "cabined cribbed confined"

• [Macbeth]

• in Lob's pound

• laid by the heels

#752. [Means of restraint.] Prison.-- N. prison

• prison house

• jail

• gaol

• cage

• coop

• den

• cell

• stronghold

• fortress

• keep

• donjon

• dungeon

• Bastille

• oubliette

• house of correction

• hulks

• tollbooth

• penitentiary

• guardroom

• lockup

• hold

• round

• house

• watch house

• station house

• sponging house

• station

• house of

• detention

• black hole

• pen

• fold

• pound

• inclosure

• isolation

• (exclusion) 8

• penal settlement

• penal colony

• bilboes

• stocks

• limbo

• quod*[Lat]

• calaboose

• workhouse

• [U.S.]

• Newgate

• Fleet

• Marshalsea

• King's (or Queen's) Bench

• bond

• bandage

• irons

• pinion

• gyve

• fetter

• shackle

• trammel

• manacle

• handcuff

• straight jacket

• strait jacket

• strait-jacket

• strait-waistcoat

• vice

• vise

• yoke

• collar

• halter

• harness

• muzzle

• gag

• bit

• brake

• curb

• snaffle

• bridle

• rein

• reins

• bearing rein

• martingale

• leading string

• tether

• picket

• band

• guy

• chain

• cord

• headstall

• lines

• ribbons

• bolt

• deadbolt

• bar

• lock

• police lock

• combination lock

• padlock

• rail

• wall

• stone wall

• paling

• palisade

• fence

• picket fence

• barbed wire

• fence

• Cyclone fence

• stockade fence

• chain-link fence

• barrier

• barricade

• drag

#753. Keeper.-- N. keeper

• custodian

• custos[Lat]

• ranger

• warder

• jailer

• gaoler

• turnkey

• guard

• watchdog

• watchman;

• Charley

• sentry

• sentinel;

• watch and ward

• concierge

• coast guard

• guarda costa[Sp]

• game keeper

• escort

• bodyguard

• protector

• governor

• duenna[Sp]

• guardian

• governess

• 540

• nurse

• nanny

• babysitter

• catsitter

• dogsitter

#754. Prisoner.-- N. prisoner

• prisoner of war

• POW

• captive

• inmate

• detainee

• hostage

• close prisoner

• jail bird

• ticket of leave man

• V. stand committed

• be imprisoned

• take prisoner

• take hostage (capture) 789

• Adj. imprisoned

• in prison

• in quod*[Lat]

• in durance vile

• in

• limbo

• in custody

• doing time

• in charge

• in chains

• under lock and key

• under hatches

• on parole

#755. [Vicarious authority.] Commission.-- N. commission

• delegation;

• consignment

• assignment

• deputation

• legation

• mission

• embassy

• agency

• power of attorney

• clerkship

• surrogacy

• errand

• charge

• brevet

• diploma

• exequatur[Lat]

• permit

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• appointment

• nomination

• designation

• return

• charter

• ordination;

• installation

• inauguration

• investiture

• swearing-in

• accession

• coronation

• enthronement

• vicegerency

• regency

• regentship

• viceroy

• consignee

• deputy

• [person who receives a commission] agent

• delegate

• consignee

• V. commission

• delegate

• depute

• consign

• assign

• charge

• intrust

• entrust

• commit

• commit to the hands of

• authorize

• put in commission

• accredit

• engage

• hire

• bespeak

• appoint

• name

• nominate

• return

• ordain

• install

• induct

• inaugurate

• swear in

• invest

• crown

• enroll

• enlist

• give power of attorney to

• employ

• empower

• set over

• place over

• send out

• be commissioned

• be accredited

• represent

• stand for

• stand in the

• stead of

• stand in the place of

• stand in the shoes of

• Adj. commissioned

• Adv. per procurationem[Lat]

#756. Abrogation.-- N. abrogation

• annulment

• nullification

• recision;

• vacatur[Lat]

• canceling

• cancel

• revocation

• repeal

• rescission

• defeasance

• dismissal

• demission|

• bounce* [U.S.]

• deposal

• deposition;

• dethronement

• disestablishment

• deconsecration

• sack*

• walking papers

• pink slip

• walking ticket

• yellow cover*

• abolition

• abolishment

• dissolution

• counter order

• countermand

• repudiation

• retraction

• recantation

• abolitionist

• V. abrogate

• annul

• cancel

• destroy

• abolish

• revoke

• repeal

• rescind

• reverse

• retract

• recall

• overrule

• override

• set aside

• disannul

• dissolve

• quash

• nullify

• declare null and

• void

• disestablish

• deconsecrate

• disclaim

• ignore

• repudiate

• recant

• divest

• oneself

• break off

• countermand

• counter order

• do away with

• sweep away

• brush away;

• throw overboard

• throw to the dogs

• scatter to the winds

• cast behind

• dismiss

• discard

• cast off

• turn off

• cast out

• cast adrift

• cast out

• of doors

• cast aside

• cast away

• send off

• send away

• send packing

• send

• about one's business

• discharge

• get rid of

• bounce*

• [U.S.]

• fire*

• fire out*

• sack*

• cashier

• break

• oust

• unseat

• unsaddle

• dethrone

• depose

• unfrock

• strike off the roll;

• disbar

• be abrogated

• receive its quietus

• walk the plank

• Adj. abrogated

• functus officio[Lat]

• Int. get along with you! begone! go about your business! away with!

#757. Resignation.-- N. resignation

• retirement

• abdication

• renunciation

• abjuration

• abandonment

• relinquishment

• V. resign

• give up

• throw up

• lay down

• throw up the cards

• wash one's

• hands of

• abjure

• renounce

• forego

• disclaim

• retract

• deny

• abrogate

• desert

• get rid of

• abdicate

• vacate

• vacate one's seat

• accept the stewardship of the

• Chiltern Hundreds

• retire

• tender one's resignation

• Phr. "Othello's occupation's gone" [Othello]

#758. Consignee.-- N. consignee

• trustee

• nominee

• committee

• agent

• delegate

• commissary

• commissioner

• emissary

• envoy

• messenger

• diplomatist

• diplomat(e)

• embassy

• ambassador

• representative

• resident

• consul

• legate

• nuncio

• attache

• vicegerent

• plenipotentiary

• functionary

• curator

• treasurer

• factor

• bailiff

• clerk

• secretary

• attorney

• advocate

• solicitor

• proctor

• broker

• underwriter

• commission agent

• auctioneer

• one's man of business

• factotum

• caretaker

• garnishee

• negotiator

• go-between

• middleman

• under agent

• employe

• servant

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• referee

• arbitrator

• traveler

• bagman

• commercial

• traveler

• drummer [U.S.]

• traveling man

• newspaper correspondent

• own correspondent

• special correspondent

#759. Deputy.-- N. deputy

• substitute

• vice

• proxy

• locum tenens

• delegate

• representative

• next friend

• surrogate

• secondary

• regent

• vizier

• minister

• vicar

• premier

• (director) 6

• chancellor

• prefect

• provost

• warden

• lieutenant

• archon

• consul

• proconsul

• viceroy

• commissioner

• Tsung-

• li Yamen

• Wai Wu Pu

• plenipotentiary

• alter ego

• team

• eight

• eleven

• champion

• V. be deputy

• stand for

• appear for

• hold a brief for

• answer

• for

• represent

• stand in the shoes of

• walk in the shoes of

• stand in the

• stead of

• accredit

• Adj. acting

• vice

• vice regal

• accredited to

• Adv. in behalf of