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#760. Permission.-- N. permission

• leave

• allowance

• sufferance;

• tolerance

• toleration

• liberty

• law

• license

• concession

• grace

• indulgence

• favor

• dispensation

• exemption

• release

• connivance;

• authorization

• warranty

• accordance

• admission

• permit

• warrant

• brevet

• precept

• sanction

• authority

• firman;

• pass

• passport

• furlough

• license

• ticket of

• leave

• grant

• charter

• patent

• letters patent

• V. permit

• give permission

• give power

• let

• allow

• admit;

• suffer

• bear with

• tolerate

• recognize

• concede

• accord

• vouchsafe

• favor

• humor

• gratify

• indulge

• stretch a point

• wink at

• connive at

• shut

• one's eyes to

• grant

• empower

• charter

• enfranchise

• privilege

• confer a privilege

• license

• authorize

• warrant

• sanction

• intrust

• give the reins to

• give scope to

• 7

• leave alone

• leave it to one

• leave the door open

• open the door to

• open the flood gates

• give a loose to

• let off

• absolve

• release

• exonerate

• dispense with

• ask permission

• beg permission

• request permission

• ask leave

• beg

• leave

• request leave

• Adj. permitting

• permissive

• indulgent

• permitted

• patent

• chartered

• permissible

• allowable

• lawful

• legitimate

• legal;

• legalized

• licit

• unconditional

• Adv. by leave

• with leave

• on leave

• speciali gratia[It]

• under

• favor of

• pace

• ad libitum

• (at will) 600

• by all means

• yes

#761. Prohibition.-- N. prohibition

• inhibition

• veto

• disallowance;

• interdict

• interdiction

• injunction

• estoppel[Law]

• embargo

• ban

• taboo

• proscription

• index expurgatorius[Lat]

• restriction

• hindrance

• forbidden fruit

• Maine law [U.S.]

• V. prohibit

• inhibit

• forbid

• put one's veto upon

• disallow

• enjoin

• ban

• outlaw

• taboo

• proscribe

• estop[Law]

• bar

• debar

• forefend

• keep in

• keep within bounds

• restrain

• withhold

• limit

• circumscribe

• clip the wings of

• restrict

• interdict

• taboo

• put under an interdiction

• place under an interdiction

• put under

• the ban

• place under the ban

• proscribe

• exclude

• shut out

• shut the door

• bolt the door

• show the door

• warn off

• dash the cup from one's lips;

• forbid the banns

• Adj. prohibitive

• prohibitory

• proscriptive

• restrictive

• exclusive;

• forbidding

• prohibited

• not permitted

• unlicensed

• contraband

• impermissible

• under the ban of

• illegal

• unauthorized

• not to be

• thought of

• uncountenanced

• unthinkable

• beyond the pale

• Adv. on no account

• Int. forbid it heaven!

• hands off! keep off! hold! stop! desist! cease and desist! avast!

• Phr. that will never do

• don't you dare

• forget it

• don't even think

• about doing it;"go ahead

• make my day [ironical

• threatening]" [Dirty

• Harry]

#762. Consent.-- N. consent

• assent

• acquiescence

• approval

• compliance

• agreement

• concession

• yieldance|

• accession

• acknowledgment

• acceptance

• agnition|

• settlement

• ratification

• confirmation

• adjustment

• permit

• promise

• V. consent

• assent

• yield assent

• admit

• allow

• concede

• grant

• yield

• come round

• come over

• give into

• acknowledge

• give consent

• comply with

• acquiesce

• agree to

• fall in with

• accede

• accept

• embrace an offer

• close with

• take at one's word

• have no

• objection

• satisfy

• meet one's wishes

• settle

• come to terms

• not refuse

• turn a willing ear

• jump at

• deign

• vouchsafe

• promise

• Adj. consenting

• squeezable

• agreed

• unconditional

• Adv. OK

• yes

• by all means

• no

• problem

• if you please

• as you please

• be it so

• so be it

• well and good

• of course

• please do

• don't hesitate

#763. Offer.-- N. offer

• proffer

• presentation

• tender

• bid

• overture;

• proposal

• proposition

• motion

• invitation

• candidature

• offering

• 784

• V. offer

• proffer

• present

• tender

• bid

• propose

• move

• make a motion

• make advances

• start

• invite

• hold out

• place in one's way

• put forward

• hawk about

• offer for sale

• press

• lay at

• one's feet

• offer oneself

• present oneself

• volunteer

• come forward

• be a

• candidate

• stand for

• bid for

• seek

• be at one's service

• go a begging;

• bribe

• Adj. offering

• offered

• in the market

• for sale

• to let

• disengaged

• on hire

#764. Refusal.-- N. refusal

• rejection

• noncompliance

• denial

• declining

• declension;

• peremptory refusal

• flat refusal

• point blank refusal;

• repulse

• rebuff

• discountenance

• recusancy

• abnegation

• protest

• disclaimer

• dissent

• revocation

• V. refuse

• reject

• deny

• decline

• turn down

• nill

• negative

• refuse

• one's assent

• withhold one's assent

• shake the head

• close the hand

• close

• the purse

• grudge

• begrudge

• be slow to

• hang fire

• pass [at cards]

• be deaf to

• dismiss

• turn a deaf ear to

• turn one's back upon

• set

• one's face against

• discountenance

• not hear of

• have nothing to do with

• wash one's hands of

• stand aloof

• forswear

• set aside

• cast behind one

• not

• yield an inch

• resist

• cross

• not grant

• repel

• repulse

• shut the door in

• one's face

• slam the door in one's face

• rebuff

• send back

• send to the

• right about

• send away with a flea in the ear

• deny oneself

• not be at home

• to

• discard

• spurn

• rescind

• disclaim

• protest

• dissent

• Adj. refusing

• restive

• restiff|

• recusant

• uncomplying

• unconsenting

• not willing to hear of

• deaf to

• refused

• ungranted

• out of the question

• not to be thought of

• impossible

• Adv. no

• on no account

• not for the world

• no thank you

• thanks but no thanks

• Phr. non possumus[Lat]

• your humble servant[ironically]

• bien

• not on your life [U.S.]

• no way

• not even if you beg on your

• knees

#765. Request.-- N. request

• requisition

• claim

• petition

• suit

• prayer

• begging letter

• round robin

• motion

• overture

• application

• canvass

• address

• appeal

• apostrophe;

• imprecation

• rogation

• proposal

• proposition

• orison

• incantation

• mendicancy

• asking

• begging

• postulation

• solicitation

• invitation

• entreaty

• importunity

• supplication

• instance

• invocation

• interpellation

• V. request

• ask

• beg

• crave

• sue

• pray

• petition

• solicit

• invite

• pop

• the question

• make bold to ask

• beg leave

• beg a boon

• apply to

• call to

• put to

• call upon

• call for

• make a request

• address a request

• prefer a

• request

• put up a request

• make a prayer

• address a prayer

• prefer a

• prayer

• put up a prayer

• make a petition

• address a petition

• prefer a

• petition

• put up a petition

• make application

• make a requisition

• ask

• trouble

• ask one for

• claim

• offer up prayers

• (worship) 990

• whistle for

• beg hard

• entreat

• beseech

• plead

• supplicate

• implore

• conjure

• adjure

• cry to

• kneel to

• appeal to

• invoke

• evoke;

• imprecate

• ply

• press

• urge

• beset

• importune

• dun

• tax

• clamor for

• cry aloud

• cry for help

• fall on one's knees

• throw oneself at

• the feet of

• come down on one's marrowbones

• beg from door to door

• send the hat round

• go a begging;

• cadge

• beg one's bread

• dance attendance on

• besiege

• knock at the door

• bespeak

• canvass

• tout

• make interest

• court

• seek

• bid for

• (offer)

• publish the banns

• Adj. requesting

• suppliant

• supplicant

• supplicatory

• postulant

• importunate

• clamorous

• urgent

• cap in hand

• on one's knees

• on one's

• bended knees

• on one's marrowbones

• Adv. prithee

• do

• please

• pray

• be so good as

• be good enough

• have

• the goodness

• vouchsafe

• will you

• I pray thee

• if you please

• Int. for God's sake! for heaven's sake! for goodness' sake! for

• mercy's sake!

• dirigenos Domine[Lat]

• would you be so kind

• as to

#766. [Negative request.] Deprecation.-- N. deprecation

• expostulation

• intercession

• mediation

• protest

• remonstrance

• V. deprecate

• protest

• expostulate

• enter a protest

• intercede for;

• remonstrate

• Adj. deprecatory

• intercessory

• deprecated

• protested

• unsought

• unasked

• Int. cry you mercy! God forbid! forbid it Heaven! Heaven forefend

• Heaven forbid! far be it from! hands off!

• please

• don't

#767. Petitioner.-- N. petitioner

• solicitor

• applicant

• suppliant

• supplicant

• suitor

• candidate

• claimant

• postulant

• aspirant

• competitor

• bidder

• place hunter

• pot hunter

• seeker

• beggar

• mendicant

• moocher

• panhandler

• freeloader

• sponger

• sturdy beggar

• cadger

• hotel runner

• runner

• steerer [U.S.]

• tout

• [poor person] pauper

• homeless person

• hobo

• bum

• tramp

• bindle stiff

• bo

• knight of the road (poverty) 80

• hippie

• flower child

• hard core

• unemployed

• welfare client

• welfare case

• canvasser

• bagman

• salesman

#768. Promise.-- N. promise

• undertaking

• word

• troth

• plight

• pledge

• parole

• word of honor

• vow

• oath

• profession

• assurance

• warranty

• guarantee

• insurance

• obligation

• contract

• stipulation

• engagement

• preengagement

• affiance

• betroth

• betrothal

• betrothment

• V. promise

• give a promise

• undertake

• engage

• make an

• engagement

• form an engagement

• enter into an engagement

• enter on an

• engagement

• bind oneself

• tie oneself

• pledge oneself

• commit oneself

• take

• upon oneself

• vow

• swear

• give one's word

• pass one's

• word

• pledge one's word

• plight one's word

• give one's honor

• pass one's

• honor

• pledge one's honor

• plight one's honor

• give credit

• pass credit

• pledge credit

• plight credit

• give troth

• pass troth

• pledge troth

• plight

• troth

• betroth

• plight faith

• assure

• warrant

• guarantee

• covenant

• attest

• witness) 467

• hold out an expectation

• contract an obligation

• become bound to

• become sponsor for

• answer for

• be answerable for

• secure

• give security

• underwrite

• adjure

• administer an oath

• put to one's oath

• swear a witness

• Adj. promising

• promissory

• votive

• under hand and seal

• upon

• oath

• promised

• affianced

• pledged

• bound

• committed

• compromised

• in

• for it

• Adv. as one's head shall answer for

• Phr. in for a penny in for a pound

• ex voto[Lat]

• gage d'amour

#768a. Release from engagement.-- N. release

• Adj. absolute

• unconditional

#769. Compact.-- N. compact

• contract

• agreement

• bargain;

• pact

• bond

• covenant

• indenture;

• deal

• stipulation

• settlement

• convention

• compromise

• cartel

• Protocol

• treaty

• concordat

• Zollverein[Ger]

• Sonderbund[Ger]

• charter

• Magna Charta[Lat]

• Progmatic Sanction

• customs union

• free trade

• region

• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

• GATT

• most favored nation

• status

• negotiation

• diplomacy

• negotiator

• ratification

• completion

• signature

• seal

• sigil[Lat]

• signet

• V. contract

• covenant

• agree for

• engage

• treat

• negotiate

• stipulate

• make terms

• bargain

• make a bargain

• strike a bargain

• come to terms

• come to an

• understanding

• compromise

• set at rest

• close

• close with;

• conclude

• complete

• settle

• confirm

• ratify

• clench

• subscribe

• underwrite;

• endorse

• indorse

• put the seal to

• sign

• seal

• indent

• take one at one's word

• bargain by inch of candle

• Adj. agreed

• conventional

• under hand and seal

• Phr. caveat emptor

#770. Conditions.-- N. conditions

• terms

• articles

• articles of

• agreement

• memorandum

• clauses

• provisions

• proviso

• covenant

• stipulation

• obligation

• ultimatum

• sine qua non

• casus foederris[Lat]

• V. make terms

• come to terms

• make it a condition

• stipulate

• insist upon

• make a point of

• bind

• tie up

• Adj. conditional

• provisional

• guarded

• fenced

• hedged in

• Adv. conditionally

• provisionally

• pro re

• nata[Lat]

• on condition

• with a string to it

#771. Security.-- N. security

• guaranty

• guarantee

• gage

• warranty

• bond

• tie

• pledge

• plight

• mortgage

• collateral

• debenture

• hypothecation

• bill of sale

• lien

• pawn

• real security

• stake

• deposit

• earnest

• handsel

• caution

• promissory note

• bill

• bill of exchange

• I.O.U

• personal security

• covenant

• specialty

• parole

• acceptance

• signature

• execution

• stamp

• seal

• sponsor

• cosponsor

• sponsorship

• surety

• bail;

• hostage

• godchild

• godfather

• godmother

• recognizance

• deed of indemnity

• covenant of indemnity

• authentication

• verification

• warrant

• certificate

• voucher

• docket

• record

• probate

• attested copy

• receipt

• acquittance

• quittance

• discharge

• release

• title deed

• instrument

• deed

• deed poll

• assurance

• indenture

• charter

• charter poll

• paper

• parchment

• settlement

• will

• testament

• last will and testament

• codicil

• V. give security

• give bail

• give substantial bail

• go bail

• pawn

• spout

• mortgage

• hypothecate

• guarantee

• warrant

• warrantee

• assure

• accept

• indorse

• underwrite

• insure;cosign

• countersign

• sponsor

• cosponsor

• execute

• stamp

• sign

• seal

• let

• grant a lease

• take a lease

• hold a lease

• hold in

• pledge

• lend on security

• Phr. bonis avibus[Lat]

• "gone where the woodbine twineth"

#772. Observance.-- N. observance

• performance

• compliance

• acquiescence

• concurrence

• obedience

• fulfillment

• satisfaction

• discharge

• acquittance

• acquittal

• adhesion

• acknowledgment

• fidelity

• exact

• observance

• V. observe

• comply with

• respect

• acknowledge

• abide by

• cling to

• adhere to

• be faithful to

• act up to

• meet

• fulfill

• carry out

• carry into

• execution

• execute

• perform

• keep

• satisfy

• discharge

• do one's office

• perform an obligation

• fulfill an obligation

• discharge an obligation

• acquit oneself of an obligation

• make good

• make good one's word

• make good

• one's promise

• keep one's word

• keep one's promise

• redeem one's pledge;

• keep faith with

• stand to one's engagement

• Adj. observant

• faithful

• true

• loyal

• honorable

• true as the

• dial to the sun

• true as the needle to the pole

• punctual

• punctilious;

• literal

• as good as one's word

• Adv. faithfully

• Phr. ignoscito saepe alteri nunquam tibi[Lat]

• tempori parendum[Lat];

• "to God

• thy country

• and thy friend be true" [Vaughan]