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#919. Revenge. -- N. revenge

• vengeance;

• avengeance|

• sweet revenge

• vendetta

• death feud

• blood

• for blood retaliation

• day of reckoning

• rancor

• vindictiveness

• implacability

• malevolence

• ruthlessness

• avenger

• vindicator

• Nemesis

• Eumenides

• V. revenge

• avenge

• vindicate

• take one's revenge

• have one's revenge;

• breathe revenge

• breathe vengeance

• wreak one's vengeance

• wreak one's

• anger

• have accounts to settle

• have a crow to pluck

• have a bone to pick

• have a rod in pickle

• keep the wound green

• harbor revenge

• harbor vindictive feeling

• bear

• malice

• rankle

• rankle in the breast

• Adj. revengeful

• vengeful

• vindictive

• rancorous

• pitiless

• ruthless

• rigorous

• avenging

• unforgiving

• unrelenting

• inexorable

• stony-hearted

• implacable;

• relentless

• remorseless

• aeternum servans sub pectore vulnus[Lat]

• rankling

• immitigable

• Phr. manet ciratrix[Lat]

• dies

• irae dies illa[Lat]

• "in high vengeance there is noble scorn" [G. Eliot];

• inhumanum verbum est ultio [Lat][Seneca]

• malevolus animus abditos dentes

• "now infidel I have thee on the hip" [Merchant

• of Venice]

#920. Jealousy.-- N. jealousy,jealousness

• jaundiced eye

• envious

• suspicion

• suspicion

• "green-eyed monster" [Othello]

• yellows

• Juno

• V. be jealous

• view with jealousy

• view with a jealous eye

• Adj. jealous

• jaundiced

• yellow-

• eyed

• envious

• hornmad

#921. Envy. -- N. envy

• enviousness

• rivalry

• jalousie de

• illwill

• spite

• V. envy

• covet

• burst with envy

• Adj. envious

• invidious

• covetous

• alieni appetens[Lat]

• Phr. "base envy withers at another's joy" [Thomson]

• caeca invidia

• est [Lat][Livy]

• multa petentibus desunt multa [Lat][Horace]

• summa petit

• livor [Lat][Ovid]

#922. Right. -- N. right

• what ought to be

• what should be

• fitness

• summum jus[Lat]

• justice

• equity

• equitableness

• propriety

• fair play

• impartiality

• measure for measure

• give and take

• lex talionis[Lat]

• Nemesis

• Themis

• scales of justice

• evenhanded justice

• karma

• suum cuique[Lat]

• clear

• stage

• fair field and no favor

• level playing field

• morals

• law

• honor

• virtue

• V. be right

• stand to reason

• see justice done

• see one righted

• see fair play

• do justice to;

• recompense

• bold the scales even

• give and take

• serve one

• right

• put the saddle on the right horse

• give every one his due

• give the

• devil his due

• audire alteram partem[Lat]

• deserve

• Adj. right

• good

• just

• reasonable

• fit

• equal

• equable

• evenhanded

• fair

• legitimate

• justifiable

• rightful

• as it should be

• as it ought to be;

• lawful

• (legal) 963

• deserved

• Adv. rightly

• in justice

• in equity

• in reason

• without distinction of persons

• without regard to persons

• without

• respect to persons

• upon even terms

• Int. all right! fair's fair

• "in equal scale weighing delight and dole"

• [Hamlet]

• justitia cuum cuique distribuit [Lat][Cicero]

• justitiae soror

• incorrupta fides[Lat]

• justitia virtutem regina[Lat]

• "thrice is he armed

• that hath his quarrel just" [Henry VI]

#923. Wrong. -- N. wrong

• what ought not to be

• what should not be;

• malum in se[Lat]

• unreasonableness

• grievance

• shame

• injustice

• tort [Law]

• unfairness

• iniquity

• foul play

• partiality

• leaning

• bias

• favor

• favoritism

• nepotism

• party spirit

• partisanship

• bigotry

• undueness

• wrongdoing (vice) 9

• unlawfulness

• robbing Peter to pay Paul

• the wolf and the lamb

• vice

• "a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet]

• V. be wrong

• cry to heaven for vengeance

• do wrong

• be inequitable

• favor

• lean towards;

• encroach upon

• impose upon

• reap where one has not sown

• give an inch and

• take an ell

• give an inch and take an mile

• rob Peter to pay Paul

• Adj. wrong

• wrongful

• bad

• too bad

• unjust

• unfair

• inequitable

• unequal

• partial

• one-sided

• injurious

• tortious[Law]

• objectionable

• unreasonable

• unallowable

• unwarrantable

• unjustifiable

• improper

• unfit

• unjustified

• illegal

• iniquitous

• immoral

• in the wrong

• in the wrong box

• Adv. wrongly

• Phr. it will not do

#924. Dueness. -- N. due

• dueness

• right

• privilege

• prerogative

• prescription

• title

• claim

• pretension

• demand

• birthright. immunity

• license

• liberty

• franchise

• vested interest

• vested right

• sanction

• authority

• warranty

• charter

• warrant

• constitution

• tenure

• bond

• claimant

• appellant

• plaintiff

• V. be due

• be the due

• have right to

• have

• title to

• have claim to

• be entitled to

• have a claim upon

• belong to

• (property) 780

• deserve

• merit

• be worthy of

• richly deserve

• demand

• claim

• call upon for

• come upon for

• appeal to for;

• reclaim

• exact

• insist on

• insist upon

• challenge

• take

• one's stand

• make a point of

• require

• lay claim to

• assert

• assume

• arrogate

• make good

• substantiate

• vindicate a claim

• vindicate a right;

• fit for

• qualify for

• make out a case

• give a right

• confer a right

• entitle

• authorize

• sanctify

• legalize

• ordain

• prescribe

• allot

• give every one his due

• pay one's dues

• have one's due

• have

• one's rights

• use a right

• assert

• enforce

• put in force

• lay under contribution

• Adj. having a right to

• entitled to

• claiming

• deserving

• meriting

• worthy of

• privileged

• allowed

• sanctioned

• warranted

• authorized

• ordained

• prescribed

• constitutional

• chartered

• enfranchised. prescriptive

• presumptive

• absolute

• indefeasible

• unalienable

• inalienable;

• inviolable

• unimpeachable

• unchallenged

• sacrosanct

• due to

• merited

• deserved

• condign

• richly deserved

• allowable

• lawful

• licit

• legitimate

• legal;

• legalized

• square

• unexceptionable

• right

• equitable

• due

• en r

• gle

• fit

• fitting

• correct

• proper

• meet

• befitting

• becoming

• seemly

• decorous;

• creditable

• up to the mark

• right as a trivet

• just the thing

• quite the

• thing

• selon les r

• Adv. duly

• ex officio

• de jure[Lat]

• by right

• by divine right

• jure

• divino[Lat]

• Dei gratia[Lat]

• in the name of

• Phr. civis Romanus sum [Lat][Cicero]

#925. [Absence of right.] Undueness. -- N. undueness

• malum

• prohibitum[Lat]

• impropriety

• illegality

• falseness

• emptiness of title

• invalidity of title;

• illegitimacy

• loss of right

• disfranchisement

• forfeiture

• usurpation

• tort

• violation

• breach

• encroachment

• presumption

• assumption

• seizure

• stretch

• exaction

• imposition

• lion's share

• usurper

• pretender

• V. be undue

• not be due

• infringe

• encroach

• trench on

• exact

• arrogate

• arrogate to oneself;

• give an inch and take an ell

• stretch a point

• strain a point

• usurp

• violate

• do violence to

• disfranchise

• disentitle

• disqualify

• invalidate

• relax

• misbehave

• Adj. undue

• unlawful

• unconstitutional

• illicit;

• unauthorized

• unwarranted

• disallowed

• unsanctioned

• unjustified

• disentitled

• unqualified

• disqualified;

• unprivileged

• unchartered

• illegitimate

• bastard

• spurious

• supposititious

• false

• usurped

• tortious [Law]

• undeserved

• unmerited

• unearned

• unfulfilled

• forfeited

• disfranchised

• improper

• unmeet

• unfit

• unbefitting

• unseemly

• unbecoming

• contra bonos mores[Lat]

• not the thing

• out of the question

• not to be thought of

• preposterous

• pretentious

• would-be

• Phr. filius nullius

#926. Duty. -- N. duty

• what ought to be done

• moral obligation

• liability

• onus

• responsibility

• bounden duty

• imperative duty

• call

• call of duty

• accountability

• allegiance

• fealty

• tie engagement

• part

• function

• calling

• morality

• morals

• decalogue

• case of conscience

• conscientiousness

• conscience

• inward monitor

• still small voice within

• sense of duty

• tender conscience

• superego

• the hell within [P. L.]

• dueness

• propriety

• fitness

• seemliness

• amenability

• decorum

•  

• the thing

• the proper thing

• the right thing to do

• the

• proper thing to do

• [Science of morals] ethics

• ethology

• moral philosophy

• ethical philosophy

• casuistry

• polity

• observance

• fulfillment

• discharge

• performance

• acquittal

• satisfaction

• redemption

• good behavior

• V. be the duty of

• be incumbent

• be responsible

• behoove

• become

• befit

• beseem

• belong to

• pertain to

• fall to one's lot;

• devolve on

• lie upon

• lie on one's head

• lie at one's door

• rest with

• rest

• on the shoulders of. take upon oneself

• be bound to

• become bound to

• be sponsor for

• become sponsor for

• incur a responsibility

• be under an obligation

• stand under an obligation

• lie under an

• obligation

• have to answer for

• owe to it oneself

• impose a duty

• enjoin

• require

• exact

• bind

• bind over

• saddle

• with

• prescribe

• assign

• call upon

• look to

• oblige

• enter upon a duty

• perform a duty

• observe a duty

• fulfill a duty

• discharge a duty

• adhere to a duty

• acquit oneself of a duty

• satisfy a

• duty

• enter upon an obligation

• perform an obligation

• observe an

• obligation

• fulfill an obligation

• discharge an obligation

• adhere to an

• obligation

• acquit oneself of an obligation

• satisfy an obligation

• act

• one's part

• redeem one's pledge

• do justice to

• be at one's post

• do duty;

• do one's duty

• be on one's good behavior

• mind one's P's and Q's

• Adj. obligatory

• binding

• imperative

• peremptory

• stringent

• (severe) 7

• behooving

• incumbent on

• chargeable on

• under

• obligation

• obliged by

• bound by

• tied by

• saddled with

• due to

• beholden to

• bound to

• indebted to

• tied down

• compromised

• (promised) 76

• in duty bound

• amenable

• liable

• accountable

• responsible

• answerable

• right

• meet

• moral

• ethical

• casuistical

• conscientious

• ethological

• Adv. with a safe conscience

• as in duty

• bound

• on one's own

• responsibility

• at one's own risk

• suo periculo[Lat]

• in foro

• conscientiae[Lat]

• quamdiu se bene gesserit[Lat]

• Phr. dura lex sed lex[Lat]

• dulce et decorum est pro patria mori[Lat];

• honos habet onus[Lat]

• leve fit quod bene fertur onus [Lat][Ovid]

• loyaute

• "simple duty bath no place for fear" [Whittier]

• "stern

• daughter of the voice of God" [Wordsworth]

• "there is a higher law than

• the Constitution" [Wm. Seward]

#927. Dereliction of Duty. -- N. dereliction of duty

• fault

• (guilt) 9

• sin

• non-observance

• non-performance

• neglect

• relaxation

• infraction

• violation

• transgression

• failure

• evasion

• dead

• letter

• V. violate

• break

• break through

• infringe

• set aside

• set at naught;

• encroach upon

• trench upon

• trample on

• trample under foot

• slight

• neglect

• evade

• renounce

• forswear

• repudiate

• wash one's hands of

• escape

• transgress

• fail

• call to account

#927a. Exemption. -- N. exemption

• freedom

• irresponsibility

• immunity

• liberty

• license

• release

• exoneration

• excuse

• dispensation

• absolution

• franchise

• renunciation

• discharge

• exculpation

• V. be exempt

• exempt

• release

• acquit

• discharge

• quitclaim

• remise

• remit

• free

• set at liberty

• let off

• pass over

• spare

• excuse

• dispense with

• give

• dispensation

• license

• stretch a point

• absolve

• exonerate

• save the necessity

• Adj. exempt

• free

• immune

• at liberty

• scot-free

• released

• unbound

• unencumbered

• irresponsible

• unaccountable

• not answerable;

• excusable

• Phr. bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis [Lat][Syrus]

• 2. Moral Sentiments

#928. Respect. -- N. respect

• regard

• consideration

• courtesy

• attention

• deference

• reverence

• honor

• esteem

• estimation

• veneration

• admiration

• approbation

• homage

• fealty

• obeisance

• genuflection

• kneeling prostration;

• obsequiousness

• salaam

• kowtow

• bow

• presenting arms

• salute

• respects

• regards

• duty

• devoirs

• egards

• devotion

• V. respect

• regard

• revere

• reverence

• hold in reverence

• honor

• venerate

• hallow

• esteem

• think much of

• entertain

• respect for

• bear respect for

• look up to

• defer to

• have a high opinion

• of

• hold a high opinion of

• pay attention

• pay respect

• do honor

• to

• render honor to

• do the honors

• hail

• show courtesy

• salute

• present arms

• do homage to

• pay homage to

• pay tribute to

• kneel to

• bow

• to

• bend the knee to

• fall down before

• prostrate oneself

• kiss the hem of

• one's garment

• worship

• keep one's distance

• make room

• observe due decorum

• stand upon

• ceremony

• command respect

• inspire respect

• awe

• inspire awe

• impose

• overawe

• dazzle

• Adj. respecting

• respectful

• deferential

• decorous

• reverential

• obsequious

• ceremonious

• bareheaded

• cap in hand

• on one's knees

• prostrate

• respected

• in high esteem

• in high estimation

• time-honored

• venerable

• emeritus

• Adv. in deference to

• with all respect

• with all due respect

• with

• due respect

• with the highest respect

• with submission

• saving your grace

• saving your presence

• salva sit reverentia[Lat];

• pace tanti nominis[Lat]

• Int. hail! all hail! esto perpetua[Lat]! may your shadow never be

• less!

• Phr. "and pluck up drowned honor by the locks" [Henry IV]

• "his honor

• rooted in dishonor stood" [Tennyson]

• "honor pricks me on" [Henry IV]