Thesaurus of English words and phrases : classified and arranged so as to facilitate the expression of ideas and assist in literary composition / by Peter Mark Roget ; enlarged and improved, partly from the author's notes, and with a full index, by John Lewis Roget.

Peter Mark Roget

Date:: 1894

Credit: Thesaurus of English words and phrases : classified and arranged so as to facilitate the expression of ideas and assist in literary composition / by Peter Mark Roget ; enlarged and improved, partly from the author's notes, and with a full index, by John Lewis Roget. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$un-deserved, -merited, -earned; un- fulfilled. forfeited, disfranchised, improper; un-meet, -fit, -befitting, -seemly ; un-, mis-becoming; sepmless ; contra bonos mores; not the thing, out of the question, not to be thought of; preposterous, pretentious, would-be. use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under contribution. Adj. having a right to &c. v.; en- titled to ; ■ claiming; deserving, merit- ing, worthy of. privileged, allowed, sanctioned, war- ranted, authorized; ordained,prescribed, constitutional, chartered, eufiauchised. prescriptive, presumptive; absolute, indefeasible; un-, in-alienable; impre- scriptible, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged; sacrosanct. due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved. allowable &c. {permitted) 760; lawful, licit, legitimate, legal; legalized &c. (Imo) 963. square, unexceptionable, right; equitable &c. 922; due, en rigle; fit, -ting ; correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly ; decorous ; creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet; just -, quite- the thing ; selon les regies. Adv. duly, ex officio, dejure ; by-right, - divine right; juredivino, Dei gratia, in the name of. Phr. civis Romanus sum. 926. Duty.—TSt. duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation, account- ableness, liability, onus, responsibility; bounden -, imperative- duty ; call, - of duty. allegiance, fealty, tie ; engagement &c. {promise) 768; part; function, calling, &c. (business) 625. morality, morals, decalogue; case of conscience ; conscientiousness &c. {p7'o- bity) 939; conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience. dueness &c. 924; propriety, fitness, seemliness, decorum, to TrpeVov; the -thing, - proper thing; the -right, - proper- thing to do. [Science of morals] Eth-ics, -ology ; Deon-, Are-tology; Moral -, Ethical- Philosophy ; Casuistry, Polity. observance, fulfilment, discharge, per- formance, acquittal, satisfaction, redemp- tion ; good behaviour. V. be -the d*uty of, - incumbent &c. adj. on, - responsible &c. adj.; behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong -, per- tain- to ; fall to one's lot; devolve on ; lie -upon, - on one's head, - at one's door ; rest -with, - on the shoulders of. take upon oneself Sec. {promise) 768 ; be -, become- -bound to, - sponsor for ; incur a -responsibility kc. n.; be -, stand -, lie- under an obligation ; have to answer for, owe it to oneself. 927. Dereliction of Duty.— KT. dereliction of duty; fault &c. {guilt) 947; sin &c. {vice) 945 ; non-observance, -performance; neglect, relaxation, in- fraction, violation, transgression, failure, evasion; dead letter. V. violate; break, - through; in- fringe ; set -aside, - at naught; trample -on, - under foot; slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate; wash one's hands of; escape, transgress, fail. call to account &c. {disapjn'obation) 932. 927a. Exemption.—xr. exemp- tion, freedom, irresponsibility, immu- nity, liberty, licence, release, exonera- tion, excuse, dispensation, absolution, franchise, renunciation, discharge; ex- culpation &c. 970. V. be -exempt »S:c. adj. exempt, release, acquit, discharge,qiiii/- claim, remise, remit; free, set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license ; stretch a point; absolve &c. {forgive) 918; exonerate &c. {excul2Jate) 970 ; save the necessity. Adj. exempt, free, at liberty, scot free; released &c. v.; unbound, unen- cumbered ; irresponsible, unaccountable, not answerable; excusable.$