Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

This HTML version by Andrew Ritz, Langtech.
A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z 

CLASS V DIVISION II SECTION I. GENERAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION


737. Authority -- N. authority; influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction; right &c (title) 924; direction &c 693; government &c 737.1.

737a. Government -- N. government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority; authority &c 737; master &c 745; direction &c 693.

737b. Politics [contention for governmental authority or influence]. -- N. politics; political science; candidacy, campaign, campaigning, electioneering; partisanship, ideology, factionalism.

738. [Absence of authority] Laxity -- N. laxity; laxness, looseness, slackness; toleration &c (lenity) 740; freedom &c 748.

739. Severity -- N. severity; strictness, harshness &c adj.; rigor, stringency, austerity; inclemency &c (pitilessness) 914.1; arrogance &c 885; precisianism † .

740. Lenity -- N. lenity, lenience, leniency; moderation &c 174; tolerance, toleration; mildness, gentleness; favor, indulgence, indulgency † ; clemency, mercy, forbearance, quarter; compassion &c 914.

741. Command -- N. command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm † , bidding, dictum, hest † , behest, call, beck, nod.

742. Disobedience -- N. disobedience, insubordination, contumacy; infraction, infringement; violation, noncompliance; nonobservance &c 773.

743. Obedience -- N. obedience; observance &c 772; compliance; submission &c 725; subjection &c 749; nonresistance; passiveness, resignation.

744. Compulsion -- N. compulsion, coercion, coaction † , constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription.

745. Master -- N. master, padrone; lord, lord paramount; commander, commandant; captain; chief, chieftain; sirdar † , sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator; leader &c (director) 694; boss, cockarouse † , sagamore, werowance † .

746. Servant -- N. subject, liegeman † ; servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache; official.

747. [Insignia of authority.] Scepter -- N. scepter, regalia, caduceus; Mercury's rod, Mercury's staff, Mercury's wand; rod of empire, mace, fasces † , wand; staff, staff of office; baton, truncheon; flag &c (insignia) 550; ensign of authority, emblem of authority, badge of authority, insignia of authority.

748. Freedom -- N. freedom, liberty, independence; license &c (permission) 760; facility &c 705.

749. Subjection -- N. subjection; dependence, dependency; subordination; thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom; feudalism, feudality † ; vassalage, villenage; slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude; conquest.

750. Liberation -- N. liberation, disengagement, release, enlargement, emancipation; disenthrallment † , disenthralment † ; affranchisement † , enfranchisement; manumission; discharge, dismissal.

751. Restraint -- N. restraint; hindrance &c 706; coercion &c (compulsion) 744; cohibition † , constraint, repression, suppression; discipline, control.

752. [Means of restraint.] Prison -- N. prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell † , house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon † , penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold; round house, watch house, station house, sponging house; station; house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound; inclosure &c 232; isolation (exclusion) 893; penal settlement, penal colony; bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod [Lat.] ; calaboose, chauki † , choky † , thana † ; workhouse [U.S.] .

753. Keeper -- N. keeper, custodian, custos [Lat.] , ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan † , guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar † , durwan † , hayward † ; sentry, sentinel; watch and ward; concierge, coast guard, guarda costa [Sp.] , game keeper.

754. Prisoner -- N. prisoner, prisoner of war, POW, captive, inmate, detainee, hostage, abductee † , detenu [Fr.] , close prisoner.

755. [Vicarious authority.] Commission -- N. commission, delegation; consignment, assignment; procuration † ; deputation, legation, mission, embassy; agency, agentship † ; power of attorney; clerkship; surrogacy.

756. Abrogation -- N. abrogation, annulment, nullification, recision; vacatur [Lat.] ; canceling &c v.; cancel; revocation, revokement † ; repeal, rescission, defeasance.

757. Resignation -- N. resignation, retirement, abdication, renunciation, abjuration; abandonment, relinquishment.

758. Consignee -- N. consignee, trustee, nominee, committee.

759. Deputy -- N. deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli † , delegate, representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary.