Classes Sentient and Moral Powers Moral Affections
Moral Affections
Nouns
right
what ought to be, what should be
fitness etc. adj.
equity
equitableness etc. adj.
propriety
fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, Nemesis, Themis. scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma
clear stage, fair field and no favor, level playing field. morals etc. (duty) Duty
law etc. Legality
honor etc. (probity) Probity
virtue etc. Virtue .
Verbs
be right etc. adj.
stand to reason. see justice done, see one righted, see fair play
do justice to
recompense etc. (reward) Reward
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
Adjectives
right, good
just, reasonable
fit etc. Dueness
equal, equable, equatable
evenhanded, fair. legitimate, justifiable, rightful
as it should be, as it ought to be
lawful etc. (permitted) Permission , (legal) Legality . deserved etc. Dueness .
Adverbs
rightly etc. adj.
in justice, in equity, in reason. without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons
upon even terms.
Phrases
in equal scale weighing delight and dole" [Hamlet]
thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just" [Henry VI] .
Nouns
wrong
what ought not to be, what should not be
unreasonableness, grievance
shame. injustice
tort [Law]
unfairness etc. adj.
iniquity, foul play. partiality, leaning, bias
favor, favoritism
nepotism, party spirit, partisanship
bigotry. undueness etc. [Absence of right.] Undueness
wrongdoing (vice) Vice
unlawfulness etc. [Absence or violation of law.] Illegalityetc. v.
the wolf and the lamb
vice etc. Vice . a custom more honored in the breach than the a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet] .
Verbs
be wrong etc. adj.
cry to heaven for vengeance. do wrong etc. n.
be inequitable etc. adj.
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.
Adjectives
wrong, wrongful
bad, too bad
unjust, unfair
inequitable, unequitable
unequal, partial, one-sided
injurious, tortious [Law] . objectionable
unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable
improper, unfit
unjustified etc. [Absence of right.] Undueness
illegal etc. [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality
iniquitous
immoral etc. Vice . in the wrong, in the wrong box.
Nouns
due, dueness
right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright. immunity, license, liberty, franchise
vested interest, vested right. sanction, authority, warranty, charter
warrant etc. (permission) Permission
constitution etc. (law) Legality
tenure
bond etc. (security) Security . claimant, appellant
plaintiff etc. Accusation .
Verbs
be due etc. adj. . to, be the due etc. n.. of
have right to, have title to, have claim to
be entitled to
have a claim upon
belong to etc. (property) Property . deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve. demand, claim
call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for
revendicate, 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 etc. Permission
sanctify, legalize, ordain, prescribe, allot. give every one his due etc. Right
pay one's dues
have one's due, have one's rights. use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under contribution.
Adjectives
having a right to etc. v.
entitled to
claiming
deserving, meriting, worthy of. privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized
ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised. prescriptive, presumptive
absolute, indefeasible
unalienable, inalienable
imprescriptible, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged
sacrosanct. due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved. allowable etc. (permitted) Permission
lawful, licit, legitimate, legal
legalized etc. (law) Legality . square, unexceptionable, right
equitable etc. Right
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
Adverbs
duly, ex officio
by right, by divine right
in the name of.
Nouns
undueness etc. adj.
impropriety
illegality etc. [Absence or violation of law.] Illegalityetc. adj.
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.
Verbs
be undue etc. adj.
not be due etc. Dueness . 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 etc. (be lax) [Absence of authority] Laxity
misbehave etc. (vice) Vice
misbecome.
Adjectives
undue
unlawful etc. (illegal) [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality
unconstitutional
illicit
unauthorized, unwarranted, disallowed, unallowed, unsanctioned, unjustified
unentitled, 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, misbecoming
seemless
not the thing, out of the question, not to be thought of
preposterous, pretentious, would-be.
Nouns
duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation, accountableness, liability, onus, responsibility
bounden duty, imperative duty
call, call of duty
accountability. allegiance, fealty, tie engagement etc. (promise) Promise
part
function, calling etc. (business) Business . morality, morals, decalogue
case of conscience
conscientiousness etc. (probity) Probity
conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience, superego
the hell within [Paradise Lost] . dueness etc. Dueness
propriety, fitness, seemliness, amenability, decorum, to prepon
the thing, the proper thing
the right thing to do, the proper thing to do. [Science of morals] ethics, ethology.
deontology, aretology
moral philosophy, ethical philosophy
casuistry, polity. observance, fulfillment, discharge, performance, acquittal, satisfaction, redemption
good behavior.
Verbs
be the duty of
be incumbent etc. adj. . on, be responsible etc. adj.
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 etc. (promise) Promise
be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for
incur a responsibility etc. n.
be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation
have to answer for, owe to it oneself. impose a duty, c. n.
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 etc. (be virtuous) Virtue . be on one's good behavior, mind one's P's and Q's.
Adjectives
obligatory, binding
imperative, peremptory
stringent etc. (severe) Severity
behooving etc. v.
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 etc. (promised) Promise
in duty bound. amenable, liable, accountable, responsible, answerable. right, meet etc. (due) Dueness
moral, ethical, casuistical, conscientious, ethological.
Adverbs
with a safe conscience, as in duty, bound, on one's own responsibility, at one's own risk
Phrases
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] .
Nouns
dereliction of duty
fault etc. (guilt) Guilt
sin etc. (vice) Vice
non-observance, non-performance
neglect, relaxation, infraction, violation, transgression, failure, evasion
dead letter.
Verbs
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 etc. (disapprobation) Disapprobation .
Nouns
exemption, freedom, irresponsibility, immunity, liberty, license, release, exoneration, excuse, dispensation, absolution, franchise, renunciation, discharge
exculpation etc. Acquittal .
Verbs
be exempt etc. adj. . 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 etc. (forgive) Forgiveness
exonerate etc. (exculpate) Acquittal
save the necessity.
Adjectives
exempt, free, immune, at liberty, scot-free
released etc. v.
unbound, unencumbered
irresponsible, unaccountable, not answerable
excusable.
Nouns
respect, regard, consideration
courtesy etc. Courtesy
attention, deference, reverence, honor, esteem, estimation, veneration, admiration
approbation etc. Approbation . homage, fealty, obeisance, genuflection, kneeling prostration
obsequiousness etc. Servility
salaam, kowtow, bow, presenting arms, salute. respects, regards, duty, devoirs, egards. devotion etc. (piety) Piety .
Verbs
respect, regard
revere, reverence
hold in reverence, honor, venerate, hallow
esteem etc. (approve of) Approbation
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 etc. n.. to
do honor to, render honor to
do the honors, hail
show courtesy etc. 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 etc. Worship . keep one's distance, make room, observe due decorum, stand upon ceremony. command respect, inspire respect
awe, inspire awe, impose, overawe, dazzle.
Adjectives
respecting etc. v.
respectful, deferential, decorous, reverential, obsequious, ceremonious, bareheaded, cap in hand, on one's knees
prostrate etc. (servile) Servility . respected etc. v.
in high esteem, in high estimation
time-honored, venerable, emeritus.
Adverbs
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
Int
hail!, all hail!, may your shadow never be less!
Phrases
and pluck up drowned honor by the locks" [Henry IV]
honor pricks me on" [Henry IV] .
Nouns
disrespect, disesteem, disestimation
disparagement etc. (dispraise) Disapprobation , (detraction) Detraction . irreverence
slight, neglect, superciliousness etc. (contempt) Contempt . vilipendency, vilification, contumely, affront, dishonor, insult, indignity, outrage, discourtesy etc. Discourtesy
practical joking
scurrility, scoffing, sibilance, hissing, sibilation
irrision
derision
mockery
irony etc. (ridicule) Ridicule
sarcasm. hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face.
Verbs
hold in disrespect etc. (despise) Contempt
misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve
be disrespectful etc. adj. , be discourteous etc. Discourtesy
treat with disrespect etc. n.
set down, put down, browbeat. dishonor, desecrate
insult, affront, outrage. speak slightingly of
disparage etc. (dispraise) Disapprobation
vilipend, vilify, call names
throw dirt, fling dirt
drag through the mud, point at, indulge in personalities
make mouths, make faces
bite the thumb
take by the beard
pluck by the beard
toss in a blanket, tar and feather. have in derision
hold in derision
deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, snigger, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer
roast, turn into ridicule
burlesque etc. Ridicule
laugh to scorn etc. (contempt) Contempt
smoke
fool
make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of
play a practical joke
lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout
mob.
Adjectives
disrespectful
aweless, irreverent
disparaging etc. Detraction
insulting etc. v.
supercilious, contemptuous, patronizing etc. (scornful) Contempt
rude, derisive, sarcastic
scurrile, scurrilous
contumelious. unrespected, unworshiped, unenvied, unsaluted
unregarded, disregarded.
Adverbs
disrespectfully etc. adj. .
Nouns
contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt
despisal, despiciency
despisement
vilipendency, contumely
slight, sneer, spurn, by-word
despect. contemptuousness etc. adj.
scornful eye
smile of contempt
derision etc. (disrespect) Disrespect . despisedness [State of being despised] .
Verbs
despise, contemn, scorn, disdain, feel contempt for, view with a scornful eye
disregard, slight, not mind
pass by etc. (neglect) Neglect . look down upon
hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect
think nothing of, think small beer of
make light of
underestimate etc. Underestimation
esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account
take no account of, care nothing for
set no store by
not care a straw, sneeze at etc. (unimportance) Unimportance
set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one's fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, damn with faint praise" [Pope]
whistle at, sneer at
curl up one's lip, toss the head
laugh at etc. (be disrespectful) Disrespect . point the finger of scorn, hold up to scorn, laugh to scorn
scout, hoot, flout, hiss, scoff at. turn one's back upon, turn a cold shoulder upon
tread upon, trample upon, trample under foot
spurn, kick
fling to the winds etc. (repudiate) Rejection
send away with a flea in the ear.
Adjectives
contemptuous
disdainful, scornful
withering, contumelious, supercilious, cynical, haughty, bumptious, cavalier
derisive. contemptible, despicable
pitiable
pitiful etc. (unimportant) Unimportance
despised etc. v.
downtrodden
unenvied. unrespectable (unworthy) Disrepute .
Adverbs
contemptuously etc. adj. .
Int
a fig for etc. (unimportant) Unimportance
bah!, never mind!, away with!, hang it!, fiddlededee!
Phrases
a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn" [Paradise Lost]
I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a Roman" [Julius Caesar] .
Nouns
approbation
approval, approvement
sanction, advocacy
nod of approbation
esteem, estimation, good opinion, golden opinions, admiration
love etc. Love
appreciation, regard, account, popularity, kudos, credit
repute etc. Repute
best seller. commendation, praise
laud, laudation
good word
meed of praise, tribute of praise
encomium
eulogy, eulogium
panegyric
homage, hero worship
benediction, blessing, benison. applause, plaudit, clap
clapping, clapping of hands
acclaim, acclamation
cheer
paean, hosannah
shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise etc.
Prytaneum.
Verbs
approve
approbate, think good, think much of, think well of, think highly of
esteem, value, prize
set great store by, set great store on. do justice to, appreciate
honor, hold in esteem, look up to, admire
like etc. Love
be in favor of, wish Godspeed
hail, hail with satisfaction. stand up for, stick up for
uphold, hold up, countenance, sanction
clap on the back, pat on the back
keep in countenance, indorse
give credit, recommend
mark with a white mark, mark with a stone. commend, belaud, praise, laud, compliment
pay a tribute, bepraise
clap the hands
applaud, cheer, acclamate, encore
panegyrize, eulogize, cry up, puff
extol, extol to the skies
magnify, glorify, exalt, swell, make much of
flatter etc. Flattery
bless, give a blessing to
have a good word for, say a good word for
speak well of, speak highly of, speak in high terms of
sing the praises of, sound the praises of, chaunt the praises of
resound the praises of
sing praises to
cheer to the echo, applaud to the echo, applaud to the very echo, cheer to the very echo. redound to the honor, redound to the praise, redound to the credit of
do credit to
deserve praise etc. n.
recommend itself
pass muster. be praised etc.
receive honorable mention
be in favor with, be in high favor with
ring with the praises of, win golden opinions, gain credit, find favor with, stand well in the opinion of
Adjectives
approving etc. v.
in favor of
lost in admiration. commendatory, complimentary, benedictory, laudatory, panegyrical, eulogistic, encomiastic, lavish of praise, uncritical. approved, praised etc. v.
uncensured, unimpeached
popular, in good odor
in high esteem etc. (respected) Respect
in favor, in high favor. deserving of praise, worthy of praise etc. n.
praiseworthy, commendable, of estimation
good etc. [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness
meritorious, estimable, creditable, plausible, unimpeachable
beyond all praise.
Adverbs
with credit, to admiration
well etc. Good
with three times three.
Int
hear hear!, bully for you! [Slang] , well done!, bravo!, bravissimo!, so far so good, that's right, quite right
optime! , one cheer more
may your shadow never be less!, long life to!, viva!, enviva! , Godspeed!, encore!, bis!
Phrases
servant of God, well done! " [Paradise Lost] .
Nouns
disapprobation, disapproval
improbation
disesteem, disvaluation, displacency
odium
dislike etc. Dislike . dispraise, discommendation
blame, censure, obloquy
detraction etc. Detraction
disparagement, depreciation
denunciation
condemnation etc. Condemnation
ostracism
black list. animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection, exception, criticism
sardonic grin, sardonic laugh
sarcasm, insinuation, innuendo
bad compliment, poor compliment, left-handed compliment. satire
sneer etc. (contempt) Contempt
taunt etc. (disrespect) Disrespect
cavil, carping, censoriousness
hypercriticism etc. (fastidiousness) Fastidiousness . reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach
rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming
correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, rebuff
slap, slap on the face
home thrust, hit
frown, scowl, black look. diatribe
jeremiad, jeremiade
tirade, philippic. clamor, outcry, hue and cry
hiss, hissing
sibilance, sibilation, catcall
execration etc. Malediction . chiding, upbraiding etc. v.
exprobation, abuse, vituperation, invective, objurgation, contumely
hard words, cutting words, bitter words. evil-speaking
bad language etc. Malediction
personality.
Verbs
disapprove
dislike etc. Dislike
lament etc. [Expression of pain.] Lamentation
object to, take exception to
be scandalized at, think ill of
view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes
disvalue
improbate. frown upon, look grave
bend the brows, knit the brows
shake the head at, shrug the shoulders
turn up the nose etc. (contempt) Contempt
look askance, look black upon
look with an evil eye
make a wry face, make a wry mouth at
set one's face against. dispraise, discommend, disparage
deprecate, speak ill of, not speak well of
condemn etc. (find guilty) Condemnation . blame
lay blame upon, cast blame upon
censure, reproach, pass censure on, reprobate, impugn. remonstrate, expostulate, recriminate. reprehend, chide, admonish
berate, betongue
bring to account, call to account, call over the coals, rake over the coals, call to order
take to task, reprove, lecture, bring to book
read a lesson, read a lecture to
rebuke, correct. reprimand, chastise, castigate, lash, blow up, trounce, trim, overhaul
give it one, give it one finely
gibbet. accuse etc. Accusation
impeach, denounce
hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration
expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize
show up, pull up, take up
cry 'shame' upon
" be outspoken
raise a hue and cry against. execrate etc. Malediction
exprobate, speak daggers, vituperate
abuse, abuse like a pickpocket
scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of
jaw
rail, rail at, rail in good set terms
bark at
anathematize, call names
call by hard names, call by ugly names
avile, revile
vilify, vilipend
bespatter
backbite
clapperclaw
rave against, thunder against, fulminate against
load with reproaches. exclaim against, protest against, inveigh against, declaim against, cry out against, raise one's voice against. decry
cry down, run down, frown down
clamor, hiss, hoot, mob, ostracize, blacklist
draw up a round robin, sign a round robin. animadvert upon, reflect upon
glance at
cast reflection, cast reproach, cast a slur upon
insinuate, damn with faint praise
hint a fault and hesitate dislike
" not to be able to say much for. scoff at, point at
twit, taunt etc. (disrespect) Disrespect
sneer at etc. (despise) Outline
satirize, lampoon
defame etc. (detract) Detraction
depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up
pull to pieces, pick to pieces
take exception
cavil
peck at, nibble at, carp at
be censorious etc. adj.
pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat
make a fuss about. take down, take down a peg, set down
snub, snap one up, give a rap on the knuckles
throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden
have a fling, have a snap at
have words with, pluck a crow with
give one a wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue. incur blame, excite disapprobation, scandalize, shock, revolt
get a bad name, forfeit one's good opinion, be under a cloud, come under the ferule, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears. take blame, stand corrected
have to answer for.
Adjectives
disapproving etc. v.
scandalized. disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory, denunciatory, reproachful, abusive, objurgatory, clamorous, vituperative
defamatory etc. Detraction . satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp, cutting, biting, severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon
censorious, critical, captious, carping, hypercritical
fastidious etc. Fastidiousness
sparing of praise, grudging praise. disapproved, chid etc. v.
in bad odor, blown upon, unapproved
unblest
at a discount, exploded
weighed in the balance and found wanting. blameworthy, reprehensible etc. (guilt) Guilt
to blame, worthy of blame
answerable, uncommendable, exceptionable, not to be thought of
bad etc. [Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities.] Badness
vicious etc. Vice . unlamented, unbewailed, unpitied.
Adverbs
with a wry face
reproachfully etc. adj. .
Int
it is too bad!, it won't do, it will never do!, marry come up!, Oh!, come!, 'sdeath! [Contr.] , forbid it Heaven!, God forbid, Heaven forbid!, out upon, fie upon it!, away with!, tut!, O tempora! , O mores!, shame!, fie, fie for shame!, out on you!, tell it not in Gath!
Nouns
flattery, adulation, gloze
blandishment, blandiloquence
cajolery
fawning, wheedling etc. v.
captation, coquetry, obsequiousness, sycophancy, flunkeyism, toadeating, tuft-hunting
snobbishness. incense, honeyed words, flummery
bunkum, buncombe
blarney, placebo, butter
soft soap, soft sawder
rose water. voice of the charmer, mouth honor
lip homage
euphemism
unctuousness etc. adj. .
Verbs
flatter, praise to the skies, puff
wheedle, cajole, glaver, coax
fawn upon, faun upon
humor, gloze, soothe, pet, coquet, slaver, butter
jolly [U.S.]
bespatter, beslubber, beplaster, beslaver
lay it on thick, overpraise
earwig, cog, collogue
truckle to, pander to, pandar to, suck up to, kiss the ass of [Vulg.] , pay court to
court
creep into the good graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of
fool to the top of one's bent
lick the dust. lay the flattering unction to one's soul, gild the pill, make things pleasant. overestimate etc. Overestimation
exaggerate etc. Exaggeration .
Adjectives
flattering etc. v.
adulatory
mealy-mouthed, honey-mouthed
honeyed
smooth, smooth-tongued
soapy, oily, unctuous, blandiloquent, specious
fine-spoken, fair spoken
plausible, servile, sycophantic, fulsome
courtierly, courtier-like.
Nouns
detraction, disparagement, depreciation, vilification, obloquy, scurrility, scandal, defamation, aspersion, traducement, slander, calumny, obtrectation, evil-speaking, backbiting, libel, lampoon, skit, pasquinade
roorback [U.S.] . sarcasm, cynicism
criticism (disapprobation) Disapprobation
invective etc. Disapprobation
envenomed tongue
libel, lampoon, skit, pasquinade
roorback [U.S.] . detractor etc. Detractor .
Verbs
detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage
run down, cry down
backcap [U.S.]
belittle
sneer at etc. (contempt) Contempt
criticize, pull to pieces, pick a hole in one's coat, asperse, cast aspersions, blow upon, bespatter, blacken, vilify, vilipend
avile
give a dog a bad name, brand, malign
muckrake
backbite, libel, lampoon, traduce, slander, defame, calumniate, bear false witness against
speak ill of behind one's back. fling dirt etc. (disrespect) Disrespect
anathematize etc. Disapprobation
dip the pen in gall, view in a bad light. impugn (disparage the motives of)
assail, attack etc. Attack
oppose etc. Opposition
denounce, accuse etc. Accusation .
Adjectives
detracting etc. v.
defamatory, detractory, derogatory, deprecatory
catty
disparaging, libelous
scurrile, scurrilous
abusive
foul-spoken, foul-tongued, foul-mouthed
slanderous
calumnious, calumniatory
sarcastic, sardonic
sarcastic, satirical, cynical. critical etc. Disapprobation .
Phrases
damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer
and damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer
and without sneering, teach the rest to sneer" [Pope]
another lie nailed to the counter
cut men's throats with whisperings" [B. Jonson]
foul whisperings are abroad" [Macbeth]
soft-buzzing slander" [Thomson]
virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes" [Hamlet] .
Nouns
flatterer, adulator
eulogist, euphemist
optimist, encomiast, whitewasher. toady, toadeater
sycophant, courtier, Sir Pertinax MacSycophant
puffer, touter
clawback, earwig, doer of dirty work
parasite, hanger-on etc. (servility) Servility . yes-man, suckup, ass-kisser [Vulg.] , brown-noser [Vulg.] , teacher's pet.
Nouns
detractor, reprover
censor, censurer
cynic, critic, caviler, carper, word-catcher, frondeur
barracker. defamer, backbiter, slanderer, Sir Benjamin Backbite, lampooner, satirist, traducer, libeler, calumniator, dawplucker, Thersites
Zoilus
good-natured friend [Iron.]
reviler, vituperator, castigator
shrew etc. Irascibility
muckraker. disapprover
Nouns
vindication, justification, warrant
exoneration, exculpation
acquittal etc. Acquittal
whitewashing. extenuation
palliation, palliative
softening, mitigation. reply, defense
recrimination etc. Accusation . apology, gloss, varnish
plea etc. [Ostensible motive, ground, or reason assigned.] Pretext
salvo
excuse, extenuating circumstances
allowance, allowance to be made
vindicator, justifier
defendant etc. Accusation . justifiable charge, true bill. v.. justify, warrant
be an excuse for etc. n.
lend a color, furnish a handle
vindicate
exculpate, disculpate
acquit etc. Acquittal
clear, set right, exonerate, whitewash
clear the skirts of. extenuate, palliate, excuse, soften, apologize, varnish, slur, gloze
put a gloss, put a good face upon
mince
gloss over, bolster up, help a lame dog over a stile. advocate, defend, plead one's cause
stand up for, stick up for, speak up for
contend for, speak for
bear out, keep in countenance, support
plead etc. , [Ostensible motive, ground, or reason assigned.] Pretext
say in defense
plead ignorance
confess and avoid, propugn, put in a good word for. take the will for the deed, make allowance for, give credit for, do justice to
give one his due, give the Devil his due. make good
prove the truth of, prove one's case
be justified by the event.
Adjectives
vindicated, vindicating etc. v.
exculpatory
apologetic. excusable, defensible, pardonable
venial, veniable
specious, plausible, justifiable.
Phrases
honi sot qui mal y pense
" good wine needs no bush"
Nouns
accusation, charge, imputation, slur, inculpation, exprobration, delation
crimination
incrimination, accrimination, recrimination
invective etc. Disapprobation . denunciation, denouncement
libel, challenge, citation, arraignment
impeachment, appeachment
indictment, bill of indictment, true bill
lawsuit etc. Lawsuit
condemnation etc. Condemnation . gravamen of a charge, head and front of one's offending
scandal etc. (detraction) Detraction
prosecutor, plaintiff
relator, informer
appellant. accused, defendant, prisoner, perpetrator, panel, respondent
litigant.
Verbs
accuse, charge, tax, impute, twit, taunt with, reproach. brand with reproach
stigmatize, slur
cast a stone at, cast a slur on
incriminate, criminate
inculpate, implicate
call to account etc. (censure) Disapprobation
take to blame, take to task
put in the black book. inform against, indict, denounce, arraign
impeach, appeach
have up, show up, pull up
challenge, cite, lodge a complaint
prosecute, bring an action against etc. Lawsuit
blow upon. charge with, saddle with
lay to one's door, lay charge
lay the blame on, bring home to
cast in one's teeth, throw in one's teeth
cast the first stone at. have a rod in pickle for, keep a rod in pickle for
have a crow to pluck with. trump up a charge.
Adjectives
accusing etc. v.
accusatory, accusative
imputative, denunciatory
recriminatory, criminatory. accused etc. v.
suspected
under suspicion, under a cloud, under surveillance
in custody, in detention
in the lockup, in the watch house, in the house of detention. accusable, imputable
indefensible, inexcusable
unpardonable, unjustifiable
vicious etc. Beauty .
Phrases
the breath of accusation kills an innocent the breath of accusation kills an innocent name" [Shelley]
thou can'st not say I did it" [Macbeth] .
Nouns
probity, integrity, rectitude
uprightness etc. adj.
honesty, faith
honor
good faith
purity, clean hands. fairness etc. adj.
fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness
grace. constancy
faithfulness etc. adj.
fidelity, loyalty
incorruption, incorruptibility. trustworthiness etc. adj.
truth, candor, singleness of heart
veracity etc. Veracity
tender conscience etc. (sense of duty) Duty . punctilio, delicacy, nicety
scrupulosity, scrupulousness etc. adj.
scruple
point, point of honor
punctuality. dignity etc. , (repute) Repute
respectability, respectableness etc. adj.
gentleman
man of honor, man of his word
truepenny, trump, brick
true Briton
white man [U.S.] . court of honor, a fair field and no favor
Verbs
be honorable etc. adj.
deal honorably, deal squarely, deal impartially, deal fairly
speak the truth etc. (veracity) Veracity
draw a straight furrow
tell the truth and shame the Devil
show a proper spirit, make a point of
do one's duty etc. (virtue) Virtue . redeem one's pledge etc. Duty
keep one's promise, be as good as one's promise, be as good as one's word
keep faith with, not fail. give and take, give the Devil his due, put the saddle on the right horse. redound to one's honor.
Adjectives
upright
honest, honest as daylight
veracious etc. Veracity
virtuous etc. Virtue
honorable
fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square
fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard
white [U.S.] . constant, constant as the northern star
faithful, loyal, staunch
true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole
marble-constant" [Antony and Cleopatra]
true-hearted, trusty, trustworthy
as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible. straightforward etc. (ingenuous) Artlessness
frank, candid, open-hearted. conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded
high-principled, high-minded
scrupulous, religious, strict
nice, punctilious, correct, punctual
respectable, reputable
gentlemanlike. inviolable, inviolate
unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed
unbought, unbribed. innocent etc. Innocence
pure, stainless
unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured
uncorrupt, uncorrupted
undefiled, undepraved, undebauched
jealous of honor
high-spirited. supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous.
Adverbs
honorable etc. adj.
bona fide
on the square, in good faith, honor bright, with clean hands.
Phrases
a face untaught to feign" [Pope]
probitas laudatur et alget [Juvenal]
his heart as far from fraud as heaven from his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth" [Two Gentlemen]
what stronger breastplate than a heart what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted? [Henry VI] .
Nouns
improbity
dishonesty, dishonor
deviation from rectitude
disgrace etc. (disrepute) Disrepute
fraud etc. (deception) Deception
lying etc. Falsehood
bad faith, Punic faith
infidelity
faithlessness etc. adj.
Judas kiss, betrayal. breach of promise, breach of trust, breach of faith
prodition, disloyalty, treason, high treason
apostasy etc. (tergiversation) Tergiversation
nonobservance etc. Nonobservance . shabbiness etc. adj.
villainy, villany
baseness etc. adj.
abjection, debasement, turpitude, moral turpitude, laxity, trimming, shuffling. perfidy
perfidiousness etc. adj.
treachery, double dealing
unfairness etc. adj.
knavery, roguery, rascality, foul play
jobbing, jobbery
graft, bribery
venality, nepotism
corruption, job, shuffle, fishy transaction
barratry, sharp practice, heads I win tails you lose
mouth honor etc. (flattery) Flattery .
Verbs
be dishonest etc. adj.
play false
break one's word, break one's faith, break one's promise
jilt, betray, forswear
shuffle etc. (lie) Falsehood
live by one's wits, sail near the wind. disgrace oneself, dishonor oneself, demean oneself
derogate, stoop, grovel, sneak, lose caste
sell oneself, go over to the enemy
seal one's infamy.
Adjectives
dishonest, dishonorable
unconscientious, unscrupulous
fraudulent etc. Deception
knavish
disgraceful etc. (disreputable) Penalty
wicked etc. Vice . false-hearted, disingenuous
unfair, one-sided
double, double-hearted, double-tongued, double-faced
timeserving, crooked, tortuous, insidious, Machiavelian, dark, slippery
fishy
perfidious, treacherous, perjured. infamous, arrant, foul, base, vile, ignominious, blackguard. contemptible, unrespectable, abject, mean, shabby, little, paltry, dirty, scurvy, scabby, sneaking, groveling, scrubby, rascally, pettifogging
beneath one. low-minded, low-thoughted
base-minded. undignified, indign
unbecoming, unbeseeming, unbefitting
derogatory, degrading
beneath one's dignity
ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike
unknightly, unchivalric, unmanly, unhandsome
recreant, inglorious. corrupt, venal
debased, mongrel. faithless, of bad faith, false, unfaithful, disloyal
untrustworthy
trustless, trothless
lost to shame, dead to honor
barratrous.
Adverbs
dishonestly etc. adj.
like a thief in the night, by crooked paths.
Int
O tempora! , O mores!, [Cicero] .
Nouns
knave, rogue
Scapin, rascal
Lazarillo de Tormes
bad man etc. Bad Man
blackguard etc. Bad Man
barrater, barrator
shyster [U.S.] . traitor, betrayer, archtraitor, conspirator, Judas, Catiline
reptile, serpent, snake in the grass, wolf in sheep's clothing, sneak, Jerry Sneak, squealer [Slang] , tell-tale, mischief-maker
trimmer, fence-sitter, renegade etc. (tergiversation) Tergiversation
truant, recreant
sycophant etc. (servility) Servility .
Nouns
disinterestedness etc. adj.
generosity
liberality, liberalism
altruism
benevolence etc. Benevolence
elevation, loftiness of purpose, exaltation, magnanimity
chivalry, chivalrous spirit
heroism, sublimity. self-denial, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, self-immolation, self-control etc. (resolution) Resolution
stoicism, devotion, martyrdom, suttee. labor of love.
Verbs
be disinterested etc. adj.
make a sacrifice, lay one's head on the block
put oneself in the place of others, do as one would be done by, do unto others as we would men should do unto us.
Adjectives
disinterested
unselfish
self-denying, self-sacrificing, self-devoted
generous. handsome, liberal, noble, broad-minded
noble-minded, high-minded
princely, great, high, elevated, lofty, exalted, spirited, stoical, magnanimous
great-hearted, large-hearted
chivalrous, heroic, sublime. unbought, unbribed
uncorrupted etc. (upright) Probity .
Nouns
selfishness etc. adj.
self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, self-interest
egotism, egoism
c. (vanity) Vanity
nepotism. worldliness etc. adj.
world wisdom. illiberality
meanness etc. adj. . time-pleaser, time-server
tuft-hunter, fortune-hunter
jobber, worldling
egotist, egoist, monopolist, nepotist
dog in the manger, charity that begins at home
foes to nobleness, " temporizer, trimmer.
Verbs
be selfish etc. adj.
please oneself, indulge oneself, coddle oneself
consult one's own wishes, consult one's own pleasure
look after one's own interest
feather one's nest
take care of number one, have an eye to the main chance, know on which side one's bread is buttered
give an inch and take an ell.
Adjectives
selfish
self-seeking, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-centered
wrapped up in self, wrapt up in self, centered in self
egotistic, egotistical
egoistical. illiberal, mean, ungenerous, narrow-minded
mercenary, venal
covetous etc. Parsimony . unspiritual, earthly, earthly-minded
mundane
worldly, worldly-minded
worldly-wise
timeserving. interested
Adverbs
ungenerously etc. adj.
to gain some private ends, from interested motives.
Nouns
virtue
virtuousness etc. adj.
morality
moral rectitude
integrity etc. (probity) Probity
nobleness etc. Repute . morals
ethics etc. (duty) Duty
cardinal virtues. merit, worth, desert, excellence, credit
self-control etc. (resolution) Resolution
self-denial etc. (temperance) Temperance . well-doing
good actions, good behavior
discharge of duty, fulfillment of duty, performance of duty
well-spent life
innocence etc. Innocence .
Verbs
be virtuous etc. adj.
practice virtue etc. n.
do one's duty, fulfill one's duty, perform one's duty, discharge one's duty
redeem one's pledge, keep one's promise etc. Duty
act well, act one's part
fight the good fight
acquit oneself well
command one's passions, master one's passions
keep in the right path. set an example, set a good example
be on one's good behavior, be on one's best behavior.
Adjectives
virtuous, good
innocent etc. Innocence
meritorious, deserving, worthy, desertful, correct
dutiful, duteous
moral
right, righteous, right-minded
well-intentioned, creditable, laudable, commendable, praiseworthy
above all praise, beyond all praise
excellent, admirable
sterling, pure, noble
whole-souled. exemplary
matchless, peerless
saintly, saint-like
heaven-born, angelic, seraphic, godlike.
Phrases
virtue the greatest of all monarchies" [Swift]
virtus laudatur et alget [Juvenal]
Nouns
vice
evil-doing, evil courses
wrongdoing
wickedness, viciousness etc. adj.
iniquity, peccability, demerit
sin, Adam
old Adam, offending Adam. immorality, impropriety, indecorum, scandal, laxity, looseness of morals
enphagy, dophagy, exophagy
want of principle, want of ballast
obliquity, backsliding, infamy, demoralization, pravity, depravity, pollution
hardness of heart
brutality etc. (malevolence) Malevolence
corruption etc. (debasement) Deterioration
knavery etc. (improbity) Improbity
profligacy
flagrancy, atrocity
cannibalism
lesbianism, Sadism. infirmity
weakness etc. adj.
weakness of the flesh, frailty, imperfection
error
weak side
foible
failing, failure
crying sin, besetting sin
defect, deficiency
cloven foot. lowest dregs of vice, sink of iniquity, Alsatian den
crime
criminality etc. (guilt) Guilt . sinner etc. Bad Man . [Resorts] brothel etc. Impurity
gambling house etc. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance
joint [Slang] , opium den, shooting gallery, crack house.
Verbs
be vicious etc. adj.
sin, commit sin, do amiss, err, transgress
misdemean oneself, forget oneself, misconduct oneself
misdo, misbehave
fall, lapse, slip, trip, offend, trespass
deviate from the line of duty, deviate from the path of virtue etc. Virtue
take a wrong course, go astray
hug a sin, hug a fault
sow one's wild oats. render vicious etc. adj.
demoralize, brutalize
corrupt etc. (degrade) Deterioration .
Adjectives
vicious
sinful
sinning etc. v.
wicked, iniquitous, immoral, unrighteous, wrong, criminal
naughty, incorrect
unduteous, undutiful. unprincipled, lawless, disorderly, indecorous, unseemly, improper
dissolute, profligate, scampish
unworthy
worthless
desertless
disgraceful, recreant
reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable
discreditable, disreputable
Sadistic. base, sinister, scurvy, foul, gross, vile, black, grave, facinorous, felonious, nefarious, shameful, scandalous, infamous, villainous, of a deep dye, heinous
flagrant, flagitious
atrocious, incarnate, accursed. Mephistophelian, satanic, diabolic, hellish, infernal, stygian, fiendlike, hell-born, demoniacal, devilish, fiendish. miscreated, misbegotten
demoralized, corrupt, depraved. evil-minded, evil-disposed
ill-conditioned
malevolent etc. Malevolence
heartless, graceless, shameless, virtueless
abandoned, lost to virtue
unconscionable
sunk in iniquity, lost in iniquity, steeped in iniquity. incorrigible, irreclaimable, obdurate, reprobate, past praying for
culpable, reprehensible etc. (guilty) Guilt . unjustifiable
indefensible, inexcusable
inexpiable, unpardonable, irremissible. weak, frail, lax, infirm, imperfect
indiscrete
demoralizing, degrading.
Adverbs
wrong
sinfully etc. adj.
without excuse.
Phrases
alitur vitium vivitque tegendo [Vergil]
the trail of the serpent is over them all" [Moore]
to sanction vice and hunt decorum down" [Bryon] .
Nouns
innocence
guiltlessness etc. adj.
incorruption, impeccability. clean hands, clear conscience, lamb, dove.
Verbs
be innocent etc. adj.
exculpate etc. (vindicate) Vindication .
Adjectives
innocent, not guilty
unguilty
guiltless, faultless, sinless, stainless, bloodless, spotless
clear, immaculate
unspotted, unblemished, unerring
undefiled etc. Probity
unhardened, Saturnian
Arcadian etc. (artless) Artlessness . inculpable, unculpable
unblamed, unblamable
blameless, unfallen, inerrable, above suspicion
irreproachable, irreprovable, irreprehensible
unexceptionable, unobjectionable, unimpeachable
salvable
venial etc. Vindication . harmless
inoffensive, innoxious, innocuous
dove-like, lamb-like
pure, harmless as doves
innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn
more sinned against than sinning" [Lear] . virtuous etc. Virtue
unreproved, unimpeached, unreproached.
Adverbs
innocently etc. adj.
with clean hands
with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience.
Phrases
murus aeneus conscientia sana [Horace] .
Nouns
guilt, guiltiness
culpability
criminality, criminousness
deviation from rectitude etc. (improbity) Improbity
sinfulness etc. (vice) Vice . misconduct, misbehavior, misdoing, misdeed
malpractice, fault, sin, error, transgression
dereliction, delinquency
indiscretion, lapse, slip, trip, peccadillo
flaw, blot, omission
failing, failure
break, bad break! [U.S.] , capital crime, trespass
misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision
malefaction, malfeasance, malversation
crime, felony. enormity, atrocity, outrage
deadly sin, mortal sin
deed without a name" [Macbeth] . corpus delicti.
Adjectives
guilty, to blame, culpable, peccable, in fault, at fault, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable, illaudable
weighed in the balance and found wanting
exceptionable.
Adverbs
red-handed, in the very act, with one's hand in the cookie jar.
Phrases
O would the deed were good! " [Richard II]
responsibility prevents crimes" [Burke]
so many laws argues so many sins" [Paradise Lost] .
Nouns
good man, honest man, worthy. good woman, perfect lady, Madonna. model, paragon etc. (perfection) Perfection
good example
hero, heroine, demigod, seraph, angel
innocent etc. Innocence
saint etc. (piety) Piety
benefactor etc. Benefactor
philanthropist etc. Philanthropy
Aristides
noble liver, pattern. brick [Slang] , trump [Slang] , gem, jewel, good fellow, prince, diamond in the rough, rough diamond, ugly duckling. salt of the earth
one in ten thousand
one in a million
a gentleman and a scholar
pillar of society, pillar of the community, a man among men.
Nouns
bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity
evildoer etc. [Maleficent being] Evil doer
sinner
the wicked etc. Vice
bad example. villain, rascal, scoundrel, miscreant, budmash, caitiff
wretch, reptile, viper, serpent, cockatrice, basilisk, urchin
tiger, monster
devil etc. (demon) Demon
devil incarnate
demon in human shape, Nana Sahib
hellhound, hellcat
rakehell. bad woman, jade, Jezebel. scamp, scapegrace, rip, runagate, ne'er-do-well, reprobate, scalawag, rake
Sadist
skeesicks [Slang] , skeezix [U.S.]
limb
one who has sold himself to the devil, fallen angel, vaurien, loose fish, sad dog
rounder [Slang]
lost sheep, black sheep
castaway, recreant, defaulter
prodigal etc. Prodigality . rough, rowdy, hooligan, tough, ugly customer, mean mother [Coll.] , ruffian, bully, meanie [Joc.]
Jonathan Wild
hangman. incendiary, arsonist, fire bug [U.S.] . thief etc. Thief
murderer, terrorist etc. [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing[person who violates the criminal law] culprit, delinquent, crook, hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp [Coll.]
disorderly person, misdemeanant [Law]
outlaw
scofflaw
vandal
felon, (convicted criminal)
criminal
convict, prisoner, inmate, jail bird, ticket of leave man
multiple offender. blackguard, polisson, loafer, sneak
rapscallion, rascallion
cullion, mean wretch, varlet, kern, drole
cur, dog, hound, whelp, mongrel
lown, loon, runnion, outcast, vagabond
rogue etc. (knave) Knave
ronian
scum of the earth, riffraff
Arcades ambo.
Nouns
penitence, contrition, compunction, repentance, remorse
regret etc. Regret . self-reproach, self-reproof, self-accusation, self-condemnation, self-humiliation
stings of conscience, pangs of conscience, qualms of conscience, prickings of conscience, twinge of conscience, twitch of conscience, touch of conscience, voice of conscience
compunctious visitings of nature. acknowledgment, confession etc. (disclosure) Disclosure
apology etc. Atonement
recantation etc. Tergiversation
penance etc. Atonement
resipiscence. awakened conscience, deathbed repentance, stool of repentance, cuttystool. penitent, repentant, Magdalen, prodigal son, a sadder and a wiser man" [Coleridge] .
Verbs
repent, be sorry for
be penitent etc. adj.
rue
regret etc. Regret
think better of
recant etc. Tergiversation
knock under etc. (submit) Submission
plead guilty
cry peccavi
own oneself in the wrong
acknowledge, confess etc. , (disclose) Disclosure
humble oneself
beg pardon etc. (apologize) Atonement
turn over a new leaf, put on the new man, turn from sin
reclaim
repent in sackcloth and ashes etc. , (do penance) Atonement
learn by experience.
Adjectives
penitent
repenting etc. v.
repentant, contrite
conscience-smitten, conscience-stricken
self-accusing, self-convicted. penitential, penitentiary
reclaimed, reborn
not hardened
unhardened.
Phrases
peccavi
Georges Dandin
and wet his grave with my repentant tears" [Richard III] .
Nouns
impenitence, irrepentance, recusance
lack of contrition. hardness of heart, seared conscience, induration, obduracy.
Verbs
be impenitent etc. adj.
steel the heart, harden the heart
die game, die and make no sign, die unshriven, die without benefit of clergy.
Adjectives
impenitent, uncontrite, obdurate
hard, hardened
seared, recusant
unrepentant
relentless, remorseless, graceless, shriftless. lost, incorrigible, irreclaimable. unreconstructed, unregenerate, unreformed
unrepented, unreclaimed, unatoned.
Nouns
atonement, reparation
compromise, composition
compensation etc. Compensation
quittance, quits
expiation, redemption, reclamation, conciliation, propitiation
indemnification, redress. amends, apology, amende honorable, satisfaction
peace offering, sin offering, burnt offering
scapegoat, sacrifice. penance, fasting, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, white sheet, shrift, flagellation, lustration
purgation, purgatory.
Verbs
atone, atone for
expiate
propitiate
make amends, make good
reclaim, redeem, repair, ransom, absolve, purge, shrive, do penance, stand in a white sheet, repent in sackcloth and ashes, wear a hairshirt. set one's house in order, wipe off old scores, make matters up
pay the forfeit, pay the penalty. apologize, beg pardon, give satisfaction
come down on one's knees, fall down on one's knees, down on one's marrow bones.
Nouns
temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness. forbearance, abnegation
self-denial, self-restraint, self-control etc. (resolution) Resolution . frugality
vegetarianism, teetotalism, total abstinence
abstinence, abstemiousness
Encratism, prohibition
system of Pythagoras, system of Cornaro
Pythagorism, Stoicism. vegetarian
Pythagorean, gymnosophist. teetotaler etc. Sobriety
abstainer
designated driver
Encratite, fruitarian, hydropot.
Verbs
be temperate etc. adj.
abstain, forbear, refrain, deny oneself, spare, swear off. know when one has had enough, know one's limit. take the pledge, go on the wagon.
Adjectives
temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing
abstemious, abstinent
within compass
measured etc. (sufficient) Sufficiency . on the wagon, on the water wagon. [Locations where alcoholic beverages are prohibited] dry. Pythagorean
vegetarian
teetotal.
Phrases
l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la raison [Rousseau]
Nouns
intemperance
sensuality, animalism, carnality
tragalism
pleasure
effeminacy, silkiness
luxury, luxuriousness
lap of pleasure, lap of luxury
free living. indulgence
high living, wild living, inabstinence, self-indulgence
voluptuousness etc. adj.
epicurism, epicureanism
sybaritism
drug habit. dissipation
licentiousness etc. adj.
debauchery
crapulence. revels, revelry
debauch, carousal, jollification, drinking bout, wassail, saturnalia, orgies
excess, too much. Circean cup. [drugs of abuse: list] bhang, hashish, marijuana, pot [Coll.] , hemp [Coll.] , grass [Coll.]
opium, cocaine, morphine, heroin
LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide [Chem]
phencyclidine, angel dust, PCP
barbiturates
amphetamines, speed [Coll.] .
Verbs
be intemperate etc. adj.
indulge, exceed
live well, live high, live high on the fat of the land, live it up, live high on the hog
give a loose to indulgence etc. n.
wallow in voluptuousness etc. n.
plunge into dissipation. revel
rake, live hard, run riot, sow one's wild oats
slake one's appetite, slake one's thirst
swill
pamper.
Adjectives
intemperate, inabstinent
sensual, self-indulgent
voluptuous, luxurious, licentious, wild, dissolute, rakish, fast, debauched. brutish, crapulous, swinish, piggish. Paphian, Epicurean, Sybaritical
bred in the lap of luxury, nursed in the lap of luxury
indulged, pampered
full-fed, high-fed.
Phrases
being full of supper and distempering being full of supper and distempering draughts" [Othello] .
Nouns
Sybarite, voluptuary, Sardanaphalus, man of pleasure, carpet knight
epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand
pig, hog
votary of Epicurus, swine of Epicurus
sensualist
Heliogabalus
free liver, hard liver
libertine etc. Libertine
hedonist
tragalist.
Nouns
asceticism, puritanism, sabbatarianism
cynicism, austerity
total abstinence
nephalism. mortification, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, flagellation
penance etc. Atonement
fasting etc. Fasting
martyrdom. ascetic
anchoret, anchorite
martyr
Heautontimorumenos
hermit etc. (recluse) Seclusion. Exclusion
puritan, sabbatarian, cynic, sanyasi, yogi.
Adjectives
ascetic, austere, puritanical
cynical
over-religious
acerbic.
Nouns
fasting
xerophagy
famishment, starvation. fast
fast day, banyan day
Lent, quadragesima
Ramadan, Ramazan
spare diet, meager diet
lenten diet, lenten entertainment
short commons, Barmecide feast
short rations.
Verbs
fast, starve, clem, famish, perish with hunger
dine with Duke Humphrey
make two bites of a cherry.
Adjectives
lenten, quadragesimal
unfed
starved etc. v.
half-starved
fasting etc. v.
hungry etc. Desire .
Nouns
gluttony
greed, avarice
greediness etc. adj.
voracity. epicurism
good living, high living
edacity, gulosity, crapulence
guttling, guzzling
pantophagy. good cheer, blow out
feast etc. (food) [Eating.] Food
gastronomy, bon vivant, gourmand
glutton, cormorant, hog, belly god, Apicius, gastronome
gourmet etc. Intemperance .Existence , Fastidiousness . v.. gormandize, gorge
overgorge, overeat oneself
engorge, eat one's fill, cram, stuff
guttle, guzzle
bolt, devour, gobble up
gulp etc. (swallow food) [Eating.] Food
raven, eat out of house and home. have the stomach of an ostrich
play a good knife and fork etc. (appetite) Desire . pamper.
Adjectives
gluttonous, greedy
gormandizing etc. v.
edacious, omnivorous, crapulent, swinish. avaricious etc. Parsimony
selfish etc. Forgiveness . pampered
overfed, overgorged.
Nouns
sobriety
teetotalism. temperance etc. Temperance . water-drinker
hydropot
prohibitionist
teetotaler, teetotalist
abstainer, Good Templar, band of hope.
Nouns
drunkenness etc. adj.
intemperance
drinking etc. v.
inebriety, inebriation
ebriety, ebriosity
insobriety
intoxication
temulency, bibacity, wine bibbing
comtation, potation
deep potations, bacchanals, bacchanalia, libations
bender [U.S.] . oinomania, dipsomania
delirium tremens
alcohol, alcoholism
alcoholic drinks
blue ruin [Slang] , grog, port wine
punch, punch bowl
cup, rosy wine, flowing bowl
drop, drop too much
dram
beer etc. (beverage) [Eating.] Food
aguardiente
apple brandy, applejack
brandy, brandy smash [U.S.]
chain lightning [Slang] , champagne, cocktail
gin, ginsling
highball [U.S.] , peg, rum, rye, schnapps [U.S.] , sherry, sling [U.S.] , uisquebaugh [Ire.] , usquebaugh [Scot.] , whisky, xeres. drunkard, sot, toper, tippler, bibber, wine-bibber, lush
hard drinker, gin drinker, dram drinker
soaker [Slang] , sponge, tun
love pot, toss pot
thirsty soul, reveler, carouser, Bacchanal, Bacchanalian
Bacchal, Bacchante
devotee to Bacchus
bum [U.S.] , guzzler, tavern haunter.
Verbs
get drunk, be drunk etc. adj.
see double
take a drop too much, take a glass too much
drink
tipple, tope, booze, guzzle, swill [Slang] , soak [Slang] , sot, bum [U.S.] , besot, have a jag on, have a buzz on, lush [Slang] , bib, swig, carouse
sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus
take to drinking
drink hard, drink deep, drink like a fish
have one's swill [Slang] , drain the cup, splice the main brace, take a hair of the dog that bit you. liquor, liquor up
wet one's whistle, take a whet
crack a bottle, pass the bottle
toss off etc. (drink up) [Eating.] Food
go to the alehouse, go to the public house. make one drunk etc. adj.
inebriate, fuddle, befuddle, fuzzle, get into one's head.
Adjectives
drunk, tipsy
intoxicated
inebrious, inebriate, inebriated
in one's cups
in a state of intoxication etc. n.
temulent, temulentive
bombed, smashed
fuddled, mellow, cut, boozy, fou, fresh, merry, elevated
flustered, disguised, groggy, beery
top-heavy
potvaliant, glorious
potulent
squiffy [Slang]
overcome, overtaken
whittled, screwed [Slang] , tight, primed, corned, raddled, sewed up [Slang] , lushy [Slang] , nappy, muddled, muzzy, obfuscated, maudlin
crapulous, dead drunk. woozy [slightly drunk] , buzzed, flush, flushed. inter pocula
in liquor, the worse for liquor
having had a drop too much, half seas over, three sheets in the wind, three sheets to the wind
under the table. drunk as a lord, drunk as a skunk, drunk as a piper, drunk as a fiddler, drunk as Chloe, drunk as an owl, drunk as David's sow, drunk as a wheelbarrow. drunken, bibacious, sottish
given to drink, addicted to drink, addicted to the bottle
toping etc. v..
Phrases
Bacchus ever fair and young" [Dryden]
drink down all unkindness" [Merry Wives]
O that men should put an enemy in their mouths to O that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains" [Othello] .
Nouns
purity
decency, decorum, delicacy
continence, chastity, honesty, virtue, modesty, shame
pudicity, pucelage, virginity. vestal, virgin, Joseph, Hippolytus
Lucretia, Diana
prude.
Adjectives
pure, undefiled, modest, delicate, decent, decorous
simon-pure
chaste, continent, virtuous, honest, Platonic. virgin, unsullied
cherry [Coll.] .
Phrases
as chaste as unsunn'd snow" [Cymbeline]
a soul as white as heaven" [Beaumont and Fletcher]
'tis Chastity, my brother, Chastity" [Milton]
to the pure all things are pure" [Shelley] .
Nouns
impurity
uncleanness etc. (filth) Uncleanness
immodesty
grossness etc. adj.
indelicacy, indecency
impudicity
obscenity, ribaldry, Fescennine, smut, bawdry, double entente, lust, carnality, flesh, salacity
pruriency, lechery, lasciviency, lubricity
Sadism, sapphism. incontinence, intrigue
amour, amourette
gallantry
debauchery, libertinish, libertinage, fornication
liaison
wenching, venery, dissipation. seduction
defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape
incest. prostitution, social evil, harlotry, stupration, whoredom, concubinage, cuckoldom, adultery, advoutry, crim. con.
free love. seraglio, harem
brothel, bagnio, stew, bawdyhouse, cat house, lupanar, house of ill fame, bordel, bordello.
Verbs
be impure etc. adj.
intrigue
debauch, defile, seduce
prostitute
abuse, violate, deflower
commit adultery etc. n..
Adjectives
impure
unclean etc. (dirty) Uncleanness
not to be mentioned to ears polite
immodest, shameless
indecorous, indelicate, indecent
Fescennine
loose, coarse, gross, broad, free, equivocal, smutty, fulsome, ribald, obscene, bawdy, pornographic. concupiscent, prurient, lickerish, rampant, lustful
carnal, carnal-minded
lewd, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, erotic, ruttish, salacious
Paphian
voluptuous
goatish, must, musty. unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute
of loose character, of easy virtue
frail, gay, riggish, incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated
no better than she should be
on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose. adulterous, incestuous, bestial.
Nouns
libertine
voluptuary etc. Intemperance .Existence
rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man
intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard
chartered libertine. adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk
woman, woman of the town
streetwalker, Cyprian, miss
frail sisterhood
demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, slut, minx, harridan
unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman
woman of easy virtue etc. (unchaste) Impurity
wanton, fornicatress
Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette
demimonde
chippy [U.S.]
sapphist
spiritual wife
white slave. concubine, mistress, doxy, procurer
pander, pandar
bawd, conciliatrix, procuress, mackerel, wittol.
Nouns
legality
legitimacy, legitimateness. legislature
law, code, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule
canon etc. (precept) Precept
ordinance, institution, regulation
bylaw, byelaw
decree etc. (order) Command
ordonnance
standing order
plebiscite etc. (choice) Choice . legal process
form, formula, formality
rite, arm of the law
habeas corpus
nomology
legislation, codification. equity, common law
law of nations, international law
civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law
constitutionality
justice etc. Right . [institution for deciding questions of law] court, tribunal etc. Tribunal . [person who presides at a court or tribunal] judge etc. Judge . [specialist in questions of law] lawyer, attorney, legal counsel etc. Lawyer .
Verbs
legalize
enact, ordain
decree etc. (order) Command
pass a law, enact a regulation
legislate
codify, formulate
regulate.
Adjectives
legal, legitimate
according to law
vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized
lawful etc. (permitted) Permission
statutable, statutory
legislatorial, legislative
regulatory, regulated.
Adverbs
legally etc. adj.
in the eye of the law
Phrases
ignorance of the law is no excuse
where law ends tyranny begins" [Earl of Chatham] .
Nouns
lawlessness
illicitness
breach of law, violation of law, infraction of the law
disobedience etc. Disobedience
unconformity etc. Unconformity . arbitrariness etc. adj.
antinomy, violence, brute force, despotism, outlawry. mob law, lynch law, club law, Lydford law, martial law, drumhead law
informality, unlawfulness, illegitimacy, bar sinister. trover and conversion [Law]
smuggling, poaching
simony. [person who violates the law] outlaw, bad man etc. Bad Man . v.. offend against the law
violate the law, infringe the law, break the law
set the law at defiance, ride roughshod over, drive a coach and six through a statute
ignore the law, make the law a dead letter, take the law into one's own hands. smuggle, run, poach.
Adjectives
illegal [contrary to law] , unlawful, illegitimate
not allowed, prohibited etc. Prohibition
illicit, contraband
actionable. unwarranted, unwarrantable
unauthorized
informal, unofficial
injudicial, extrajudicial. lawless, arbitrary
despotic, despotical
corrupt, summary, irresponsible
unanswerable, unaccountable. [of invalid or expired law] expired, invalid
unchartered, unconstitutional
null and void
a dead letter. [in absence of law] lawless, unregulated
Adverbs
illegally etc. adj.
with a high hand, in violation of law.
Nouns
jurisdiction, judicature, administration of justice, soc
executive, commission of the peace
magistracy etc. (authority) Authority . judge etc. Judge
tribunal etc. Tribunal
municipality, corporation, bailiwick, shrievalty [Brit.]
lord lieutenant, sheriff, shire reeve, shrieve, constable
selectman
police, police force, the fuzz [Sarc.]
constabulary, bumbledom, bailiff, tipstaff, bum-bailiff, catchpoll, beadle
policeman, cop [Coll.] , police constable, police sergeant
sbirro, alguazil, gendarme, kavass, lictor, mace bearer, bedel
tithingman. press gang
exciseman, gauger, gager, customhouse officer, edile, aedile, portreeve, paritor
cutcherry, department, secretariat. [extension of jurisdiction] long arm of the law, extradition.
Verbs
judge, sit in judgment
extradite.
Adjectives
executive, administrative, municipal
inquisitorial, causidical
judicatory, judiciary, judicial
juridical.
Nouns
tribunal, court, board, bench, judicatory
court of justice, court of law, court of arbitration, administrative court
inquisition
guild. justice seat
judgment seat, mercy seat
woolsack
bar of justice
dock
forum, hustings, bureau, drumhead
jury box, witness box. senate house, town hall, theater
House of Commons, House of Lords
statehouse [U.S.] , townhouse. assize, eyre
wardmote, burghmote
barmote
superior courts of Westminster
court of record, court oyer and terminer [Law] , court assize, court of appeal, court of error
High court of Judicature, High court of Appeal
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Star Chamber
Court of Chancery, Court of King's or Queen's Bench, Court of Exchequer, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Probate, Court of Arches, Court of Admiralty
Lords Justices' court, Rolls court, Vice Chancellor's court, Stannary court, Divorce court, Family court, Palatine court, county court, district court, police court
sessions
quarter sessions, petty sessions
court-baron, court of common council
board of green cloth. court martial
drumhead court martial
durbar, divan
Areopagus
Irota.
Nouns
judge
justice, justiciar, justiciary
chancellor
justice of assize, judge of assize
recorder, common sergeant
puisne judge, assistant judge, county court judge
conservator of the peace, justice of the peace
J.P.
court etc. (tribunal) Tribunal
magistrate, police magistrate, beak [Slang]
his worship, his honor, his lordship. jury, twelve men in a box. Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice
Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor
Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron
Mr. Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice
Baron, assessor
arbiter, arbitrator
umpire
referee, referendary
revising barrister
domesman
censor etc. (critic) Judgment [Conclusion.]
barmaster, ephor
grand juror, grand juryman
juryman, talesman. archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta, mollah, ulema, mufti, cadi, kadi
Rhadamanthus. litigant etc. (accusation) Accusation .
Phrases
a Daniel come to judgment" [Merchant of Venice] .
Nouns
lawyer, attorney, legal counsel
counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law
jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, legal adviser, advocate
barrister, barrister at law
King's or Queen's counsel
K.C.
Q.C.
silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher
tubman, judge etc. Judge . bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers
officer of the court
gentleman of the long robe
junior bar, outer bar, inner bar
equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader. solicitor, proctor
notary, notary public
scrivener, cursitor
writer, writer to the signet
S.S.C.
limb of the law
pettifogger
vakil. legal beagle [Coll.] . [persons accessory to lawyers] legal secretary
legal assistant
law student.
Verbs
practice law, practice at the bar, practice within the bar
plead
call to the bar, be called to the bar, be called within the bar
take silk
take to the law. give legal counsel, provide legal counsel.
Adjectives
learned in the law
at the bar
forensic
esquire, esquired.
Nouns
lawsuit, suit, action, cause
litigation
suit in law
dispute etc. Discord . citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment
accusation etc. Accusation
presentment, true bill, indictment. apprehension, arrest
committal
imprisonment etc. (restraint) Restraint . writ, summons, subpoena, latitat
venire
declaration, bill, claim
bill of right, information, corpus delicti
affidavit, state of facts
answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder
surrebutter, surrejoinder. suitor, party to a suit
plaintiff, defendant, litigant etc. Accusation . hearing, trial
verdict etc. (judgment) Judgment [Conclusion.]
appeal, appeal motion
writ of error
decision, precedent
decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books) ..
Verbs
go to law, appeal to the law
bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar
put on trial, pull up
accuse etc. Accusation
prefer a claim, file a claim etc. n.
take the law of, inform against. serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit
arrest
summon, summons
give in charge etc. (restrain) Restraint . empanel a jury, implead, join issue
close the pleadings
set down for hearing. try, hear a cause
sit in judgment
adjudicate etc. Judgment [Conclusion.] .
Adjectives
litigious etc. (quarrelsome) Discord
qui tam
Nouns
acquittal, acquitment
clearance, exculpation
acquittance, clearance, exoneration
discharge etc. (release) Liberation
quietus, absolution, compurgation, reprieve, respite
pardon etc. (forgiveness) Forgiveness . [Exemption from punishment] impunity
diplomatic immunity
immunity
plea bargain, deal with the prosecutor. [in civil suits] no cause for action
no damages.
Verbs
acquit, exculpate, exonerate, clear
absolve, whitewash, assoil
discharge, release
liberate etc. Liberation . reprieve, respite
pardon etc. (forgive) Forgiveness
let off, let off scot-free. drop the charges. plea bargain, strike a deal. no-cause (in civil suits)
get no-caused
Adjectives
acquitted etc. v.
uncondemned, unpunished, unchastised. not guilty
not proven. not liable.
Nouns
condemnation, conviction, judgment, penalty, sentence
proscription, damnation
death warrant. attainder, attainture, attaintment.
Verbs
condemn, convict, cast, bring home to, find guilty, damn, doom, sign the death warrant, sentence, pass sentence on, attaint, confiscate, proscribe, sequestrate
nonsuit. disapprove etc. Disapprobation
accuse etc. Accusation . stand condemned.
Adjectives
condemnatory, damnatory
guilty, condemned etc. v.
nonsuited etc. (failure) Failure
self-convicted.
Phrases
unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved" [Paradise Lost] .
Nouns
punishment, punition
chastisement, chastening
correction, castigation. discipline, infliction, trial
judgment
penalty etc. Penalty
retribution
thunderbolt, Nemesis
requital etc. (reward) Reward
penology
retributive justice. lash, scaffold etc. (instrument of punishment) [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge
imprisonment etc. (restraint) Restraint
transportation, banishment, expulsion, exile, involuntary exile, ostracism
penal servitude, hard labor
galleys etc. [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge
beating etc. v.
flagellation, fustigation, gantlet, strappado, estrapade, bastinado, stick law, rap on the knuckles, box on the ear
blow etc. (impulse) Impulse
stripe, cuff, kick, buffet, pummel
slap, slap in the face
wipe, douse
coup de grace
torture, rack
picket, picketing
dragonnade. capital punishment
execution
lethal injection
the gas chamber
hanging etc. v.
electrocution, rail-riding, scarpines
decapitation, decollation
garrotte
crucifixion, impalement
firing squad
martyrdom
noyade
happy dispatch. [suicide as punishment] hara-kiri
drinking the hemlock.
Verbs
punish
chastise, chasten
castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice
cowhide, lambaste [Slang] . visit upon, pay
pay out, serve out
do for
make short work of, give a lesson to, serve one right, make an example of
have a rod in pickle for
give it one. strike etc. Impulse
deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite
slap, slap the face
smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet
thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor
lace, lace one's jacket
dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue
beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly
give a black eye. tar and feather
pelt, stone, lapidate
masthead, keelhaul. execute
bring to the block, bring to the gallows
behead, decapitate, guillotine
decollate
hang, turn off, gibbet, bowstring, hang draw and quarter
shoot
decimate
burn
break on the wheel, crucify
empale, impale
flay
lynch
electrocute
gas, send to the gas chamber. torture
put on, put to the rack
picket. banish, exile, transport, expel, ostracize
rusticate
drum out
dismiss, disbar, disbench
strike off the roll, unfrock
post. suffer, suffer for, suffer punishment
be flogged. be executed, suffer the ultimate penalty
be hanged etc.
come to the gallows, mount the gallows, swing [Coll.] , twist in the wind, dance upon nothing, die in one's shoes
be rightly served
be electrocuted, fry [Coll.] , ride the lightning [Coll.]
face the firing squad.
Adjectives
punishing etc. v.
penal
punitory, punitive
inflictive, castigatory
punished etc. v..
Phrases
eating the bitter bread of banishment" [Richard II]
Nouns
reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, guerdon, reguerdon
price. [payment for damage or debt] indemnity, indemnification
quittance
compensation
reparation, redress, satisfaction
reckoning, acknowledgment, requital, amends, sop
atonement, retribution
consideration, return, quid pro quo. salvage, perquisite
bribe
hush money, smart money
blackmail, extortion
carcelage
solatium. allowance, salary, stipend, wages, compensation
pay, payment
emolument
tribute
batta, shot, scot
bonus, premium, tip
fee, honorarium
hire
dasturi, dustoori
mileage. crown etc. (decoration of honor) Title .
Verbs
reward, recompense, repay, requite
remunerate, munerate
compensate
fee
pay one's footing etc. (pay) Payment
make amends, indemnify, atone
satisfy, acknowledge. get for one's pains, reap the fruits of. tip.
Adjectives
remunerative, remuneratory
munerary, compensatory, retributive, reparatory
rewarding
satisfactory.
Nouns
penalty
retribution etc. (punishment) Punishment
pain, pains and penalties
weregild, wergild
penance etc. (atonement) Atonement
the devil to pay. fine, mulct, amercement
forfeit, forfeiture
escheat [Law] , damages, deodand, sequestration, confiscation
doomage [U.S.] .
Verbs
fine, mulct, amerce, sconce, confiscate
sequestrate, sequester
escheat [Law]
estreat, forfeit.
Nouns
scourge, rod, cane, stick
ratan, rattan
birch, birch rod
azote, blacksnake, bullwhack [U.S.] , chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok
rod in pickle
switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon. whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout
cat, cat o'nine tails
rope's end. pillory, stocks, whipping post
cucking stool, ducking stool
brank
trebuchet, trebuket. [instruments of torture: list] , triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel
chinese water torture. treadmill, crank, galleys. scaffold
block, ax, guillotine
stake
cross
gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring
death chair, electric chair
gas chamber
lethal injection
firing squad
mecate. house of correction etc. (prison) [Means of restraint.] Prison
executioner
electrocutioner
lyncher
hangman
headsman
Jack Ketch.