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Adj. free, as air; out of har- | 751; down-trodden; over-borne, ness, independent, at large, loose, -whelmed; under the lash, on the scot free; left alone, - to oneself. hip, led by the nose, henpecked; in full swing; uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, of; under one's orders, the -puppet, sport, playthingunrestrained, unchecked, unpre- mand, - thumb; a slave to; at the vented, unhindered, unobstructed, mercy of; in the power, - hands, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammelled. clutches- of; at the feet of; at 743; liable &c. 177; parasitical; one's beck and call &c. (obedient) stipendiary.

unsubject, ungoverned, unenslaved, unenthralled, unchained, unshackled, unfettered, unreined, unbridled, uncurbed, unmuzzled. unrestricted, unlimited, unconditional; absolute; discretionary &c. (optional) 600.

unassailed, unforced, uncompelled.
unbiassed, spontaneous.

Adv. under.

free and easy; at, at one's case; dégagé, quite at home; wanton, rampant, irrepressible, unvanquished.

exempt; freed &c. 750; freeborn; autonomous, freehold, allodial; gratis &c. 815.

unclaimed, going a begging.

Adv. freely &c. adj.; ad libitum &c. (at will) 600.

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750. LIBERATION. N. liberation, disengagement, release, en- hindrance &c. 706; coercion &c. 751. RESTRAINT.-N. restraint; largement, emancipation; af-, en- (compulsion) 744; cohibition, confranchisement; manumission; dis-straint, repression; discipline, concharge, dismissal.

deliverance &c. 672; redemption, extrication, acquittance, absolution; acquittal &c. 970; escape &c. 671.

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V. liberate, free; set -free, at liberty; render free, emancipate, release; en-, af-franchise; manumit; enlarge; dis band, -charge, -miss, -enthral; loose, out, slip; cast adrift; deliver &c. 672; absolve &c. (acquit) 970.

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unfetter &c. 751, untie &c. 43; loose &c. (disjoin) 44; loosen, relax; un-bolt, bar, close, cork, | -clog, hand, -bind, -chain, -harness; dis-engage, -entangle; clear, extricate, unloose.

gain, obtain -, acquire- one's

trol.

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under restraint; en-, in-, be-thral; V. restrain, check; put -, layrestrict; debar &c. (hinder) 706; constrain; coerce &c. (compel) 744; from, - in, - in check, - within curb, control; hold-, keep- -back,

-liberty &c. 748; get -rid, - clear- | of; deliver oneself from; shake off the yoke, slip the collar; break -loose, - prison; tear asunder one's bonds, cast off trammels; escape &c. 671.

Adj. liberated &c. v. ; out of harness &c. (free) 748.

Int. unhand me! let me go!

bounds; hold in -leash, - leading strings; withhold.

keep under; repress, suppress; smother; pull in, rein in; hold, fast; keep a tight hand on; prohibit &c. 761; in-, co-hibit.

enchain; fasten &c. (join) 43; fetter, shackle; en-, trammel; bridle, muzzle, gag, pinion, manacle, handcuff, tie one's hands, hobble, bind hand and foot; swathe, swaddle; pin down, teth

er, picket; tie, - up, - down; secure; forge fetters.
confine; shut up, - in; clap up, lock up, box up, mew up,
bottle up, cork up, seal up, button
up; hem in, bolt in, wall in,
rail in; impound, pen, coop; enclose &c. (circumscribe) 229;
cage; in-, en-cage; close the door upon, cloister; imprison, im-
mure; incarcerate, entomb; clap -, lay- under hatches; put in
-irons, - a strait waistcoat; throw, cast- into prison; put into
bilboes.

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arrest; take-up, - charge of, into custody; take, make-prisoner, captive; captivate; lead captive, into captivity; send, commit- to prison; commit; give in -charge, - custody; subjugate &c. 749.

Adj. re-, con-strained; imprisoned &c. v.; pent up; jammed in, wedged in; under -restraint, - lock and key, hatches; in swaddling clothes; on parole; in custody &c. (prisoner) 754; cohibitive; coactive &c. (compulsory) 744.

stiff, restringent, straitlaced, hide-bound.

ice-, wind-, weather-bound; "cabined cribbed confined;" in Lob's pound, laid by the heels.

752. [Means of restraint.] PRISON.-N. prison, -house; jail,
gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, don-
jon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction,
hulks, toll-booth, panopticon, penitentiary, guard-room, lock-
up, hold; round watch
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- station, sponging- house; sta-
tion; house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound; en-
closure &c. 232; penal settlement; bilboes, stocks, limbo,
quod.

Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea; King's (or Queen's) Bench. bond; bandage; irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, strait waistcoat.

yoke, collar, halter, harness; muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle; rein, -s; bearing-rein; martingale, leading string; tether, picket, band, chain; cord, guy &c. (fastening)

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bolt, bar, lock, padlock, rail, wall; paling, palisade; fence; barrier, barricade.

drag &c. (hindrance) 706.

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errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur, permit &c. (permis-secration. sion) 760.

appointment, nomination, return; charter; ordination; installation, inauguration, investiture; accession, coronation, enthronement.

vicegerency; regency, regent

ship.

viceroy &c. 745; consignee &c. 758; deputy &c. 759.

V. commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; in-, en-trust; commit, to the hands of; authorize &c. (permit) 760. put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, invest, crown; en-roll, -list..

employ, empower; set over; send out.

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aboli-tion, -shment; dissolution. counter-order, -mand; repudiation, retractation; recantation &c. (tergiversation) 607.

V. abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy &c. 162; abolish; revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; over-rule, -ride; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void; dis-establish, -endow; deconsecrate.

disclaim &c. (deny) 536; ignore, repudiate; recant &c. 607; divest oneself, break off.

counter-mand, -order; do away with; sweep –, brush-away; throw -overboard, to the dogs; scatter to the winds, cast behind. dismiss, discard; cast turnplace--off, - out, - adrift, -out of doors, - aside, - away; send off, -away, - about one's business; discharge, get rid of &c. (eject) 297.

be commissioned, be accredited; represent, stand for; stand in the -stead, place, - shoes- of.

Adj. commissioned &c. v.

cashier; break; oust; un-seat, -saddle; un-, de-, disen-throne; depose, uncrown; unfrock, strike off the roll; dis-bar, -bench.

be -abrogated &c.; receive its quietus.

Adj. abrogated &c. v.; functus officio.

Int. get along with you! begone! go about your business! away with!

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V. resign; give, throw- up; lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract; deny &c. 536.

abrogate &c. 756; desert &c. (relinquish) 624; get rid of &c.

782.

abdicate; vacate,

one's seat; accept the stewardship of the

Chiltern Hundreds; retire; tender one's resignation.

Adj. abdicant.

Phr. "Othello's occupation 's gone."

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

delegate; commiss-ary, -ioner; emissary, envoy, commissionaire; messenger &c. 534.

diplomatist, diplomate, corps diplomatique, embassy; am-, em-bassador; representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, chargé d'affaires, attaché.

vicegerent &c. (deputy) 759; plenipotentiary.

functionary, placeman, curator; treasurer &c. 801; agent, factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business; factotum &c. (director) 694.

negotiator, go between; middleman; under agent, employé; servant &c. 746.

traveller, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter. newspaper, own −, special- correspondent.

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

regent, vicegerent, vizier, minister, vicar; premier &c. (director) 694; chancellor, prefect, provost, warden, lieutenant, archon, consul, proconsul.

viceroy &c. (governor) 745.

commissioner &c. 758; plenipotentiary, alter ego.

V. be deputy &c. n. ; stand -, appear -, answer- for; represent; stand, walk- in the shoes of; stand in the stead of. ablegate, accredit.

Ad. acting; vice, -regal; accredited to.

Adv. in behalf of.

Section II. SPECIAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION.

761. PROHIBITION.-N. pro-, inhibition; veto, disallowance; interdict, -ion; injunction; embargo, ban, taboo, proscription; index expurgatorius; restriction &c. (re

760. PERMISSION.-N. permission, leave; allow-, suffer-ance; toler-ance, -ation; liberty, law, ticence, concession, grace; indulgence &c. (lenity) 740; favour, dispensation, exemption, release; constraint) 751; hindrance &c. 706; nivance; vouchsafement. forbidden fruit.

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Adj. permitting &c. .; per

missive, indulgent; permitted &c.

V. pro-, in-hibit; forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow; bar; debar &c. (hinder) 706, forefend.

keep -in, within- bounds; restrain &c. 751; cohibit, withhold, limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict; interdict, taboo; put place- under an interdiction, the ban; proscribe; exclude, shut out; shut, bolt, show- the door; warn off; dash the cup from one's lips; forbid the banns.

Adj. prohibitive, ory; proscriptive; restrictive, exclusive; forbidding &c. v.

prohibited &c. v.; not -permitted &c. 760; unlicensed, contraband, under the ban of; illegal &c. 964; unauthorized, not to be thought of.

Adv. on no account &c. (no)

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.; patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal; legalized &c. (law) 963; licit; unforbid, -den; unconditional.

Adv. by, with -, on- -leave &c. n.; speciali gratiá; under favour of; ad libitum &c. (freely) 748, (at will) 600; by all means &c. (willingly) 602; yes &c. (assent) 488.

762. CONSENT.-N. consent; assent &c. 488; acquiescence; approval &c. 931; compliance, agreement, concession; yield

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