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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authority, right |
| Synonyms: | authorization, ballot, charter, exemption, freedom, immunity, patent, prerogative, privilege, suffrage, vote |
| Main Entry: | hire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commission for responsibility, use |
| Synonyms: | add to payroll, appoint, authorize, book, bring in, bring on board, carry, charter, contract for, delegate, draft, employ, empower, engage, enlist, exploit, fill a position, find help, give a break, give job to, give work, ink, lease, let, make use of, obtain, occupy, pick, place, pledge, procure, promise, put on*, put to work, rent, retain, secure, select, sign on, sign up, sublease, sublet, take on, truck with, utilize |
| Antonyms: | discharge, fire, lay off, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | immunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privilege, exemption |
| Synonyms: | amnesty, charter, exoneration, franchise, freedom, impunity, indemnity, invulnerability, liberty, license, prerogative, protection, release, resistance, right |
| Notes: | impunity is protection from punishment, just as immunity is protection from disease |
| Antonyms: | defenselessness, responsibility, susceptibility, vulnerability |
| Main Entry: | incorporate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | include, combine |
| Synonyms: | absorb, add to, amalgamate, assimilate, associate, blend, charter, coalesce, consolidate, cover, dub, embody, form, fuse, gang up, hook in, imbibe, integrate, join, link, merge, mix, organize, pool, put together, start, subsume, tie in, unite |
| Antonyms: | divide, drop, exclude, separate |
| Main Entry: | justice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawfulness, fairness |
| Synonyms: | amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, constitutionality, correction, credo, creed, decree, due process, equity, evenness, fair play, fair treatment, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, judicatory, judicature, justness, law, legal process, legality, legalization, legitimacy, litigation, penalty, reasonableness, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, square deal, truth |
| Notes: | revenge is personal and justice is societal |
| Antonyms: | illegality, injustice, lawlessness, partiality, unethicalness, unfairness |
| Main Entry: | law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rules of a government, society |
| Synonyms: | act, assize, behest, bidding, bylaw, canon, case, caveat, charge, charter, code, command, commandment, constitution, covenant, decision, decree, decretum, demand, dictate, divestiture, due process, edict, enactment, equity, garnishment, injunction, institute, instruction, jurisprudence, legislation, mandate, measure, notice, order, ordinance, precedent, precept, prescript, prescription, reg, regulation, requirement, ruling, statute, subpoena, summons, warrant, writ |
| Antonyms: | breaking, lawlessness, transgression, violation |
| Main Entry: | lease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rent object, residence |
| Synonyms: | charter, hire, let, loan, rent out, sublease, sublet |
| Antonyms: | sell |
| Main Entry: | legislation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law of a government |
| Synonyms: | act, bill, charter, codification, constitution, enactment, lawmaking, measure, prescription, regulation, ruling, statute |
| Notes: | legislation is the act of making or enacting laws, while legislature is the body of people who make or amend or repeal laws |
| Main Entry: | let |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rent out object, property |
| Synonyms: | charter, hire, lease, sublease, sublet |
| Notes: | let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place |
| Antonyms: | buy, sell |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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