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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | permission |
| Synonyms: | allowance, assent, authorization, concession, consent, dispensation, freedom, go-ahead, green light, liberty, okay, permit, sanction, sufferance, tolerance |
| 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: | limitation, prohibition, restriction |
| Main Entry: | lot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, share |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, bite, cut, parcel, part, percentage, piece, quota, ration, slice, take |
| Antonyms: | totality, whole |
| Main Entry: | maintenance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perpetuation, support; sustenance |
| Synonyms: | aliment, alimentation, alimony, allowance, bacon, bread, bread and butter, care, carrying, conservation, continuance, continuation, food, keep, keeping, livelihood, living, nurture, preservation, prolongation, provision, repairs, resources, retainment, salt, subsistence, supply, sustaining, sustainment, sustention, upkeep, wherewithal |
| Antonyms: | desertion, forsaking, ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | margin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border; room around something |
| Synonyms: | allowance, bound, boundary, brim, brink, compass, confine, edge, elbowroom, extra, field, frame, hem, latitude, leeway, limit, lip, perimeter, periphery, play, rim, scope, selvage, shore, side, skirt, space, surplus, trimming, verge |
| Antonyms: | center, core, interior |
| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, scope |
| Synonyms: | admeasurement, admensuration, allotment, allowance, amount, amplification, amplitude, area, bang, breadth, bulk, capacity, degree, depth, dimension, distance, duration, extent, fix, frequency, height, hit, magnitude, mass, meed, mensuration, nip, part, pitch, proportion, quantity, quantum, quota, range, ratio, ration, reach, share, shot, size, slug, span, strength, sum, volume, weight |
| Main Entry: | odds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | allowance, benefit, bulge, difference, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, draw, edge, handicap, head start, lead, overlay, start, superiority, vantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | pardon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forgiveness |
| Synonyms: | absolution, acquittal, allowance, amnesty, anchor, clemency, commute, conciliation, condonation, discharge, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, forbearance, freeing, grace, indemnification, indemnity, indulgence, justification, kindness, lifeboat, lifesaver, mercy, release, remission, reprieve, vindication |
| Notes: | a pardon is the act of excusing a mistake or offense; an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness |
| Antonyms: | chastisement, condemnation, damning, ostracization, penalty, punishment |
| Main Entry: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization; enactment |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, allowance, establishment, freedom, legalization, legislation, passing, passport, permission, ratification, right, safe-conduct, visa, warrant |
| Notes: | a passage is a one-way boat crossing; a voyage is a round trip journey by sea |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, veto |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earnings from employment |
| Synonyms: | allowance, bacon, bread, commission, compensation, consideration, defrayment, emoluments, fee, hire*, honorarium, income, indemnity, meed, payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds, profit, reckoning, recompensation, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, requital, return, reward, salary, satisfaction, scale, settlement, stipend, stipendium, take-home, takings, wage, wages |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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