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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | permission for activity |
| Synonyms: | approval, authorization, consent, endorsement, go-ahead, green light, leave, okay, sanction, say-so |
| Antonyms: | denial, grounding, refusal, veto |
| Main Entry: | acquittal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration removing blame |
| Synonyms: | absolution, acquitting, amnesty, clearance, deliverance, discharge, discharging, dismissal, dismissing, exculpation, exemption, exoneration, freeing, letting off, liberation, pardon, release, releasing, relief from, reprieve, vindication |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, conviction, denunciation, doom, sentence |
| Main Entry: | clearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap in area |
| Synonyms: | allowance, assart, clearance, defoliated area, dell, empty space, expanse, gap, glade, headroom, margin, open space, opening |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting free |
| Synonyms: | acquittal, clearance, disimprisonment, exoneration, liberation, pardon, parole, probation, release, remittance |
| Antonyms: | hold, imprisonment, incarceration, keep, retention |
| Main Entry: | disposal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parting with or throwing something away |
| Synonyms: | auctioning, bartering, chucking, clearance, conveyance, demolishing, demolition, destroying, destruction, discarding, dispatching, dispensation, disposition, dumping, ejection, jettison, jettisoning, junking, relegation, relinquishment, removal, riddance, sacrifice, sale, scrapping, selling, trading, transfer, transference, vending |
| Antonyms: | hold, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | elbow room |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | room to maneuver |
| Synonyms: | breathing space, clearance, freedom, latitude, leeway, license, margin, play, room, space |
| Main Entry: | eviction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | throwing out of a residence |
| Synonyms: | boot, bounce*, bum's rush, clearance, dislodgement, dispossession, ejection, expulsion, kicking out, ouster, removal, rush, the gate, walking papers |
| Antonyms: | admittance, boarding, including, leasing, receiving, renting, welcome, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | green light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization |
| Synonyms: | OK, agreement, approval, assent, blessing, clearance, consent, dispensation, empowerment, go-ahead, license, nod, permission, rubber stamp, sanction, seal of approval, stamp of approval, thumbs-up |
| Antonyms: | red light, refusal, veto |
| Main Entry: | reprieve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief of blame, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | abatement, abeyance, absolution, acquittal, alleviation, amnesty, anchor*, clearance, clemency, commute, deferment, freeing, let-up, lifeboat, lifesaver, mitigation, palliation, pardon, postponement, release, remission, respite, spring*, stay, suspension, truce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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