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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge |
| Synonyms: | free, let out, liberate, pardon, release, set free |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liberate, let go |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, bail, bail out, clear, cut loose, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let loose, let off the hook, let off, let out, loose, loosen, manumit, pardon, parole, put on the street, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, set free, spring*, turn loose, turn out, unbind, uncage, unchain, undo, unfetter, unfix, unleash, untie |
| Antonyms: | confine, enslave, hold, incarcerate, restrain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political independence |
| Synonyms: | abolition, abolitionism, autarchy, autonomy, citizenship, deliverance, delivery, democracy, discharge, disengagement, disimprisonment, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extriction, franchise, home rule, immunity, impunity, liberation, liberty, manumission, parole, prerogative, privilege, probation, redemption, release, relief, representative government, rescue, salvage, salvation, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty |
| Antonyms: | communism, government, subjection, subordination, suppression |
| Main Entry: | password |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secret word given for entry |
| Synonyms: | countersign, identification, key, key word, open sesame, parole, phrase, signal, ticket, watchword, word |
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | affiance, affirmation, agreement, asseveration, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, espousal, guarantee, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, sacred word, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
| Main Entry: | semiotics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | study of signs as elements of communication |
| Synonyms: | langue, parole, pragmatics, semantics, sign systems, symbolism, syntactics |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promise |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, assertion, assurance, commitment, declaration, engagement, guarantee, oath, parole, pledge, plight, solemn oath, solemn word, vow, warrant, word of honor |
| Antonyms: | breach, break |
| Main Entry: | watchword |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | motto |
| Synonyms: | countersign, cry, parole, password, shibboleth, sign, signal, slogan |
| Main Entry: | manumit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, bail, bail out, clear, cut loose, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let loose, let off the hook, let off, let out, liberate, loose, loosen, pardon, parole, put on the street, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, set free, spring*, turn loose, turn out, unbind, uncage, unchain, undo, unfetter, unfix, unleash, untie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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