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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition, stipulation |
| Synonyms: | catch, circumscription, demur, doubt, fine print, grain of salt, hesitancy, kicker, provision, proviso, qualification, restriction, scruple, skepticism, string, strings, terms |
| Antonyms: | openness |
| Main Entry: | reservation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitat for large group |
| Synonyms: | enclave, homeland, preserve, reserve, sanctuary, territory, tract |
| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | requirement, limitation |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, article, catch, codicil, contingency, demand, essential, exception, exemption, fine print, kicker, modification, must, necessity, postulate, precondition, prerequisite, provision, proviso, qualification, requisite, reservation, rule, sine qua non, small print, stipulation, strings, terms |
| Main Entry: | constraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, diffidence, embarrassment, hang-up, humility, inhibition, modesty, repression, reservation, reserve, restraint, timidity |
| Antonyms: | aggression |
| Main Entry: | exception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving out |
| Synonyms: | barring, debarment, disallowment, excepting, exclusion, excusing, expulsion, noninclusion, omission, passing over, rejection, repudiation, reservation |
| Antonyms: | admittal, admittance, allowance, inclusion |
| Main Entry: | limitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraint, disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | bar, block, check, circumspection, condition, constraint, control, cramp, curb, definition, drawback, impediment, inhibition, injunction, modification, obstruction, qualification, reservation, restriction, snag, stint, stricture, taboo |
| Notes: | limit marks an end to something; limitation is the extent of one's capacity or a constraint that stops something |
| Antonyms: | advantage, extent, freedom, infinity, range, release |
| Main Entry: | misgiving |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncertainty |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, distrust, doubt, fear, foreboding, hesitation, mistrust, premonition, prenotion, presage, presentiment, qualm, reservation, scruple, suspicion, unbelief, unease, worry |
| Antonyms: | certainty, confidence, doubtlessness, sureness, trust |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request; purchase agreement |
| Synonyms: | amount, application, booking, bulk, commission, engagement, goods, materials, purchase, quantity, requisition, reservation, reserve, shipment, stipulation |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Main Entry: | place |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location with purpose, function |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodation, apartment, area, berth, city, community, compass, corner, country, distance, district, domicile, dwelling, field, habitat, hamlet, hangout, hole*, home, house, joint, latitude, lay, locale, locality, locus, longitude, neighborhood, niche, nook, pad, part, plant, point, position, property, quarter, region, reservation, residence, room, seat, section, site, situation, spot, station, stead, suburb, town, venue, vicinity, village, volume, whereabouts, zone |
| Notes: | in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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