N. agreement,
accord, accordance,
unison, harmony,
concord,
concordance,
concert, understanding, mutual understanding, conformity,
conformance, uniformity,
consonance,
consentaneousness,
consistency,
congruity,
congruence, keeping,
congeniality, correspondence,
parallelism,
apposition, union,
fitness, aptness,
relevancy,
pertinence, pertinencey, sortance|, case in point,
aptitude,
coaptation, propriety,
applicability,
admissibility,
commensurability,
compatibility,
cognation,
adaption,
adjustment,
graduation, accommodation,
reconciliation,
reconcilement,
assimilation, consent,
concurrence,
cooperation, right man in the right place, very thing, quite the thing, just the thing
V. be accordant, agree,
accord,
harmonize, correspond, tally,
respond, meet, suit, fit,
befit, do, adapt itself to, fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with,
dovetail,
assimilate, fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a t,
match, become one,
homologate, consent, render accordant, fit, suit,
adapt,
accommodate,
graduate,
adjust, dress, regulate,
readjust,
accord,
harmonize,
reconcile,
fadge,
dovetail, square
Adj. agreeing, suiting, in accord,
accordant,
concordant,
consonant,
congruous,
consentaneous,
correspondent,
congenial,
coherent, becoming, harmonious reconcilable,
conformable, in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with,
&c. n, at one with, of one mind, of a piece, consistent,
compatible,
proportionate,
commensurate, on all fours, apt,
apposite,
pertinent,
pat, to the point, to the purpose, happy,
felicitous,
germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable,
relevant,
admissible, fit adapted,
in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable,
idoneous,
deft, meet, at home, in one's proper element
Phr. rem acu tetigisti, if the shoe fits, wear it, the cap fits, auxilia humilia firma consensus facit, discers concordia
V. be expedient, suit,
befit, suit the time, befit the time, suit the season, befit the season, suit the occasion, befit the occasion,
conform Adj. expedient, desirable,
advisable, acceptable, convenient, worth while, meet, fit, fitting, due, proper,
eligible, seemly, becoming,
befitting,
opportune,
in loco, suitable, applicable
Adv. in the right place, conveniently
Phr. operae pretium est
Right Roget’s Thesaurus §922 N. right, what ought to be, what should be,
fitness, summum jus, justice,
equity,
equitableness, propriety, fair play,
impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis, astraea,
nemesis,
themis, scales of justice, evenhanded justice,
karma, suum cuique, clear stage, fair field and no favor, level playing field, morals, law, honor, virtue
V. be right, stand to reason, see justice done, see one righted, see fair play, do justice to,
recompense, bold the scales even, give and take, serve one right, put the saddle on the right horse, give every one his due, give the devil his due, audire alteram partem, deserve
Adj. right, good, just, reasonable, fit, equal,
equable, equatable,
evenhanded, fair, legitimate,
justifiable, rightful, as it should be, as it ought to be, lawful, (legal) 963, deserved
Adv. rightly, bon droit, au bon droit, in justice, in equity, in reason, without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without respect to persons, upon even terms
Phr. dieu et mon droit, "in equal scale weighing delight and dole", justitia cuum cuique distribuit, justitiae soror incorrupta fides, justitia virtutem regina, "thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just"
Int. all right, fair's fair
Duty Roget’s Thesaurus §926 N. duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation,
accountableness, liability,
onus,
responsibility, bounden duty, imperative duty, call, call of duty,
accountability, allegiance,
fealty, tie engagement, part, function, calling, morality, morals,
decalogue, case of conscience,
conscientiousness, conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience, superego, the hell within, dueness, propriety,
fitness,
seemliness,
amenability,
decorum, τὸ πρέπον, the thing, the proper thing, the right thing to do, the proper thing to do, ethics,
ethology,
deontology,
aretology,
moral philosophy, ethical philosophy,
casuistry,
polity,
observance,
fulfillment, discharge, performance,
acquittal, satisfaction,
redemption, good behavior
V. be the duty of, be incumbent, on, be responsible,
behoove, become,
befit,
beseem, belong to, pertain to, fall to one's lot, devolve on, lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door, rest with, rest on the shoulders of, take upon oneself, be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for, incur a responsibility, be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation, have to answer for, owe to it oneself, impose a duty,
&c. n,
enjoin, require, exact, bind, bind over, saddle with,
prescribe,
assign, call upon, look to,
oblige, enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation, act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post, do duty, do one's duty, be on one's good behavior, mind one's p's and q's
Adj. obligatory, binding,
imperative,
peremptory,
stringent,
behooving, incumbent on, chargeable on, under obligation, obliged by, bound by, tied by, saddled with, due to, beholden to, bound to, indebted to, tied down,
compromised, in duty bound,
amenable, liable, accountable, responsible, answerable, right, meet, moral, ethical, casuistical,
conscientious,
ethological Adv. with a safe conscience, as in duty, bound, on one's own responsibility, at one's own risk, suo periculo, in foro conscientiae, quamdiu se bene gesserit
Phr. dura lex sed lex, dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, honos habet onus, leve fit quod bene fertur onus, loyaute m'oblige, "simple duty bath no place for fear", "stern daughter of the voice of god", "there is a higher law than the constitution"