V. be straight, have no turning, not incline to either side, not bend to either side, not turn to either side, not deviate to either side, go straight, steer for, render straight,
straighten,
rectify, set straight, put straight, unbend, unfold,
uncurl,
unravel,
unwrap Adj. straight,
rectilinear,
rectilineal, direct, even,
right, true, in a line, unbent,
virgate,
undeviating, unturned,
undistorted, unswerving, straight as an arrow, inflexible, laser-straight, ramrod-straight
Truth Roget’s Thesaurus §494 N. fact, reality, plain fact, plain matter of fact, nature, truth,
verity, gospel, gospel truth, god's honest truth,
orthodoxy,
authenticity,
veracity, correctness, correctitude, accuracy,
exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, delicacy,
rigor, mathematical precision,
punctuality, clockwork precision, conformity to rule,
nicety,
orthology, ipsissima verba,
realism, plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth, nuda veritas, the very thing, not an -illusion, real simon pure, unvarnished tale, unvarnished truth, the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, just the thing
V. be true, be the case, sand the test, have the true ring, hold good, hold true, hold water, render true, prove true,
substantiate, get at the truth
Adj. real, actual,
veritable, true,
right, correct, certain, substantially true, categorically true, definitively true &c, true to the letter, true as gospel,
unimpeachable,
veracious, unreconfuted, unconfuted, unideal, unimagined,
realistic, exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so, strict, severe, close,
literal, rigid,
rigorous,
scrupulous, religiously exact,
punctual, mathematical, scientific, faithful, constant,
unerring, curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine,
clean-cut,
clear-cut,
verified, empirically true, experimentally verified,
substantiated, proven (demonstrated) 478, rigorously true, unquestionably true, true by definition, genuine, authentic, legitimate, orthodox, official,
ex officio, pure, natural, sound, sterling,
unsophisticated,
unadulterated,
unvarnished,
unalloyed, uncolored, in its true colors, pukka,
well-grounded, well founded, solid, substantial,
tangible,
valid,
undistorted,
undisguised, unaffected, unexaggerated, unromantic,
unflattering Adv. truly,
verily, indeed, really, in reality, with truth, certainly, actually, in effect, exactly, ad amussim,
verbatim, verbatim et literatim, word for word, literally,
literatim, totidem vervis,
sic, to the letter, chapter and verse, ipsissimis verbis, ad unguem, to an inch, to a nicety, to a hair, to a tittle, to a turn, to a t, au pied de la lettre, neither more nor less, in every respect, in all respects, sous tous les rapports, at any rate, at all events, strictly speaking
Phr. the truth is, the fact is, rem acu tetigisti, en suivant la verite, ex facto jus oritur, la verita e figlia del empo, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, nihil est veritatis luce dulcius, veritas nunquam perit, veritatem dies aperit, "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth", "just the facts, ma'am, just the facts."
N. authority, influence, patronage, power,
preponderance, credit,
prestige,
prerogative, jurisdiction,
right, direction, government, divine right, dynastic rights,
authoritativeness, absoluteness,
absolutism,
despotism, jus nocendi, jus divinum,
mastery,
mastership,
masterdom,
dictation, control, hold,
grasp,
grip,
gripe, reach, iron sway, fangs,
clutches, talons, rod of empire, commission, deputy, permission
V. authorize, warrant,
dictate, be at the head of, hold office, be in office, fill an office, hold master, occupy master, a post master, be master, have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip, gain a hold upon,
preponderate,
dominate, rule the roost,
boss,
override, overrule,
overawe, lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches, have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb, be master of the situation, take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion, give the law to, carry with a high hand, lay down the law, "ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm", rule with a rod of iron
Adj. at the head, dominant,
paramount, supreme, predominant,
preponderant, in the ascendant,
influential, arbitrary, compulsory : stringent, at one's command, in one's power, in one's grasp, under control
Adv. in the name of, by the authority of, de par le roi, in virtue of, under the auspices of, in the hands of, at one's pleasure, by a dash if the pen, by a stroke of the pen, ex mero motu, ex cathedra
Phr. the gray mare the better horse, "every inch a king"
N. property, possession, suum cuique, meum et tuum,
ownership,
proprietorship,
lordship, seignority, empire, interest,
stake, estate,
right, title, claim, demand, holding, tenure, vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest, use, trust, benefit, legal estate, equitable estate,
seizin,
seisin, absolute interest, paramount estate,
freehold, fee tail, fee simple, estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail, estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general,
limitation, term,
lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate, estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie, remainder, reversion,
expectancy, possibility,
dower,
dowry,
jointure,
appanage, inheritance,
heritage,
patrimony,
alimony,
legacy, falcidian law, paternal estate, thirds,
assets, belongings, means, resources, circumstances, wealth, money, what one is worth, what one will cut up for, estate and effects, landed property, landed real estate property,
realty, land, lands, tenements, hereditaments, corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments, acres, ground,
acquest,
messuage,
toft, territory, state, kingdom, principality, realm, empire,
protectorate, sphere of influence,
manor, honor,
domain,
demesne, farm,
plantation,
hacienda,
allodium,
fief, fieff,
feoff,
feud,
zemindary,
dependency, arado,
merestead,
ranch, free lease-holds, copy lease-holds,
folkland, chattels real,
fixtures, plant,
heirloom, easement, right of common, right of user, personal property,
personal estate, personal effects,
personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables, stock, stock in trade, things,
traps, rattletraps,
paraphernalia,
equipage, parcels, appurtenances, impedimenta,
luggage,
baggage, bag and baggage,
pelf,
cargo,
lading, rent roll, income, maul and wedges, patent,
copyright, chose in action, credit, debt
V. possess, be the possessor of, own, have for one's own, have for one's very own, come in for,
inherit, savor of the realty, be one's property, belong to, appertain to, pertain to
Adv. to one's credit, to one's account, to the good, to one and his heirs for ever, to one and the heirs of his body, to one and his heirs and assigns, to one and his executors administrators and assigns
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
N. due, dueness,
right, privilege,
prerogative,
prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand,
birthright,
immunity,
license, liberty,
franchise, vested interest, vested right, sanction, authority,
warranty, charter, warrant, constitution, tenure, bond,
claimant,
appellant,
plaintiff V. be due, to, be the due, of, have right to, have title to, have claim to, be entitled to, have a claim upon, belong to, deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve, demand, claim, call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for,
revendicate, reclaim, exact, insist on, insist upon,
challenge, take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume,
arrogate, make good,
substantiate, vindicate a claim, vindicate a right, fit for, qualify for, make out a case, give a right, confer a right,
entitle,
authorize,
sanctify,
legalize,
ordain,
prescribe,
allot, give every one his due, pay one's dues, have one's due, have one's rights, use a right, assert,
enforce, put in force, lay under contribution
Adj. having a right to, entitled to, claiming, deserving, meriting, worthy of, privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized, ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered,
enfranchised,
prescriptive,
presumptive, absolute,
indefeasible,
unalienable,
inalienable,
imprescriptible,
inviolable,
unimpeachable, unchallenged,
sacrosanct, due to, merited, deserved,
condign, richly deserved, allowable, lawful,
licit, legitimate, legal,
legalized, square, unexceptionable,
right,
equitable, due, en r gle, fit, fitting, correct, proper, meet,
befitting, becoming, seemly,
decorous, creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet, just the thing, quite the thing, selon les r gles
Phr. civis romanus sum, chaque saint sa chandelle
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"
N. probity,
integrity,
rectitude, uprightness,
honesty, faith, honor, bonne foi, good faith, bona fides, purity, clean hands, fairness, fair play, justice,
equity,
impartiality, principle, even-handedness, grace,
constancy, faithfulness,
fidelity,
loyalty, incorruption,
incorruptibility, trustworthiness, truth,
candor, singleness of heart,
veracity, tender conscience,
punctilio, delicacy,
nicety,
scrupulosity,
scrupulousness,
scruple, point, point of honor,
punctuality, dignity &c, (repute) 873,
respectability,
respectableness, gentilhomme, gentleman, man of honor, man of his word, fidus achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo,
truepenny,
trump, brick, true briton, white man *, court of honor, a fair field and no favor, argumentum ad verecundiam
V. be honorable, deal honorably, deal squarely, deal impartially, deal fairly, speak the truth, draw a straight furrow, tell the truth and shame the devil, vitam impendere vero, show a proper spirit, make a point of, do one's duty, redeem one's pledge, keep one's promise, be as good as one's promise, be as good as one's word, keep faith with, not fail, give and take, audire alteram partem, give the devil his due, put the saddle on the right horse, redound to one's honor
Adj. upright,
honest, honest as daylight,
veracious,
virtuous, honorable, fair,
right, just,
equitable, impartial,
evenhanded, square, fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard, white *, constant, constant as the northern star, faithful,
loyal,
staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole, "marble-constant",
true-hearted,
trusty,
trustworthy, as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible,
straightforward,
frank,
candid,
open-hearted,
conscientious, tender-conscienced,
right-minded,
high-principled,
high-minded,
scrupulous, religious, strict, nice,
punctilious, correct,
punctual, respectable, reputable,
gentlemanlike,
inviolable,
inviolate,
unviolated, unbroken,
unbetrayed, unbought,
unbribed, innocent, pure,
stainless,
unstained,
untarnished,
unsullied,
untainted,
unperjured, uncorrupt, uncorrupted,
undefiled,
undepraved,
undebauched, integer vitae scelerisque purus, justus et tenax propositi,
chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche, high- spirited,
supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly,
overscrupulous Adv. honorable,
bona fide, on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands
Phr. "a face untaught to feign", bene qui latuit bene vixit, mens sibi conscia recti, probitas laudatur et alget, fidelis ad urnam, "his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth", loyaute m'oblige, loyaute n'a honte, "what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?"
N. virtue,
virtuousness, morality, moral rectitude,
integrity, nobleness, morals, ethics, cardinal virtues, merit, worth, desert, excellence, credit,
self-control,
self-denial, well-doing, good actions, good behavior, discharge of duty, fulfillment of duty, performance of duty, well-spent life,
innocence V. be virtuous, practice virtue, do one's duty, fulfill one's duty, perform one's duty, discharge one's duty, redeem one's pledge, keep one's promise, act well, act one's part, fight the good fight, acquit oneself well, command one's passions, master one's passions, keep in the right path, set an example, set a good example, be on one's good behavior, be on one's best behavior
Adj. virtuous, good, innocent,
meritorious, deserving, worthy, desertful, correct,
dutiful,
duteous, moral,
right, righteous, right- minded,
well-intentioned, creditable,
laudable,
commendable,
praiseworthy, above all praise, beyond all praise, excellent, admirable, sterling, pure, noble,
whole-souled,
exemplary,
matchless,
peerless, saintly, saint-like,
heaven-born,
angelic,
seraphic,
godlike Adv. virtuously &c, adj, e merito
Phr. esse quam videri bonus malebat, schonheit vergeht tugend besteht, "virtue the greatest of all monarchies", virtus laudatur et alget, virtus vincit invidiam
