N. laxity,
laxness, looseness,
slackness,
toleration, freedom,
anarchy,
interregnum,
relaxation,
loosening, remission, dead letter, brutum fulmen, misrule,
license,
licentiousness,
insubordination,
lynch law,
nihilism, reign of violence,
dethronement,
deposition,
usurpation,
abdication V. be -lax, laisser faire, laisser aller, hold a loose rein, give the reins to, give rope enough, give a loose to,
tolerate,
relax, misrule, go beyond the length of one's tether, have one's swing, have one's fling, act without instructions, act without authority, act outside of one's authority, act on one's own responsibility, usurp authority,
dethrone,
depose,
abdicate Adj. lax, loose,
slack, remiss, weak,
relaxed,
licensed,
reinless,
unbridled,
anarchical, unauthorized, adespotic
N. permission, leave, allowance,
sufferance,
tolerance,
toleration, liberty, law,
license,
concession, grace,
indulgence, favor,
dispensation,
exemption, release,
connivance,
vouchsafement,
authorization,
warranty, accordance, admission, permit, warrant,
brevet,
precept, sanction, authority,
firman, hukm, pass,
passport,
furlough,
license,
carte blanche, ticket of leave, grant, charter, patent, letters patent
V. permit, give permission, give power, let, allow, admit, suffer, bear with,
tolerate, recognize,
concede,
accord,
vouchsafe, favor,
humor,
gratify,
indulge, stretch a point, wink at, connive at, shut one's eyes to, grant,
empower, charter,
enfranchise, privilege, confer a privilege,
license,
authorize, warrant, sanction, intrust, give carte blanche, give the reins to, give scope to, leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open, open the door to, open the flood gates, give a loose to, let off,
absolve, release,
exonerate, dispense with, ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg leave, request leave
Adj. permitting,
permissive,
indulgent, permitted, patent, chartered,
permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal,
legalized,
licit,
unforbid, unforbidden,
unconditional Adv. by leave, with leave, on leave, speciali gratia, under favor of,
pace,
ad libitum, (at will) 600, by all means,
yes Phr. avec permissin, brevet d'invention
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
N. exemption, freedom,
irresponsibility,
immunity, liberty,
license, release,
exoneration,
excuse,
dispensation,
absolution,
franchise,
renunciation, discharge,
exculpation V. be exempt,
exempt, release,
acquit, discharge,
quitclaim,
remise,
remit, free, set at liberty, let off, pass over,
spare,
excuse, dispense with, give dispensation,
license, stretch a point,
absolve,
exonerate, save the necessity
Adj. exempt, free,
immune, at liberty,
scot-free, released, unbound,
unencumbered,
irresponsible, unaccountable, not answerable,
excusable Phr. bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis, 2, moral sentiments