N. circumstance, situation, phase, position, # posture, attitude, place, point, terms, regime, footing, standing, status, occasion, juncture, conjunctive, contingency, predicament, emergence, emergency, exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push, occurrence, turning point, bearings, how the land lies, surroundings, context, environment 229a, location 184, contingency, dependence (uncertainty) 475, causation 153, attribution 155

Adj. circumstantial, given, conditional, provisional, critical, modal, contingent, incidental, adventitious, limitative

Adv. in the circumstances, under the circumstances, the circumstances, conditions, thus, in such wise, accordingly, that being the case, such being the case, in view of the circumstances, that being so, sith, since, seeing that, as matters stand, as things go, as times go, conditionally, provided, if, in case, if so, if so be, if it be so, depending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditions, if it so happen, if it so turn out, in the event of, in such a contingency, in such a case, in such an event, provisionally, unless, without, according to circumstances, according to the occasion, as it may happen, as it may turn out, as it may be, as the case may be, as the wind blows, pro re nata

Phr. "yet are my sins not those of circumstance", 1, absolute relation

N. conditions, terms, articles, articles of # agreement, memorandum, clauses, provisions, proviso, covenant, stipulation, obligation, ultimatum, sine qua non, casus foederris

V. make terms, come to terms, make it a condition, stipulate, insist upon, make a point of, bind, tie up

Adj. conditional, provisional, guarded, fenced, hedged in

Adv. conditionally, provisionally, pro re nata, on condition, with a string to it