flaw, rupture, disrupture, disruption, fracture, laceration,
dilaceration, tear, solution of continuity.
~Rental~, _n._ Rent-roll.
~Renter~, _n._ Lessee, tenant.
~Rent-roll~, _n._ Rental.
~Renunciation~, _n._ ~1.~ Rejection, repudiation, abnegation,
abjuration.
~2.~ Surrender, cession, abandonment, resignation.
~Repair~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mend, refit, retouch, vamp, tinker, piece,
patch, touch up, vamp up, patch up.
~2.~ Retrieve, restore, make good.
~3.~ Redress, atone for, make amends for.
~Repair~, _n._ Restoration, reparation, renewal, refitting, mending.
~Reparable~, _n._ Retrievable, restorable, recoverable.
~Reparation~, _n._ ~1.~ Restoration, renewal, REPAIR.
~2.~ Redress, indemnification, amends, atonement, restitution,
compensation, satisfaction.
~Reparative~, _a._ Restoring, restorative, reviving.
~Reparative~, _n._ Cure, remedy, medicine, restorative, corrective.
~Repartee~, _n._ Retort; smart, or witty reply.
~Repast~, _n._ ~1.~ Food, victuals.
~2.~ Meal, entertainment.
~Repay~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Refund, reimburse, pay back, restore.
~2.~ Remunerate, compensate, reward, recompense, requite.
~Repeal~, _v. a._ Abrogate (_a law_), rescind, REVOKE, annul, cancel,
abolish, set aside, do away, make void.
~Repeal~, _n._ Abrogation, revocation, rescission, rescinding,
annulment.
~Repeat~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Iterate, reiterate, do again.
~2.~ Recite, rehearse, recapitulate, tell over, relate.
~3.~ Renew, reproduce, echo, re-echo.
~Repel~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Repulse; drive, beat, or force back.
~2.~ Resist, oppose, check, withstand, confront, parry, rebuff, BLUFF,
strive against, make a stand against.
~3.~ Reject, refuse, decline.
~Repent~, _v. n._ Regret, be sorry, be penitent, feel remorse.
~Repentance~, _n._ Penitence, contrition, compunction, remorse,
regret, self-reproach, self-reproof, self-accusation, self-
condemnation, stings of conscience.
~Repentant~, _a._ ~1.~ Penitent, sorry.
~2.~ Penitential.
~Repercussion~, _n._ Reverberation, rebound.
~Repercussive~, _a._ Rebounding, reverberating.
~Repertory~, _n._ Repository, depository, treasury, magazine, depot,
museum, store-house, THESAURUS.
~Repetition~, _n._ ~1.~ Iteration, dwelling, harping, reiteration.
~2.~ Tautology, pleonasm, redundancy, diffuseness, verbosity.
~3.~ Recital, rehearsal, relation.
~Repetitious~, _a._ Tautological, verbose, diffuse.
~Repine~, _v. n._ Complain, murmur, croak, grumble, be discontented,
be dissatisfied.
~Replace~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reinstate, re-establish, put back.
~2.~ Refund, repay, restore, pay back.
~3.~ Take the place of, supply the want of.
~Replacement~, _n._ Re-establishment, reinstatement.
~Replenish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fill, stock, fill up.
~2.~ Supply, furnish, provide, store.
~Replete~, _a._ Full, abounding, charged, exuberant, fraught, well
stocked, well provided, choke full, completely full.
~Repletion~, _n._ ~1.~ Satiety, glut, surfeit, exuberant fulness.
~2.~ (_Med._) Plethora.
~Replication~, _n._ Answer, REJOINDER, reply.
~Reply~, _v. n._ ANSWER (_especially to confute or disprove an
assertion_), respond, REJOIN.
~Reply~, _n._ Answer, response, replication, REJOINDER.
~Report~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Announce, annunciate, declare, communicate, set
forth, make known, give an account of.
~2.~ Relate, mention, bruit, advertise, publish, tell, promulgate,
give out.
~3.~ Take down (_in writing_).
~Report~, _n._ ~1.~ Account, announcement, statement, declaration,
communication.
~2.~ Rumor, mention, relation, story, hearsay, bruit, news, common fame.
~3.~ Explosion, noise, sound, detonation.
~4.~ Repute, reputation.
~5.~ Record, note, minute.
~Repose~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compose, rest, put to rest, lay down to rest,
give repose to.
~2.~ Place (_in confidence_), put, stake.
~Repose~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lie, recline.
~2.~ Rest, sleep, slumber, take a nap.
~3.~ Lean (_in confidence_), confide, put confidence.
~Repose~, _n._ ~1.~ Rest, sleep, slumber.
~2.~ Relaxation, respite, breathing-time.
~3.~ Ease, quiet, quietness, quietude, tranquillity, peace.
~Reposit~, _v. a._ Lodge, deposit, place, store, lay up.
~Repository~, _n._ Depository, repertory, depot, magazine,
conservatory, store-house, museum, treasury, THESAURUS.
~Reprehend~, _v. a._ Reprove, chide, rebuke, reproach, upbraid,
REPRIMAND.
~Reprehensible~, _a._ Blamable, culpable, censurable, reprovable,
deserving censure, worthy of blame.
~Reprehension~, _n._ Reproof, blame, censure, reproach, reprimand,
rebuke, admonition.
~Represent~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exhibit, show, express.
~2.~ Delineate, depict, portray, set forth, describe.
~3.~ Personate, take the part of.
~4.~ Stand for, stand in the place of.
~Representation~, _n._ ~1.~ Exhibition, delineation, show.
~2.~ Personation, simulation.
~3.~ Description, account, narration, relation, narrative.
~4.~ Likeness, semblance, image, portraiture, model.
~5.~ Acting for others, supplying another's place.
~6.~ Body of delegates or deputies.
~Representative~, _a._ ~1.~ Figurative, typical, symbolical.
~2.~ Delegated, acting for others.
~Representative~, _a._ Delegate, deputy, substitute, agent, proxy,
LOCUM TENENS.
~Repress~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Suppress, subdue, crush, quell, overpower,
overcome, put down.
~2.~ Restrain, check, curb, bridle, control, chasten, rein in, sober
down.
~Repression~, _n._ Suppression.
~Reprieve~, _v. a._ Respite, delay the punishment of, give a respite to.
~Reprieve~, _n._ Respite, suspension of punishment.
~Reprimand~, _v. a._ Reprove, censure, rebuke, reprehend, reproach,
chide, scold, upbraid, blame, admonish, find fault with, BLOW UP.
~Reprimand~, _n._ Reproof, censure, rebuke, reproach, blame,
admonition, animadversion, reprobation, reproval.
~Reprint~, _n._ Reimpression, republication.
~Reproach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Censure, blame, reprove, reprehend,
REPRIMAND, upbraid.
~2.~ Revile, vilify, defame, asperse, abuse, speak ill of.
~Reproach~, _n._ ~1.~ Censure, reproof, disapprobation, disapproval,
blame, invective, upbraiding, condemnation, reprobation, remonstrance,
reprehension, expostulation, rebuke, reprimand, railing, contumely.
~2.~ Dishonor, disgrace, shame, obloquy, opprobrium, odium, scandal,
ignominy, infamy, abasement, indignity.
~Reproachable~, _a._ Censurable, REPREHENSIBLE.
~Reproachful~, _a._ Opprobrious, scurrilous, abusive, railing,
scolding, upbraiding, vituperative, condemnatory, censorious,
damnatory, invective.
~Reprobate~, _a._ ~1.~ Reprobated, rejected, disallowed, discarded,
condemned.
~2.~ Depraved, abandoned, profligate, corrupt, hardened, lost,
graceless, base, shameless, wicked, vile.
~Reprobate~, _n._ Villain, castaway, outcast, outlaw, scapegrace,
miscreant, caitiff, vile wretch.
~Reprobation~, _n._ Condemnation, censure, REPROOF.
~Reproof~, _n._ Censure (_given calmly_), condemnation, REBUKE,
reprimand, reprehension, reproach, animadversion, blame, reproval.
~Reprovable~, _a._ Censurable, blamable, reproachable, culpable,
reprehensible, deserving censure, worthy of blame.
~Reproval~, _n._ Reproof.
~Reprove~, _v. a._ Censure (_calmly, or without passion_), lecture,
blame, reprehend, reprimand, chide, REBUKE, upbraid, scold, admonish,
find fault with, remonstrate with, expostulate with, BLOW UP.
~Republic~, _n._ Commonwealth, popular government, representative
government.
~Republication~, _n._ Reprint, reimpression.
~Repudiate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Discard, reject, renounce, cast off.
~2.~ Divorce, put away.
~3.~ [_Modern._] Disown (_debts_), disclaim, refuse to pay.
~Repudiation~, _n._ ~1.~ Rejection.
~2.~ Disavowal, disowning, disclaiming.
~Repugnance~, _n._ ~1.~ Contrariety, inconsistency, incompatibility,
irreconcilableness, unsuitableness.
~2.~ Unwillingness, aversion, hatred, reluctance, dislike, antipathy,
hostility.
~Repugnant~, _a._ ~1.~ Inconsistent, irreconcilable, incompatible.
~2.~ Opposed, opposite, contrary, hostile, adverse, unfavorable,
antagonistic, inimical.
~3.~ Offensive, distasteful.
~Repulsive~, _a._ ~1.~ Repelling, repellent.
~2.~ Odious, hateful, unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting, offensive,
forbidding, loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, sickening, revolting.
~Reputable~, _a._ Respectable, creditable, honorable, estimable.
~Reputation~, _n._ ~1.~ Repute, name, character.
~2.~ Celebrity, credit, influence, fame, renown, distinction, honor,
glory.
~Repute~, _v. a._ Regard, consider, esteem, estimate, account, reckon,
hold.
~Repute~, _n._ ~1.~ Estimate, opinion, consideration.
~2.~ Reputation, character, name.
~Request~, _n._ ~1.~ Petition, prayer, entreaty, suit, solicitation,
supplication.
~2.~ Demand.
~Request~, _v. a._ Solicit, ask, entreat, beg, beseech, beg for,
petition for, ask for.
~Require~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Demand, claim, exact, insist upon.
~2.~ Need, want, call for.
~Requirement~, _n._ ~1.~ Demand, REQUISITION.
~2.~ Command, mandate, order, precept, injunction, charge.
~Requisite~, _a._ Needful, needed, necessary, essential, indispensable.
~Requisition~, _n._ Demand, claim, exaction, requirement, call.
~Requital~, _n._ ~1.~ Reward, recompense, compensation, remuneration,
satisfaction, payment.
~2.~ Retribution, retaliation, punishment.
~Requite~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reward, recompense, compensate, remunerate,
reciprocate, satisfy, pay.
~2.~ Retaliate, avenge.
~Rescind~, _v. a._ Annul, abrogate, abolish, revoke, recall, repeal,
cancel, vacate, countermand, quash, make void, set aside, do away.
~Rescindment~, _n._ RESCISSION.
~Rescission~, _n._ Rescindment, abrogation, repeal, revocation,
annulling, cancelling.
~Rescript~, _n._ Edict, decree, mandate.
~Rescue~, _v. a._ Liberate, free, deliver, save, redeem, extricate,
release, ransom, set free, bring off.
~Rescue~, _n._ Liberation, release, redemption, ransom, salvation,
deliverance, extrication.
~Research~, _n._ Investigation, inquiry, scrutiny, examination,
exploration, study, careful search.
~Resemblance~, _n._ ~1.~ Similarity, likeness, similitude, semblance,
analogy.
~2.~ Representation, image, counterpart, fac-simile.
~Resemble~, _v. a._ Be like, bear likeness or resemblance to.
~Resent~, _v. a._ Take ill, take amiss, take offence at, take umbrage
at, be offended at, be indignant at, be provoked at.
~Resent~, _v. n._ Be angry, flare up, take offence, take umbrage.
~Resentful~, a_._ Irascible, choleric, vindictive, revengeful,
malignant, ill-tempered.
~Resentment~, _n._ Indignation, anger, choler, ire, wrath,
displeasure, grudge, heart-burning.
~Reservation~, _n._ ~1.~ Concealment, suppression.
~2.~ Reserve, something reserved.
~3.~ Salvo, proviso.
~Reserve~, _v. a._ Keep, hold, retain, husband, set by, lay by, lay
up, store up.
~Reserve~, _n._ ~1.~ Reservation, something reserved.
~2.~ Constraint, restraint, backwardness, cautious behavior.
~3.~ Shyness, coyness, bashfulness, taciturnity, modesty, demureness,
reservedness.
~Reserved~, _a._ ~1.~ Restrained, backward, cautious, cold,
incommunicative, unsociable, unsocial.
~2.~ Shy, bashful, coy, diffident, taciturn, modest, demure.
~Reservedness~, _n._ Shyness, RESERVE.
~Reservoir~, _n._ Basin, cistern, tank.
~Reside~, _v. n._ Dwell, inhabit, live, abide, sojourn, have lodgings,
be quartered.
~Residence~, _n._ ~1.~ Habitancy, inhabitancy, legal settlement.
~2.~ Habitation, dwelling, domicile, abode, mansion, house, place of
abode, place of residence.
~Resident~, _a._ Abiding, dwelling, residing, inhabiting.
~Resident~, _n._ Inhabitant, dweller, resider.
~Resider~, _n._ RESIDENT.
~Residual~, _a._ Remaining.
~Residue~, _n._ ~1.~ Remainder, rest, remnant, residuum, BALANCE.
~2.~ (_Law._) Surplus (_of a testator's estate_), excess, overplus.
~Residuum~, _n._ Remainder, RESIDUE.
~Resign~, _v. a._ Yield, surrender, relinquish, abdicate, forego,
abandon, cede, give up, deliver up, throw up, part with, lay down.
~Resign~, _v. n._ Abdicate, relinquish office.
~Resignation~, _n._ ~1.~ Surrender, relinquishment, cession,
abandonment, renunciation, abdication.
~2.~ Endurance (_with a submissive, religious spirit_), submission,
acquiescence, abasement, compliance, patience, sufferance,
forbearance, fortitude, long-sufferance, long-suffering.
~Resigned~, _a._ Submissive, obedient, unresisting, complying,
yielding, uncomplaining, patient, humble, meek, lowly.
~Resiliency~, _n._ Rebounding.
~Resilient~, _a._ Rebounding, recoiling, elastic, springy.
~Resin~, _n._ ROSIN.
~Resist~, _v. a._ Oppose, withstand, impugn, confront, assail, attack,
strive against, make a stand against, not submit to.
~Resistance~, _n._ Opposition, hinderance, rebuff, check.
~Resistless~, _a._ Irresistible.
~Resolute~, _a._ Firm, determined, steady, decided, resolved, stanch,
steadfast, constant, persevering, unwavering, inflexible, undaunted,
hardy, unshaken, bold, stout-hearted.
~Resolution~, _n._ ~1.~ Analysis, decomposition.
~2.~ Firmness, determination, steadiness, constancy, inflexibility,
courage, energy, pluck, hardihood, decision, manliness, tenacity of
purpose.
~3.~ Resolve, determination, intention, fixed purpose.
~4.~ (_Math._) Solution, explanation.
~5.~ (_Med._) Disappearance, dispersion, termination, breaking up.
~6.~ (_Legislation._) Resolve, declaration.
~Resolvable~, _a._ ~1.~ Decomposable.
~2.~ Solvable.
~Resolve~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Analyze, decompose, decompound.
~2.~ Disentangle, interpret, decipher, unravel, explain, unfold.
~3.~ Reduce, change.
~4.~ (_Math._) Solve, find the answer to.
~5.~ (_Med._) Disperse, scatter.
~6.~ (_Legislation._) Declare.
~Resolve~, _v. n._ Intend, purpose, decide, determine, conclude, form
a resolution, make up one's mind, take one's stand, come to a
determination.
~Resolve~, _n._ ~1.~ Intention, resolution, determination, fixed
purpose.
~2.~ Declaration (_by a legislature or an organized body_), resolution.
~Resonance~, _n._ Reverberation, RING.
~Resonant~, _a._ Resounding.
~Resort~, _v. n._ Go, repair, apply, have recourse, betake one's self.
~Resort~, _n._ ~1.~ Recourse.
~2.~ Haunt, den, retreat, place much frequented.
~3.~ Concourse, meeting, confluence.
~Resound~, _v. a._ Echo, re-echo, reverberate.
~Resound~, _v. n._ Echo, reverberate.
~Resource~, _n._ Means, expedient, device, contrivance, resort,
appliance, instrumentality.
~Resources~, _n. pl._ Money, wealth, funds, pecuniary means.
~Respect~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Esteem, reverence, honor, venerate, value,
prize, think highly of, have a high opinion of, look up to, defer to.
~2.~ Regard, relate to, refer to.
~Respect~, _n._ ~1.~ Esteem, reverence, veneration, homage,
estimation, regard, honor, deference, attention.
~2.~ Favor, good will, kind consideration.
~3.~ Relation, reference, regard.
~Respectability~, _n._ Estimableness, reputableness, respectableness.
~Respectableness~, _n._ RESPECTABILITY.
~Respectful~, _a._ Deferential, courteous, dutiful, obedient,
ceremonious, civil, decorous, polite.
~Respects~, _n. pl._ Compliments, regards, commendations.
~Respiration~, _n._ Breathing.
~Respire~, _v. n._ Breathe.
~Respite~, _n._ ~1.~ Delay, pause.
~2.~ Reprieve, suspension of punishment.
~Respite~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Delay, postpone.
~2.~ Reprieve, suspend the punishment of.
~Resplendent~, _a._ Brilliant, splendid, shining, luminous, beaming,
effulgent, lucid, BRIGHT, glorious.
~Respond~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Answer, reply, rejoin.
~2.~ [_Poetical._] Correspond, suit, be agreeable.
~Response~, _n._ Answer, reply, replication, REJOINDER.
~Responsibility~, _n._ Accountableness, accountability,
responsibleness, liability, obligation, bounden duty.
~Responsible~, _a._ Answerable, liable, accountable, amenable.
~Responsibleness~, _n._ RESPONSIBILITY.
~Responsive~, _a._ Answering.
~Rest~, _n._ ~1.~ Repose, quiet, quiescence, ease.
~2.~ Peace, tranquillity, peacefulness, security, stillness.
~3.~ Pause, cæsura, intermission, stop, stay.
~4.~ Remainder, residue, remnant, residuum, BALANCE.
~5.~ Others.
~Rest~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Stop, pause, halt, hold, breathe, desist, cease,
come to a stand, stand still, come to a stand-still, lie by, keep
quiet, lie on one's oars.
~2.~ Repose, relax, unbend, take rest, take breath, take one's ease,
be at ease, be quiet, fold one's arms, take it easy.
~3.~ Sleep, slumber.
~4.~ Acquiesce, confide, trust, be satisfied.
~5.~ Lean, recline, bottom, stand on, be supported, be based on.
~Restaurant~, _n._ [Fr.] Eating-house, CAFÉ, CHOP-HOUSE.
~Restiff~, _a._ RESTIVE.
~Restitution~, _n._ ~1.~ Restoration, return.
~2.~ Indemnification, reparation, recompense, amends, compensation,
requital, remuneration, satisfaction.
~Restive~, _a._ ~1.~ Stubborn, mulish, restiff, obstinate.
~2.~ Uneasy, impatient, restless, ill at ease, unquiet.
~Restless~, _a._ ~1.~ Unquiet, uneasy, disquieted, disturbed,
agitated, anxious, restive.
~2.~ Unsteady, inconstant, changeable, unstable, unsettled,
vacillating, fickle.
~3.~ Roving, wandering, in motion, on the move.
~Restoration~, _n._ ~1.~ Renewal, revival, renovation, reconstruction,
redintegration, re-establishment, reinstatement, return.
~2.~ Recovery, resuscitation.
~Restorative~, _a._ Restoring, curative.
~Restorative~, _n._ Cure, remedy, medicine, reparative, corrective.
~Restore~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Return, give back, bring back, render up.
~2.~ Replace, re-establish, redintegrate, reinstate, renew.
~3.~ Cure, heal, revive, recruit.
~Restrain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Check, curb, bridle, repress, suppress,
withhold, constrain, cramp, interdict, keep, contain, hold back, hold
in, keep under.
~2.~ Hinder, prevent, debar, bar, stop, prohibit.
~3.~ Limit, confine, restrict, circumscribe.
~Restraint~, _n._ Check, curb, repression, bridle, suppression,
constraint, CRAMP, prohibition, hold-back.
~2.~ Hinderance, prevention.
~3.~ Limitation, restriction, imprisonment, confinement.
~Restrict~, _v. a._ Limit, bound, restrain, confine, circumscribe,
hedge in.
~Restriction~, _n._ Limitation, constraint, confinement, restraint.
~Result~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Proceed, come, follow, flow, issue, arise,
ensue, accrue, be the effect, be derived.
~2.~ End, terminate.
~Result~, _n._ ~1.~ Consequence (_from a certain combination of
causes, or from premises_), inference, conclusion.
~2.~ Issue, event, effect.
~3.~ Decision, resolve, determination, resolution.
~Resume~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take back, take again.
~2.~ Recommence, renew, begin again, take up again.
~Résumé~, _n._ [Fr.] SUMMARY, abstract, recapitulation, summing up,
condensed statement.
~Resuscitate~, _v. a._ Revivify, reanimate, revive, quicken, restore
to life, recall to life, bring back to life.
~Resuscitation~, _n._ Revivification, reanimation, quickening, revival.
~Retail~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sell in small quantities.
~2.~ Deal out in small portions.
~Retain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hold, keep, reserve, detain, hug, keep back,
keep in hand.
~2.~ Engage (_by fee paid_), hire.
~Retailer~, _n._ Huckster.
~Retainer~, _n._ ~1.~ Attendant, adherent, dependant, follower, hanger-
on.
~2.~ Retaining fee.
~Retaliate~, _v. a._ Return (_by giving like for like, as an injury_),
repay, requite, revenge, take vengeance for.
~Retaliate~, _v. n._ Take revenge, return like for like, give one as
good as one sends, give quid pro quo, give a Rowland for an Oliver,
give tit for tat.
~Retaliation~, _n._ Requital (_of evil for evil_), reprisal,
retribution, repayment, revenge, punishment.
~Retaliatory~, _a._ Retaliating, revenging.
~Retard~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Check, obstruct, clog, impede, hinder.
~2.~ Delay, defer, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, put off.
~Retch~, _v. n._ Heave, strain, keck, gag, try to vomit.
~Retention~, _n._ ~1.~ Reservation, holding, keeping, retaining,
detention.
~2.~ Maintenance, preservation, conservation.
~Retentive~, _a._ Tenacious.
~Reticence~, _n._ Reserve, taciturnity.
~Reticent~, _a._ Reserved, taciturn, silent (_by habit_).
~Reticular~, _a._ Meshy, retiform.
~Reticulated~, _a._ Meshy, retiform.
~Reticulation~, _n._ Net-work.
~Reticule~, _n._ Work-bag.
~Retiform~, _a._ RETICULAR.
~Retinue~, _n._ Train, suite, staff, followers, CORTÈGE, body of
attendants.
~Retire~, _v. a._ (_Com._) Withdraw from circulation (_as currency_).
~Retire~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Withdraw, depart, retreat, remove.
~2.~ Recede, retrocede, fall back, beat a retreat, sound a retreat,
take the back track.
~Retired~, _a._ ~1.~ Withdrawn, removed.
~2.~ Secret, private, solitary, secluded, sequestered.
~Retirement~, _n._ Privacy, seclusion, retreat.
~Retiring~, _a._ Reserved, taciturn, shy, demure, bashful, diffident,
modest, coy.
~Retort~, _n._ Repartee; smart, or witty reply.
~Retouch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Repair, refit, touch up, rub up.
~2.~ Revise.
~Retract~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Withdraw, draw back.
~2.~ Recall, revoke, recant, abjure, disavow, cancel, take back.
~Retract~, _v. n._ Take back what was said, eat one's words.
~Retraction~, _n._ Recantation, abjuration, revocation.
~Retreat~, _n._ ~1.~ Departure, withdrawal.
~2.~ Retirement, seclusion, privacy.
~3.~ Asylum, refuge, shelter.
~4.~ Haunt, resort, den.
~Retreat~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Withdraw, retire, give way.
~2.~ Recede, fall back, take the back track.
~Retrench~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Curtail, cut, lop, dock, prune, pare, clip,
cut short, cut off, lop off.
~2.~ Diminish, lessen, decrease.
~Retrenchment~, _n._ Curtailment, reduction, diminution.
~Retribution~, _n._ [_Used especially with respect to the divine
government._] ~1.~ Repayment, requital, recompense, reward,
compensation, return.
~2.~ Distribution of rewards and punishments.
~Retrieve~, _v. a._ Regain, recover, restore, repair, re-establish,
get again.
~Retroaction~, _n._ Recoil, reaction, rebound.
~Retroactive~, _a._ ~1.~ Reflex.
~2.~ Retrospective, that affects the past.
~Retrocede~, _v. n._ Retire, recede, retrograde, fall back.
~Retrogradation~, _n._ Retrogression.
~Retrograde~, _a._ Backward.
~Retrograde~, _v. n._ Retrocede, recede, retire, go or move backward,
retrace one's steps.
~Retrogression~, _n._ Retrogradation.
~Retrospect~, _n._ Review, re-survey.
~Retrospection~, _n._ Looking back.
~Retrospective~, _a._ ~1.~ Looking back.
~2.~ Retroactive, that affects the past.
~Return~, _v. n._ Revert, recur, turn back, go or come back, get back.
~Return~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Restore, give back, send back.
~2.~ Repay, refund.
~3.~ Report, communicate, give or render an account of.
~Return~, _n._ ~1.~ Repayment, reimbursement.
~2.~ Recompense, reward, requital.
~3.~ Advantage, benefit, profit, interest.
~4.~ Official account.
~Returns~, _n. pl._ Proceeds, profits, avails.
~Reveal~, _v. a._ Disclose, discover, unveil, publish, divulge, tell,
declare, impart, communicate, display, make known, lay open.
~Revel~, _n._ Carousal, REVELRY.
~Revel~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Carouse, tipple, riot, make merry, plunge into
dissipation.
~2.~ Indulge, luxuriate, wanton.
~Revelation~, _n._ ~1.~ Discovery, disclosure.
~2.~ Divine communication of truth.
~3.~ The Apocalypse.
~Reveller~, _n._ [Written also _Reveler_.] Carouser, bacchanal,
bacchanalian.
~Revelry~, _n._ Carousal, carouse, revel, jollity, festivity, orgies,
bacchanals, saturnalia, wassail, debauch, potation, compotation,
SPREE, jollification, drinking bout.
~Revenge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Retaliate, requite, take vengeance for.
~2.~ Avenge, vindicate by punishment.