Part 12

=Engagement.= Promise, stipulation, contract, obligation, assurance, pledge; betrothal, affiancing; employment, occupation, business, vocation; combat, battle, contest, fight, encounter, action, conflict.

ANT. _Release, liberation; dismissal; excuse._

=Engaging.= Attractive, winning, charming, pleasing, interesting, delightful.

ANT. _Repulsive, unattractive, disagreeable._

=Engender.= Beget, generate, create, breed, produce, cause, occasion, propagate.

ANT. _Stifle, destroy, extinguish. blight, prevent, neutralize._

=Engrave.= Carve, cut, chisel, imprint, cut in, infix, grave, impress deeply; sculpture, stereotype.

ANT. _Erase, obliterate, wear out, efface, destroy; carve in relief._

=Engross.= Absorb, engage, monopolize, engulf, occupy, forestall; copy.

ANT. _Distract, disperse, dissipate, scatter, vanish._

=Enhance.= Heighten, swell, raise the price of, advance; augment, increase; aggrandize.

ANT. _Undervalue, depreciate, disparage, detract, underestimate._

=Enigmatic, Enigmatical.= Obscure, puzzling, hidden, mysterious, perplexing, unintelligible, ambiguous, recondite, incomprehensible, mystical, occult.

ANT. _Plain, clear, manifest, self-evident, lucid, explanatory, open, intelligible._

=Enjoin.= Urge, admonish, advise, order, direct, command, bid, require; prohibit, restrain; commission, ordain, oblige, prescribe.

ANT. _Dissuade; remit, absolve, exonerate; recall, dispense with, disqualify._

=Enjoy.= Possess; delight in, like, be pleased with.

ANT. _Dislike, loathe, endure, tolerate, lose, disrelish._

=Enjoyment.= Pleasure, delight, happiness, gratification; fruition; possession; satisfaction, gladness, felicity.

ANT. _Misery, wretchedness, grief, affliction, suffering, calamity._

=Enlarge.= Amplify, augment, increase, extend, expand, magnify; make greater, ennoble; dilate, descant, expatiate; swell, grow.

ANT. _Contract, narrow, reduce, diminish, restrict, lessen, curtail._

=Enlighten.= Illuminate, light up; inform, teach, edify, make intelligent, instruct.

ANT. _Darken, obscure; mystify, mislead, perplex, confound._

=Enlist.= Enroll, register, incorporate, enter, embody, record, chronicle, muster.

ANT. _Erase, expunge, withdraw, dismiss, disband, muster out._

=Enliven.= Amuse, quicken, animate, rouse, invigorate, inspire, inspirit, cheer, delight, gladden, exhilarate.

ANT. _Depress, dispirit, subdue, sober, moderate, oppress, weary, paralyze, deaden, tire, stupefy._

=Enmity.= Hatred, hostility, malice, rancor, animosity, antagonism, acrimony, bitterness, ill will, malevolence, spite, malignity, maliciousness, opposition, asperity, aversion, hate, discord.

ANT. _Friendship, love, affection, esteem, cordiality, amity, alliance, concord, agreement, regard, harmony, sympathy, kindliness, kindness._

=Ennoble.= Dignify, elevate, exalt, ameliorate, enlarge, make great.

ANT. _Debase, degrade, deteriorate, depress, deprave, corrupt, vitiate._

=Enormity.= Depravity, atrocity, wickedness, villainy, outrageousness, heinousness, nefariousness, abomination, perpetration, sin.

ANT. _Innocence, righteousness, guilelessness, inoffensiveness._

=Enormous.= Huge, vast, immense, immoderate, inordinate, abnormal, exceptional, monstrous, gigantic, colossal, prodigious, elephantine; heinous, depraved, nefarious.

ANT. _Trivial, insignificant, ordinary, average, diminutive, moderate._

=Enough.= Sufficient, plenty, satisfactory, ample, abundant.

ANT. _Insufficient, short, inadequate, scant, ill-supplied, bare._

=Enrage.= Exasperate, provoke, irritate, madden, incite, incense, inflame, infuriate, excite, aggravate, anger.

ANT. _Soothe, conciliate, allay, tame, quiet, mollify, appease, pacify, tranquilize._

=Enrapture.= Enchant, entrance, enravish, delight, transport, beatify, satisfy, please, gladden, fascinate, bewitch, captivate, charm, attract, enamor, enslave.

ANT. _Disgust, nauseate, repel, torment, torture, horrify._

=Enrich.= Aggrandize, enhance, endow, augment, store, supply; adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish; fertilize.

ANT. _Impoverish, rob, denude, fleece, reduce, beggar, despoil, strip._

=Enroll.= Enlist, register, record, chronicle, embody, list, catalogue.

ANT. _Erase, expunge, withdraw._

=Enrolment.= Registration; register, record.

ANT. _Omission; withdrawal; erasure._

=Enshrine.= Treasure, preserve, cherish, embalm, consecrate.

ANT. _Lose, misplace, expose, destroy, desecrate._

=Enslave.= Captivate, charm, enthral, subjugate, master, dominate, bewitch, delight, fascinate.

ANT. _Repel, disgust, alienate; free._

=Ensue.= Follow, result, eventuate, succeed, befall, accrue, happen, take place, supervene; issue, arise, spring, come.

ANT. _Precede, herald, introduce; forewarn, threaten, premonish, caution._

=Entail.= Transfer, transmit, fix, devolve, involve, bequeath, demise, leave, induce, necessitate.

ANT. _Prevent, obviate, nullify; neutralize; estrange, alienate, supersede._

=Entangle.= Implicate, involve, compromise, entrap, knot, perplex, embarrass, confuse, intertwist, interweave, intertwine.

ANT. _Straighten, extricate, disentangle, unravel, deliver._

=Enter.= Go or come into; pierce, penetrate; begin, commence; enroll, inscribe, chronicle, note, register, record; engage in; embark, enlist, join; invade.

ANT. _Depart, leave, issue, quit, vacate; go out; finish, end; withdraw from, retire, resign._

=Enterprise.= Adventure, undertaking, effort, attempt, essay, endeavor, trial, experiment; energy, activity, readiness, willingness; progress.

ANT. _Routine, monotony, humdrum, matter-of-fact, unprogressiveness; caution, inactivity._

=Enterprising.= Venturesome, adventurous, daring, audacious, bold; prompt, alert, active, energetic, efficient, spirited, strenuous, eager, zealous, stirring; progressive, speculative.

ANT. _Timid, cautious, inactive, fearful, cowardly; conservative; wary, prudent, discreet, anxious, careful, thoughtful; indolent, unenterprising, inactive, unready, laggard._

=Entertain.= Amuse, interest, divert, cheer, delight, recreate, beguile, please, occupy, gratify, enliven, disport; consider, ponder; lodge, treat hospitably, cherish, harbor, hold, receive.

ANT. _Annoy, tire, bore, disturb, weary, distract, disquiet; refuse, reject, deny, debar, exclude, eject._

=Entertainment.= Delight, diversion, amusement, cheer, enjoyment, pastime, fun, merriment, pleasure, recreation, sport, hospitality, frolic, reception, lodging.

ANT. _Weariness, work, toil, ennui, labor, fatigue, disturbance; refusal, rejection._

=Enthrone.= Crown, instal, exalt, elevate, invest with power.

ANT. _Dethrone, depose, debase, degrade._

=Enthusiasm.= Ardor, earnestness, excitement, inspiration, frenzy, vehemence, warmth, ecstasy, passion, zeal, rapture, eagerness, devotion, fervency, fanaticism, fervor, intensity, transport.

ANT. _Indifference, caution, calmness, prudence, timidity, policy, coldness, dulness, calculation, lukewarmness, deadness, callousness._

=Entice.= Lure, attract, seduce, coax, persuade, wheedle, cajole, delude, entrap, decoy, inveigle, lead astray, induce.

ANT. _Warn, hinder, deter, repel, admonish, caution, make aware._

=Entire.= Whole, complete, perfect, unimpaired, unbroken, undiminished, undivided; full, integral, thorough, solid, unalloyed, plenary; unmixed, sheer, mere, unmitigated, pure; total, absolute.

ANT. _Partial, incomplete, broken, impaired, alloyed, limited, divided, defective, mixed; relative._

=Entitle.= Name, designate, denominate, call, style, characterize; christen; enable, fit, empower, qualify.

ANT. _Disable, disqualify._

=Entity.= Being, essence, existence.

ANT. _Nonentity, chimera, phantom, fantasy, hallucination._

=Entomb.= Bury, inter, inhume.

ANT. _Exhume, disinter._

=Entrance.= Approach, doorway, opening, door, entry, ingress, gate, gateway, inlet, portal, access, admission, admittance, entrée, introduction, penetration, avenue, adit; beginning, commencement, initiation.

ANT. _Departure, egress, refusal, exit, withdrawal, ejection, exclusion, expulsion, rejection._

=Entreat.= Beg, supplicate, solicit, beseech, implore, pray, appeal, petition, adjure, crave, importune, enjoin, urge.

ANT. _Command, insist, bid, enjoin, charge, direct; grant, heed, hear, answer, respond._

=Entry.= Entrance, ingress, access; avenue, passage, hall, inlet; minute, note, record, register, memorandum; initiation, beginning.

ANT. _Egress, exit, departure; outlet, vent; misrecord, falsification, blank, omission; conclusion, quittance, disposal._

=Entwine.= Interlace, weave, entwist, wreathe together or round.

ANT. _Disentwine, dissever, untwist._

=Enumerate.= Compute, reckon, numerate, number, tell, cite, estimate, recount, specify, detail, calculate, rehearse, recapitulate.

ANT. _Mingle, jumble, confuse; miscount, misreckon, miscalculate._

=Enunciate.= Announce, proclaim, declare; pronounce, syllable; state, propound, articulate, relate, utter, publish, promulgate.

ANT. _Mutter, babble, stammer._

=Envelop=, _v._ Wrap, surround, encircle, fold, encompass, cover, hide.

ANT. _Expose, unwrap, reveal, extract; develop._

=Envenom.= Poison, taint, vitiate, infect, pollute; embitter; enrage, provoke, exasperate, irritate, madden, inflame.

ANT. _Purify, disinfect; delight, please, gratify._

=Envious.= Jealous, suspicious, grudging.

ANT. _Friendly, kindly, well-disposed, trustful, contented, satisfied._

=Environ.= Surround, encircle, encompass, gird, belt, enclose, envelop; invest, besiege, hem in, beset.

=Envoy.= Messenger (_in diplomatic service_); ambassador, minister, legate, plenipotentiary.

ANT. _Scout, spy, orderly_ (as messengers in military service).

=Envy.= Malice, ill will; jealousy, hate, spite, hatred, grudging; chagrin, discontent, mortification.

ANT. _Admiration, good will, regard, esteem, benevolence; aspiration, emulation._

=Ephemeral.= Transient, momentary, daily, diurnal, fleeting, fugitive, brief, evanescent, transitory.

ANT. _Permanent, immortal, eternal, lasting, enduring, perpetual, abiding, persistent, perennial._

=Epigrammatic.= Pointed, terse, laconic, concise, graphic.

ANT. _Diffuse, prolix, pointless, copious, circumlocutory, verbose, periphrastic._

=Epitome.= Summary, compend, abstract, curtailment, reduction.

ANT. _Expansion, extension, amplification, dilation._

=Equable.= Even, uniform, steady, regular, proportionate, smooth, easy, invariable.

ANT. _Variable, fitful, irregular, disjointed, desultory, uneasy._

=Equal.= Like, equivalent, identical, tantamount; uniform, regular, even, steady; proportionate, commensurate; impartial, unbiased; competent, fit, adequate, sufficient; fair, equitable, just.

ANT. _Dissimilar, unsteady, incommensurate, irregular, disproportionate; incompetent, inadequate; unjust, unfair; variable, disparate._

=Equality.= Likeness, uniformity, identity, evenness, equableness, sameness of rank.

ANT. _Dissimilarity, difference._

=Equanimity.= Composure, calmness, tranquillity, steadiness, serenity.

ANT. _Impatience, perturbation, restlessness, disquiet._

=Equip.= Accouter, arm, provide, furnish, fit out, supply, dress, array, garnish, arrange, invest, clothe.

ANT. _Divest, denude, dismantle, despoil, derange._

=Equipage.= Carriage, retinue, vehicle, attendance, procession, suite, train; equipment, furniture, baggage, effects.

=Equipment.= Accouterments, apparatus, furnishings, dress, rigging, trappings, gear, outfit, provisions, equipage, arms, supplies.

=Equitable.= Upright, just, impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced, reasonable, fair, right, proper, honest, even-handed, proportionate.

ANT. _Unfair, unjust, unreasonable, partial, prepossessed, prejudiced, biased._

=Equity.= Justice, right, uprightness, rectitude, fairness, impartiality, fair play, honesty, integrity.

ANT. _Injustice, corruption, dishonesty, partiality, unfairness, prejudice._

=Equivalent.= Equal, equipollent, tantamount; synonymous, interchangeable, equiponderant.

ANT. _Unequal, incommensurate, uneven, unbalanced._

=Equivocal.= Ambiguous, indefinite, enigmatical, dubious, uncertain, doubtful, questionable, perplexing, indeterminate, indistinct, suspicious.

ANT. _Evident, clear, plain, direct, manifest, obvious, indubitable, unquestionable, perspicuous, unambiguous, lucid, distinct, certain, indisputable._

=Eradicate.= Abolish, extinguish, exterminate, extirpate, uproot, destroy, annihilate, excise.

ANT. _Cherish, encourage, instil, propagate, implant, inculcate, inspire, foster._

=Erase.= Efface, expunge, cancel, obliterate, blot out, scratch out.

ANT. _Mark, delineate, write, inscribe, imprint, engrave._

=Erect=, _a._ Upright, standing, elevated; bold, undaunted, firm.

ANT. _Leaning, lying, supine; groveling, abject; mean, servile, cowardly._

=Erect=, _v._ Raise, uplift, place _or_ set upright, build, construct; exalt, elevate, magnify; establish, institute, form, found, plant.

ANT. _Lower, incline, slant; subvert, depress, remove, destroy, demolish; debase, degrade._

=Err.= Deviate, wander, ramble, rove; mistake, misjudge, blunder; sin, fall, lapse, trip, offend, trespass, misapprehend, stray, stumble, go astray.

ANT. _Succeed, prosper; correct, rectify._

=Errand.= Message, mandate, commission, mission, charge, delegation.

ANT. _Misannouncement, misdelivery._

=Erratic.= Wandering, nomadic, roving, rambling; planetary, moving; irregular, eccentric, abnormal; desultory, aberrant, flighty, changeful, capricious.

ANT. _Static, stationary; undeviating, steady, regular, normal; unalterable, methodical, calculable._

=Erring.= Sinful, fallible, liable to err, wandering, misguided, misled.

ANT. _Virtuous, good, upright._

=Error.= Blunder, mistake, misapprehension, oversight, inaccuracy; sin, fault, offense, transgression, iniquity, trespass, delinquency, misdeed, shortcoming, wrongdoing; deception, fallacy, untruth, falsity, hallucination.

ANT. _Truth, correctness, accuracy; correction, soundness, rectification; exactness, verification._

=Erudition.= Knowledge, learning, lore, scholarship, letters.

ANT. _Illiterateness, duncedom, sciolism, ignorance, stupidity._

=Eruption.= Explosion, outbreak, outburst; sally, sudden excursion; discharge, eructation, exsufflation, ejection.

ANT. _Absorption, swallowing, engulfing, engrossment, irruption, inburst; consumption, devouring._

=Escape.= Avoid, shun, evade, flee from, elude; pass unobserved; abscond, fly, hide.

ANT. _Incur, encounter, meet, confront; suffer._

=Esoteric.= Private, secret, acroamatic, inner, inmost; abstruse, profound; special, advanced.

ANT. _Exoteric, public, popular; rudimentary, primary, elementary._

=Essence.= Nature, quintessence, substance, vital part, element; volatile part, extract; perfume; scent, odor; being, existence, entity, life.

ANT. _Accident; property; garb, clothing, surroundings._

=Essential.= Vital, necessary, indispensable, requisite, important; volatile, pure, diffusible, highly rectified; innate, inherent, immanent, leading.

ANT. _Accidental, induced, imported, adventitious; quantitative, qualitative; promotive, redundant, regulative, superfluous._

=Establish.= Fix, settle, make steadfast; decree, enact, ordain; institute, originate, constitute, found, plant, organize, form; place, secure, set up; confirm, sanction, ratify, approve; verify, prove, substantiate; fulfil, carry out, make good; endow; demonstrate.

ANT. _Unsettle, supplant, disestablish, break up, subvert, upset; misstate, refute, confute; guess, conjecture, presume, suppose, surmise._

=Estate.= State, condition; rank, position; property, possessions, fortune, effects; class, division, order; lands, demesne, domain, freehold.

ANT. _State, country, chattels, community, waste, goods, effects._

=Esteem=, _n._ Estimate, favor, regard, respect, estimation; admiration.

ANT. _Aversion, hatred, dislike, contempt, abhorrence, antipathy, repugnance, loathing._

=Esteem=, _v._ Estimate, hold, regard, prize, value, think, appreciate, deem, calculate, consider; price; believe, affect; revere, honor, respect, admire, venerate, love, like.

ANT. _Disregard, depreciate, undervalue, dislike, misprize, underrate, decry._

=Estimable.= Appreciable, calculable, computable; worthy, excellent, good, deserving, meritorious; amiable, lovable, delectable, praiseworthy.

ANT. _Unworthy, bad, indelectable, unamiable; undeserving, unlovable._

=Eternal.= Immortal, perpetual, fadeless, perennial, unfailing, imperishable, endless, everlasting, ever-living, interminable, never-ending, never-fading, unceasing, timeless, undying, unending, unfading; infinite.

ANT. _Ephemeral, transient, fleeting, mortal, temporal, transitory, evanescent, sublunary._

=Etiquette.= Manners, breeding, fashion, conventionality.

ANT. _Misobservance, nonconformance, boorishness, rudeness, singularity._

=Euphonious.= Euphonic, mellifluous, clear, musical, silvery, sweet-toned, melodious, harmonious, mellow.

ANT. _Harsh, discordant, dissonant._

=Euphuism.= Purism, finical style, fastidious delicacy, affected elegance, high-flown diction, pompous or extravagantly ornate diction; affectation, factitiousness, pedantry, highflying (_used of language_).

ANT. _Simplicity, vernacular, mother tongue, bluntness, naturalness, rusticity._

=Evacuate.= Empty; eject, expel, excrete, throw out, discharge, void; quit, leave, forsake, desert, abandon, withdraw from, relinquish.

ANT. _Seize, occupy, hold, fill._

=Evaporate.= Vaporize, disperse in vapor; disappear, evanesce, vanish; exhale, emit in vapor; turn to vapor; melt, colliquate, liquefy, dissolve, distil.

ANT. _Consolidate, compact, solidify, crystallize, indurate._

=Evasion.= Prevarication, equivocation, quibbling, subterfuge, shuffling, sophistry, tergiversation, disingenuousness; shift, quibble, fencing.

ANT. _Answer, counter-argument, grappling; straightforwardness; challenge._

=Even.= Smooth, level, flat, plane; equal, uniform, calm, steady, unruffled; fair, just, equitable; plain, flush; well-balanced.

ANT. _Variable, uneven; abrupt, inclined, rugged._

=Event.= Circumstance, chance, incident, fortune, result, possibility, sequel, outcome, fact, episode, end, contingency, case, issue, consequence; occurrence, adventure, accident.

ANT. _Cause, antecedent, operation, inducement, contribution, convergence, tendency, predisposition._

=Eventful.= Stirring, memorable, signal, momentous, important, critical, remarkable, marked, noted, notable.

ANT. _Ordinary, unmarked, eventless, uninteresting, unimportant, characterless, trivial._

=Ever.= At any time; always, perpetually, continually, evermore, eternally, aye, for aye, forever, at all times; constantly, incessantly.

ANT. _Never._

=Everlasting.= Endless, unending, perpetual, incessant, ceaseless, continual, uninterrupted, unceasing, interminable, eternal, constant, never-ending, never-ceasing; imperishable, undying, never-dying, deathless, immortal, ever-living; infinite.

ANT. _Ephemeral, transient, transitory._

=Every.= All, any, both, either, each.

ANT. _None, no one, not any one._

=Evict.= Dispossess, eject, throw out.

ANT. _Reinstate, admit; locate, lodge, settle._

=Evidence.= Testimony, ground of belief, proof; manifestation, attraction, testimony, averment, deposition, declaration, appearance, sign, token, indication, exemplification, illustration.

ANT. _Surmise, conjecture; counter-evidence; refutation, disproof; concealment, misindication, suppression, fallacy._

=Evident.= Patent, clear, palpable, manifest, transparent, visible, perceptible, obvious, open, conspicuous, apparent, distinct, discernible, indubitable, overt, plain, unmistakable, tangible; indisputable, incontrovertible.

ANT. _Doubtful, uncertain, questionable, dubious; hidden, concealed, secret, undiscovered, obscure, latent, unseen, unimagined, unknown; covert, dark, invisible; impenetrable, occult, impalpable, imperceptible, unthought of._

=Evil=, _a._ Ill, noxious, deleterious, wrong, bad, hurtful, mischievous, sinful, unhappy, adverse, unpropitious, harmful, wicked, corrupt, unfair, notorious, miserable, sorrowful.

ANT. _Wholesome, right, virtuous, beneficial, holy, pure, felicitous, happy, fortunate, joyous, welcome, grateful, worthy, good, honorable._

=Evince.= Prove, show, evidence, exhibit, manifest, demonstrate; establish; indicate, display.

ANT. _Suppress, negative, disprove, conceal._

=Evoke.= Summon, call forth; excite, arouse, elicit, rouse, provoke, educe, produce; eliminate, extract.

ANT. _Allay, stifle, stop, silence, prevent, seal._

=Exactly.= Precisely, accurately, strictly, nicely.

ANT. _Loosely, inaccurately, incorrectly, differently._

=Exaggerate.= Overstate, strain, overcharge, stretch, overcolor; amplify, enlarge, magnify, overdraw, heighten, overpaint, overestimate.

ANT. _Disparage, attenuate, palliate, understate, underestimate, minimize, mitigate, qualify, soften, modify._

=Examine.= Inspect, observe, investigate, scrutinize, consider, study; canvass, test, inquire into, search into, look into; weigh, ponder, criticize, prove, discuss, overhaul, explore.

ANT. _Conjecture, guess; discard, slur; misconsider, misinvestigate._

=Example.= Model, pattern, ideal, archetype, exemplar, standard, sample, specimen, type, warning, ensample, exemplification, prototype; copy, illustration, instance; issue, development.

ANT. _Stock, material, substance, law, rule, case, system, character, principle, quality._

=Excavate.= Hollow, dig, scoop out, cut, trench; discover, disinter.

ANT. _Inter, inhume, bury; conceal; fill, level._

=Except=, _prep._ Excepting, without, saving, unless, exclusive of.

=Except=, _v._ Exclude, save, bar; segregate, negative.

ANT. _Include, reckon, count, state, classify, propound, admit, affirm._

=Exception.= Exclusion, omission, non-inclusion; objection; affront, offense; unusual case, anomaly; qualification, separation.

ANT. _Rule, class; statement, proposition._

=Exceptionable.= Undesirable, objectionable.

ANT. _Unobjectionable, desirable, exemplary._

=Exceptional.= Irregular, rare, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, peculiar, anomalous, abnormal, aberrant, exceptive.

ANT. _Common, usual, normal, ordinary, regular._

=Excess.= Surplus, waste, extravagance, wastefulness, superfluity, lavishness, exorbitance, superabundance, dissipation, intemperance, profusion, prodigality, redundance; increase, debauchery.

ANT. _Frugality, economy; dearth, deficiency, defect, want, shortcoming, lack, need, poverty; failure, destitution, inadequacy, insufficiency, scantiness; temperance, sobriety._

=Excessive.= Superabundant, disproportionate, undue, exuberant, superfluous; immoderate, intemperate, extreme; violent, vehement; enormous, exorbitant, overmuch, inordinate, unreasonable, extravagant.

ANT. _Insufficient, scant, inadequate, lacking, wanting, deficient._

=Excitability.= Sensibility, sensitiveness; irritability, irascibility, passionateness.

ANT. _Immobility, hebetude, composure; insensitiveness, imperturbability._

=Excommunicate.= Dismiss, expel, denounce, proscribe, anathematize, exscind; exclude, banish, bar, eject, blackball.

ANT. _Admit, readmit, enroll, inaugurate._

=Excrescence.= Tumor, protuberance; superfluity, useless appendage; redundancy.

ANT. _Eradication, extirpation, excision, levigation, exsection._

=Excruciate.= Torture, torment, rack, agonize.

ANT. _Soothe, please, tranquilize._

=Exculpate.= Absolve, exonerate, acquit, clear, set right, vindicate; defend, release.

ANT. _Charge, implicate, inculpate._

=Excursion.= Trip, ramble, tour, jaunt, journey, expedition.

=Excusable.= Pardonable, venial.

ANT. _Inexcusable, unpardonable._

=Excuse=, _v._ Pardon, forgive, absolve, acquit, exonerate, exculpate; extenuate, justify; free, exempt, release, let off; overlook, regard indulgently, condone; remit, vindicate, defend, mitigate.

ANT. _Charge, condemn, inculpate, convict, sentence; exact, accuse._