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Outline of Roget's Thesaurus

This Outline of Roget's Thesaurus is based on a 1911 US edition. Initially drafted in 1805, the first edition was published in 1852.

 CLASS I: WORDS EXPRESSING ABSTRACT RELATIONS
      SECTION I. EXISTENCE
         1. BEING, IN THE ABSTRACT
            #1. Existence.
            #2. Inexistence.
         2. BEING, IN THE CONCRETE
            #3. Substantiality.
            #4. Unsubstantiality.
         3. FORMAL EXISTENCE
            #5. Intrinsicality.
            #6. Extrinsicality.
         4. MODAL EXISTENCE
            #7. State.
            #8. Circumstance.
      SECTION II. RELATION
         1. ABSOLUTE RELATION
            #9. Relation.
            #10. [Want, or absence of relation.]  Irrelation.
            #11. [Relations of kindred.] Consanguinity.
            #12. [Double or reciprocal relation.] Correlation.
            #13. Identity.
            #14. [Noncoincidence.] Contrariety.
            #15 Difference.
         2. CONTINUOUS RELATION
            #16. Uniformity.
            #16a. [Absence or want of uniformity.] Nonuniformity.
         3. PARTIAL RELATION
            #17. Similarity.
            #18. Dissimilarity.
            #19. Imitation.
            #20. Nonimitation.
            #20a. Variation.
            #21. [Result of imitation.] Copy.
            #22. [Thing copied.] Prototype.
         4. GENERAL RELATION
            #23. Agreement.
            #24. Disagreement.
      SECTION III. QUANTITY
         1. SIMPLE QUANTITY
            #25. [Absolute quantity.] Quantity.
            #26. [Relative quantity.] Degree.
         2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY
            #27. [Sameness of quantity or degree.] Equality.
            #28. [Difference of quantity or degree.] Inequality.
            #29. Mean.
            #30. Compensation.
            #31. Greatness.
            #32. Smallness.
            #33. Superiority. [Supremacy.]
            #34. Inferiority.
            #35. Increase.
            #36. Nonincrease,  Decrease.
         3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY
            #37. Addition.
            #38. Nonaddition. Subtraction.
            #39. [Thing added] Adjunct.
            #40. [Thing remaining.] Remainder.
            #40a. [Thing deducted.] Decrement.
            #41. [Forming a whole without coherence.] Mixture[?].
            #42. [Freedom from mixture.] Simpleness.
            #43. Junction.
            #44. Disjunction.
            #45. [Connecting medium.] Connection.
            #46. Coherence.
            #47. [Want of adhesion, nonadhesion, immiscibility.] Incoherence.
            #48. Combination.
            #49. Decomposition.
         4. CONCRETE QUANTITY
            #50. Whole. [Principal part.]
            #51. Part.
            #52. Completeness.
            #53. Incompleteness.
            #54. Composition.
            #55. Exclusion.
            #56. Component.
            #57. Extraneousness.
      SECTION IV. ORDER
         1. ORDER
            #58. Order.
            #59. [Absence, or want of Order, &c.] Disorder.
            #59a. Complexity
            #60. [Reduction to Order.] Arrangement.
            #61. [Subversion of Order; bringing into disorder.] Derangement.
         2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER
            #62. Precedence.
            #63. Sequence.
            #64. Precursor.
            #65. Sequel.
            #66. Beginning.
            #67. End.
            #68. Middle.
            #69. [Uninterrupted sequence.] Continuity.
            #70. [Interrupted sequence.] Discontinuity.
            #71. Term.
         3. COLLECTIVE ORDER
            #72. Assemblage.
            #73. Nonassemblage. Dispersion.
            #74. [Place of meeting.] Focus.
         4. DISTRIBUTIVE ORDER
            #75. Class.
            #76. Inclusion. [Comprehension under, or reference to a class.]
            #77. Exclusion.
            #78. Generality.
            #79. Speciality.
         5. ORDER AS REGARDS CATEGORIES
            #80. Normality.
            #81. Multiformity.
            #82. Conformity[?].
            #83. Unconformity.
      SECTION V. NUMBER
         1. NUMBER, IN THE ABSTRACT
            #84. Number.
            #85. Numeration.
            #86. List.
         2. DETERMINATE NUMBER
            #87. {opp.  100} Unity.
            #88 Accompaniment.
            #89. Duality.
            #90. Duplication.
            #91. [Division into two parts.] bisection.
            #92. Triality.
            #93. Triplication.
            #94. [Division into three parts.] Trisection.
            #95. Four.
            #96. Quadruplication.
            #97. [Division into four parts.] Quadrisection.
            #98. Five, &c.
            #99. Quinquesection, &c.
            #100. {opp. 87} [More than one.] Plurality.
         3. INDETERMINATE NUMBER
            #100a. [Less than one.] Fraction
            #101. Zero.
            #102. Multitude.
            #103. Fewness.
            #104. Repetition.
            #105. Infinity.
      SECTION VI. TIME
         1. ABSOLUTE TIME
            #106. Time.
            #107. Neverness.
            #108. [Definite duration, or portion of time.] Period.
            #108a. Contingent Duration.
            #109. [Indefinite duration.] Course.
            #110. [Long duration.] Diuturnity.
            #111. [Short duration.] Transientness.
            #112. [Endless duration.] Perpetuity.
            #113. [Point of time] Instantaneity.
            #114. [Estimation, measurement, and record of time.] Chronometry.
            #115. [False estimate of time.]  Anachronism.
         2. RELATIVE TIME
            A. TIME WITH REFERENCE TO SUCCESSION
               #116. Priority.
               #117. Posteriority.
               #118. The Present Time.
               #119. [Time different from the present.] Different time.
               #120. Synchronism.
               #121. [Prospective time.] Futurity.
               #122. [Retrospective time.] The Past
               #123. Newness.
               #124. Oldness.
               #125. Morning[?]. [ Noon.]
               #126. Evening[?]. [ Midnight.]
               #127. Youth.
               #128. Age.
               #129. Infant.
               #130. Veteran.
               #131. Adolescence.
            B. TIME WITH REFERENCE TO AN EFFECT OR PURPOSE
               #132. Earliness.
               #132a. Punctuality
               #133. Lateness.
               #134. Occasion.
               #135. Untimeliness
         3. RECURRENT TIME
            #136. Frequency.
            #137. Infrequency.
            #138. Regularity of recurrence. Periodicity[?].
            #139. Irregularity of recurrence.
      SECTION VII. CHANGE
         1. SIMPLE CHANGE
            #140. [Difference at different times.] Change.
            #141. [Absence of change.] Permanence.
            #142. [Change from action to rest.] Cessation.
            #143. Continuance in action.
            #144. [Gradual change to something different.] Conversion.
            #145. Reversion.
            #146. [Sudden or violent change.] Revolution.
            #147. [Change of one thing for another.] Substitution.
            #148. [Double or mutual change.] Interchange.
         2. COMPLEX CHANGE
            #149. Changeableness.
            #150. Stability.
            #151. Eventuality.
            #152. Destiny.
      SECTION VIII. CAUSATION
         1. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS
            #153. [Constant antecedent]. Cause[?].
            #154. [Constant sequent.] Effect.
            #155. [Assignment of cause] Attribution
            #156. [Absence of assignable cause.] Chance. 2
         2. CONNECTION BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT
            #157. Power.
            #158. Impotence.
            #159. [Degree of power.] Strength[?].
            #160. Weakness.
         3. POWER IN OPERATION
            #161. Production[?].
            #162. [Nonproduction.] Destruction.
            #163. Reproduction.
            #164. Producer.
            #165. Destroyer.
            #166. Paternity.
            #167. Posterity.
            #168. Productiveness
            #169. Unproductiveness.
            #170. Agency.
            #171. Physical Energy.
            #172. Physical Inertness.
            #173. Violence.
            #174. Moderation.
         4. INDIRECT POWER
            #175. Influence.
            #175a. Absence of Influence.
            #176. Tendency.
            #177. Liability.
         5. COMBINATIONS OF CAUSES
            #178. Concurrence.
            #179. Counteraction.
 CLASS II: WORDS RELATING TO SPACE
      SECTION I. SPACE IN GENERAL
         1. ABSTRACT SPACE
            #180. [Indefinite space.] Space.
            #180a. Inextension.
            #181. [Definite space.] Region.
            #182. [Limited space.] Place[?].
         2. RELATIVE SPACE
            #183. Situation.
            #184. Location.
            #185. Displacement.
         3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE
            #186. Presence.
            #187. [Nullibiety.1] Absence.
            #188. Inhabitant.
            #189. [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode.
            #190. [Things contained.] Contents.
            #191. Receptacle[?].
      SECTION II. DIMENSIONS
         1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS
            #192. Size.
            #193. Littleness.
            #194. Expansion[?].
            #195. Contraction.
            #196. Distance.
            #197. Nearness.
            #198. Interval.
            #199. Contiguity.
         2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS
            #200. Length.
            #201. Shortness.
            #202. Breadth, Thickness.
            #203. Narrowness. Thinness.
            #204. Layer.
            #205. Filament.
            #206. Height.
            #207. Lowness.
            #208. Depth.
            #209. Shallowness.
            #210. Summit.
            #211. Base.
            #212. Verticality.
            #213. Horizontality.
            #214. Pendency.
            #215. Support.
            #216. Parallelism.
            #216a. Perpendicularity
            #217. Obliquity.
            #218. Inversion.
            #219. Crossing.
         3. CENTRICAL DIMENSIONS
            A. GENERAL
               #220. Exteriority.
               #221. Interiority.
               #222. Centrality.
               #223. Covering.
               #224. Lining.
               #225. Clothing.
               #226. Divestment.
               #227. Circumjacence.
               #228. Interposition.
               #229. Circumscription.
               #230. Outline.
               #231. Edge.
               #232. Inclosure.
               #233. Limit.
            B. SPECIAL
               #234. Front.
               #235. Rear.
               #236. Laterality.
               #237. Contraposition.
               #238. Dextrality.
               #239. Sinistrality.
      SECTION III. FORM
         1. GENERAL FORM
            #240. Form.
            #241. [Absence of form.] Amorphism.
            #242. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry.

            #243. [Irregularity of form.] Distortion.
         2. SPECIAL FORM
            #244. Angularity.
            #245. Curvature.
            #246. Straightness.
            #247. [Simple circularity.] Circularity.
            #248. [Complex curvature.] Convolution.
            #249. Rotundity.
         3. SUPERFICIAL FORM
            #250. Convexity.
            #251. Flatness.
            #252. Concavity.
            #252a. Sponge.
            #253.  Sharpness.
            #254. Bluntness.
            #255. Smoothness.
            #256. Roughness.
            #257. Notch.
            #258. Fold.
            #259. Furrow.
            #260. Opening
            #261. Closure.
            #262. Perforator.
            #263. Stopper.
      SECTION IV. MOTION
         1. MOTION IN GENERAL
            #264 [Successive change of place.] Motion.
            #265. Quiescence.
            #266. [Locomotion by land.] Journey.
            #267. [Locomotion by water, or air.] Navigation.
            #268. Traveler.
            #269. Mariner.
            #270. Transference.
            #271. Carrier.
            #272. Vehicle.
            #273. Ship.
         2. DEGREES OF MOTION
            #274. Velocity.
            #275. Slowness.
         3. MOTION CONJOINED WITH FORCE
            #276. Impulse.
            #277. Recoil.
         4. MOTION WITH REFERENCE TO DIRECTION
            #278. Direction.
            #279. Deviation.
            #280. [Going before.] Precession.
            #281. [Going after.] Sequence.
            #282.  [Motion forward; progressive motion.] Progression.
            #283. [Motion backwards.] Regression.
            #284. [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion.
            #285. [Motion given to an object situated behind.] Traction.
            #286. [Motion towards.] Approach.
            #287. [Motion from.] Recession.
            #288. [Motion towards, actively; force causing to draw closer.]
            #289. [Motion from, actively; force driving apart.] Repulsion.
            #290. [Motion nearer to.] Convergence.
            #291. [Motion further off.] Divergence.
            #292. [Terminal motion at.] Arrival.
            #293. [Initial motion from.] Departure.
            #294 [Motion into.] Ingress.
            #295. [Motion out of.] Egress.
            #296. [Motion into, actively.] Reception.
            #297. [Motion out of, actively] Ejection.
            #298. [Eating.] Food.
            #299  Excretion
            #300. [Forcible ingress.] Insertion.
            #301. [Forcible egress.] Extraction.
            #302. [Motion through.] Passage.
            #303 [Motion beyond] Transcursion
            #304 [motion short of]  Shortcoming
            #305. [Motion upwards] Ascent.
            #306. [Motion downwards] Descent.
            #307. Elevation.
            #308. Depression.
            #309. Leap.
            #310. Plunge
            #311. [Curvilinear motion.] Circuition.
            #312. [Motion in a continued circle.] Rotation.
            #313. [Motion in the reverse circle.] Evolution.
            #314. [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro.] Oscillation.
            #315. [Irregular motion] Agitation.
 CLASS III: WORDS RELATING TO MATTER
      SECTION I. MATTER IN GENERAL
            #316. MATERIALITY.
            #317. Immateriality.
            #318. World.
            #319. Gravity.
            #320. Levity.
      SECTION II. INORGANIC MATTER
         1. SOLID MATTER
            #321. Density..
            #322. Rarity.
            #323. Hardness.
            #324. Softness.
            #325. Elasticity.
            #326. Inelasticity.
            #327. Tenacity.
            #328. Brittleness.
            #329. [Structure.] Texture.
            #330. Pulverulence.
            #331. Friction.
            #332. [Absence of friction. Prevention of friction.] Lubrication[?].
         2. FLUID MATTER
            A. FLUIDS IN GENERAL
               #333. Fluidity.
               #334. Gaseity.
               #335. Liquefaction.
               #336. Vaporization.
            B. SPECIFIC FLUIDS
               #337. Water.
               #338. Air.
               #339. Moisture.
               #340. Dryness.
               #341. Ocean
               #342. Land.
               #343. Gulf. Lake
               #344. Plain.
               #345. Marsh.
               #346. Island.
            C. FLUIDS IN MOTION
               #347. [Fluid in motion.] Stream.
               #348. [Water in motion.] River.
               #349. [Air in motion] Wind.
               #350. [Channel for the passage of water.] Conduit.
               #351. [Channel for the passage of air.] Airpipe.
         3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS
            #352. Semiliquidity.
            #353. [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble[?]. [ Cloud.]
            #354. Pulpiness.
            #355. Unctuousness.
            #356. Oil.
            #356a. Resin.
      SECTION III. ORGANIC MATTER
         1. VITALITY
            A. VITALITY IN GENERAL
               #357. Organization.
               #358. Inorganization.
               #359. Life.
               #360. Death.
               #361. [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing.
               #362. Corpse.
               #363. Interment.
            B. SPECIAL VITALITY
               #364. Animality.
               #365. Vegetability.
               #366. Animal.
               #367. Vegetable.
               #368. [The science of animals.] Zoology.
               #369. [The science of plants.] Botany.
               #370. [The economy or management of animals.] Husbandry[?].
               #371. [The economy or management of plants.] Agriculture.
               #372. Mankind.
               #373. Man.
               #374. Woman.
               #374a. Sexuality [human]
         2. SENSATION
            A. SENSATION IN GENERAL
               #375. Physical Sensibility.
               #376. Physical Insensibility.
               #377. Physical Pleasure.
               #378. Physical Pain.
            B. SPECIAL SENSATION
               (1) TOUCH
                   #379. [Sensation of pressure] Touch.
                   #380. Sensations of Touch.
                   #381. [insensibility to touch.] Numbness.
               (2) HEAT
                   #382. Heat.
                   #383. Cold.
                   #384. Calefaction.
                   #385. Refrigeration.
                   #386. Furnace.
                   #387. Refrigerator.
                   #388. Fuel.
                   #388a Insulation, Fire extinction. {ant. of 388} insulation,
                   #389. Thermometer.
               (3) TASTE
                   #390. Taste.
                   #391. Insipidity.
                   #392. Pungency.
                   #392a Saltiness.
                   #392b Bitterness
                   #393. Condiment.
                   #394. Savoriness.
                   #395. Unsavoriness.
                   #396. Sweetness.
                   #397. Sourness.
               (4) ODOR
                   #398. Odor.
                   #399. Inodorousness.
                   #400. Fragrance.
                   #401. Fetor.
                   #401a  Acridity
               (5) SOUND
                   (a) SOUND IN GENERAL
                       #402. Sound.
                       #403. Silence.
                       #404. Loudness.
                       #405. Faintness.
                   (b) SPECIFIC SOUNDS
                       #406. [Sudden and violent sounds.] Snap.
                       #407. [Repeated and protracted sounds.] Roll.
                       #408. Resonance.
                       #408a. Nonresonance[obs3].
                       #409. [Hissing sounds.] Sibilation.
                       #410. [Harsh sounds.] Stridor.
                       #411. Cry.
                       #412. [Animal  sounds.] Ululation.
                   (c) MUSICAL SOUNDS
                       #413. Melody. Concord.
                       #414. Discord.
                       #415. Music.
                       #416. Musician. [Performance of Music.]
                       #417. Musical Instruments.
                   (d) PERCEPTION OF SOUND
                       #418. [Sense of sound.] Hearing.
                       #419. Deafness.
               (6) LIGHT
                   (a) LIGHT IN GENERAL
                       #420. Light.
                       #421. Darkness.
                       #422. Dimness.
                       #423. [Source of light, self
                       #424. Shade.
                       #425. Transparency.
                       #426. Opacity.
                       #426a Turbidity
                       #427. Semitransparency.
                   (b) SPECIFIC LIGHT
                       #428. Color.
                       #429. [Absence of color.] Achromatism.
                       #430. Whiteness.
                       #431. Blackness.
                       #432. Gray.
                       #433. Brown.
                       #434. Redness.
                       #435. Greenness.
                       #436. Yellowness.
                       #437. Purple.
                       #438. Blueness.
                       #439. Orange.
                       #440. Variegation.
                   (c) PERCEPTIONS OF LIGHT
                       #441. Vision.
                       #442. Blindness.
                       #443. [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness. [Fallacies of vision.]
                       #444. Spectator.
                       #445. Optical Instruments.
                       #446. Visibility.
                       #447. Invisibility.
                       #448. Appearance.
                       #449. Disappearance.
 CLASS IV: WORDS RELATING TO THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES
   DIVISION I: FORMATION OF IDEAS
      SECTION I. OPERATIONS OF INTELLECT IN GENERAL
            #450. Intellect[?].
            #450a. Absence or want of Intellect.
            #451. Thought.
            #452. [Absence or want of thought.] Incogitancy.
            #453. [Object of thought.] Idea.
            #454. [Subject of thought, ] Topic.
      SECTION II. PRECURSORY CONDITIONS AND OPERATIONS
            #455. [The desire of knowledge.] Curiosity.
            #456. [Absence of curiosity.] Incuriosity.
            #457. Attention.
            #458. Inattention.
            #459. Care.  [Vigilance.]
            #460. Neglect.
            #461 Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question]
            #462. Answer.
            #463. Experiment.
            #464. Comparison.
            #464a Incomparability [Lack of comparison]
            #465. [results of comparison. 1] Discrimination.
            #465a. [results of comparison. 2] Indiscrimination.
            #465b. [results of comparison. 3] Identification.
            #466. Measurement.
      SECTION III. MATERIALS FOR REASONING
            #467. Evidence [On one side.]
            #468. [Evidence on the other side, on the other hand.] Counter
            #469. Qualification.
            #470. Possibility.
            #471. Impossibility.
            #472. Probability.
            #473. Improbability.
            #474. Certainty.
            #475. Uncertainty.
      SECTION IV. REASONING PROCESSES
            #476. Reasoning.
            #477. [The absence of reasoning.]  Intuition.  [False or vicious
            #478. Demonstration.
            #479. Confutation.
      SECTION V. RESULTS OF REASONING
            #480. Judgment.  [Conclusion.]
            #480a.  [Result of search or inquiry.]  Discovery.
            #481. Misjudgment.
            #482. Overestimation.
            #483. Underestimation.
            #484. Belief.
            #485. Unbelief. Doubt.
            #486. Credulity.
            #487. Incredulity.
            #488. Assent.
            #489. Dissent.
            #490. Knowledge.
            #491. Ignorance.
            #492. Scholar.
            #493. Ignoramus.
            #494. [Object of knowledge.]  Truth.
            #495. Error.
            #496. Maxim.
            #497. Absurdity.
            #498. Intelligence. Wisdom.
            #499. Imbecility. Folly
            #500. Sage
            #501.  Fool.
            #502. Sanity.
            #503. Insanity.
            #504. Madman.
      SECTION VI. EXTENSION OF THOUGHT
         1. TO THE PAST
            #505. Memory.
            #506. Oblivion.
            #507. Expectation.
            #508. Inexpectation.
            #509. [Failure of expectation.] Disappointment.
            #510. Foresight.
            #511. Prediction.
            #512. Omen.
            #513. Oracle.
      SECTION VII. CREATIVE THOUGHT
            #514. Supposition.
            #514a Analogy
            #515. Imagination.
   DIVISION II: COMMUNICATION OF IDEAS
      SECTION I. NATURE OF IDEAS COMMUNICATED.
            #516. [Idea to be conveyed.] Meaning.  [Thing signified.]
            #517. [Absence of meaning.] Unmeaningness.
            #518. Intelligibility.
            #519. Unintelligibility.
            #520. [Having a double sense] Equivocalness.
            #521. Metaphor.
            #522. Interpretation.
            #523. Misinterpretation.
            #524. Interpreter.
      SECTION II. MODES OF COMMUNICATION
            #525. Manifestation.
            #526. Latency. Implication.
            #527. Information.
            #527a. Correction. [Correct an error of information; distinguish from
            #528. Concealment.
            #529. Disclosure
            #530. Ambush [Means of concealment].
            #531. Publication.
            #532. News.

            #533. Secret.
            #534. Messenger.
            #535. Affirmation.
            #536. Negation.
            #537. Teaching.
            #538.  Misteaching.
            #539. Learning
            #540. Teacher.
            #541.  Learner.
            #542. School.
            #543. Veracity.
            #544. Falsehood.
            #545. Deception.
            #546. Untruth.
            #547. Dupe.
            #548. Deceiver.
            #549. Exaggeration.
      SECTION III. MEANS OF COMMUNICATING IDEAS
         1. NATURAL MEANS
            #550. Indication
            #551. Record.
            #552. [Suppression of sign.] Obliteration.
            #553. Recorder.
            #554. Representation.
            #555. Misrepresentation.
            #556. Painting.
            #557. Sculpture.
            #558. Engraving.
            #559. Artist.
         2. CONVENTIONAL MEANS
            A. LANGUAGE GENERALLY
               #560. Language.
               #561. Letter.
               #562. Word.
               #563. Neologism.
               #564. Nomenclature.
               #565. Misnomer.
               #566. Phrase.
               #567. Grammar.
               #568. Solecism.
               #569. Style.
               #570. Perspicuity.
               #571. Obscurity.
               #572. Conciseness.
               #573. Diffuseness.
               #574. Vigor.
               #575. Feebleness.
               #576. Plainness.
               #577. Ornament.
               #578. Elegance.
               #579. Inelegance.
            B. SPOKEN LANGUAGE
               #580. Voice.
               #581. Aphony.
               #582. Speech.
               #583. [Imperfect Speech.] Stammering.
               #584. Loquacity.
               #585. Taciturnity.
               #586. Allocution.
               #587. Response
               #588. Conversation.
               #589. Soliloquy.
            C. WRITTEN LANGUAGE
               #590. Writing.
               #591. Printing.
               #592. Correspondence.
               #593. Book.
               #594. Description.
               #595. Dissertation.
               #596. Compendium.
               #597. Poetry.
               #598. Prose.
               #599. The Drama.
 CLASS V: WORDS RELATING TO THE VOLUNTARY POWERS
   DIVISION I: INDIVIDUAL VOLITION
      SECTION I. VOLITION IN GENERAL
         1. ACTS OF VOLITION
            #600. Will.
            #601. Necessity.
            #602. Willingness.
            #603. Unwillingness.
            #604. Resolution.
            #604a. Perseverance.
            #605. Irresolution.
            #606. Obstinacy.
            #607. Tergiversation.
            #608. Caprice.
            #609. Choice.
            #609a. Absence of Choice.
            #610. Rejection.
            #611. Predetermination.
            #612. Impulse.
            #613. Habit. [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence]
            #614. Desuetude.
         2. CAUSES OF VOLITION
            #615. Motive.
            #615a. Absence of Motive.
            #616. Dissuasion.
            #617. [Ostensible motive, ground, or reason assigned.] Pretext.
         3. OBJECTS OF VOLITION
            #618. Good.
            #619. Evil.
      SECTION II. PROSPECTIVE VOLITION
         1. CONCEPTIONAL VOLITION
            #620. Intention.
            #621. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance. 2
            #622. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit
            #623. .[Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance.
            #624. Relinquishment.
            #625. Business.
            #626. Plan.
            #627. Method. [Path.]
            #628. Mid
            #629. Circuit.
            #630. Requirement.
         2. SUBSERVIENCE TO ENDS
            A. ACTUAL SUBSERVIENCE
               #631. Instrumentality.
               #632. Means.
               #633. Instrument.
               #634. Substitute.
               #635. Materials.
               #636. Store.
               #637. Provision.
               #638. Waste.
               #639. Sufficiency.
               #640. Insufficiency.
               #641. Redundancy.
               #642. Importance.
               #643. Unimportance.
               #644. Utility.
               #645. Inutility.
               #646. [Specific subservience.] Expedience.
               #647. Inexpedience.
               #648. [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness.
               #649. [Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities.] Badness.
               #650. Perfection.
               #651. Imperfection.
               #652. Cleanness.
               #653. Uncleanness.
               #654. Health.
               #655. Disease.
               #656. Salubrity.
               #657. Insalubrity.
               #658. Improvement.
               #659. Deterioration.
               #660. Restoration.
               #661. Relapse.
               #662. Remedy.
               #663. Bane.
            B. CONTINGENT SUBSERVIENCE
               #664. Safety.
               #665. Danger.
               #666. [Means of safety.] Refuge.
               #667. [Source of danger.] Pitfall.
               #668. Warning.
               #669. [Indication of danger.] Alarm.
               #670. Preservation.
               #671. Escape.
               #672. Deliverance.
            C. PRECURSORY MEASURES
               #673. Preparation.
               #674. Nonpreparation.
               #675. Essay.
               #676. Undertaking.
               #677. Use.
               #678. Disuse.
               #679. Misuse.
      SECTION III. VOLUNTARY ACTION
         1. SIMPLE VOLUNTARY ACTION
            #680. Action.
            #681. Inaction.
            #682. Activity.
            #683. Inactivity.
            #684. Haste.
            #685. Leisure.
            #686. Exertion.
            #687. Repose.
            #688. Fatigue.
            #689. Refreshment.
            #690. Agent.
            #691. Workshop.
         2. COMPLEX VOLUNTARY ACTION
            #692. Conduct.
            #693. Direction.
            #694. Director.
            #695. Advice.
            #696. Council.
            #697. Precept.
            #698. Skill[?].

            #699. Unskillfulness.
            #700. Proficient.
            #701. Bungler.
            #702. Cunning.
            #703. Artlessness.
      SECTION IV. ANTAGONISM
         1. CONDITIONAL ANTAGONISM
            #704. Difficulty.
            #705. Facility.
            #706. Hindrance.
            #707. Aid.
            #708. Opposition.
            #709. Cooperation.
            #710. Opponent.
            #711. Auxiliary.
            #712. Party.
            #713. Discord.
            #714. Concord.
            #715. Defiance.
            #716. Attack.
            #717. Defense
            #718. Retaliation.
            #719. Resistance.
            #720. Contention.
            #721. Peace.
            #722. Warfare.
            #723. Pacification.
            #724. Mediation.
            #725. Submission.
            #726. Combatant.
            #727. Arms.
            #728. Arena.
      SECTION V. RESULTS OF VOLUNTARY ACTION
            #729. Completion.
            #730. Noncompletion.
            #731. Success[?].
            #732. Failure.
            #733. Trophy.
            #734. Prosperity.
            #735. Adversity.
            #736.  Mediocrity.
   DIVISION II: INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
      SECTION I. GENERAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
            #737. Authority.
            #737a. Government.
            #737b. Politics. [contention for governmental authority or influence].
            #738. [Absence of authority] Laxity.
            #739. Severity.
            #740. Lenity.
            #741. Command.
            #742. Disobedience.
            #743. Obedience.
            #744. Compulsion.
            #745. Master.
            #746. Servant.
            #747. [Insignia of authority.] Scepter.
            #748. Freedom.
            #749. Subjection.
            #750. Liberation.
            #751. Restraint.
            #752. [Means of restraint.] Prison.
            #753. Keeper.
            #754. Prisoner.
            #755. [Vicarious authority.] Commission.
            #756. Abrogation.
            #757. Resignation.
            #758. Consignee.
            #759. Deputy.
      SECTION II. SPECIAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
            #760. Permission.
            #761. Prohibition.
            #762. Consent.
            #763. Offer.
            #764. Refusal.
            #765. Request.
            #766. [Negative request.] Deprecation.
            #767. Petitioner.
      SECTION III. CONDITIONAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
            #768. Promise.
            #768a. Release from engagement.
            #769. Compact.
            #770. Conditions.
            #771. Security.
            #772. Observance.
            #773. Nonobservance.
            #774. Compromise.
      SECTION IV. POSSESSIVE RELATIONS
         1. PROPERT IN GENERAL
            #775. Acquisition.
            #776. Loss.
            #777. Possession.
            #777a. Exemption.
            #778. [Joint possession.] Participation.
            #779. Possessor.
            #780. Property.
            #781. Retention.
            #782. Relinquishment.
         2. TRANSFER OF PROPERTY
            #783. Transfer.
            #784. Giving.
            #785. Receiving.
            #786. Apportionment.
            #787. Lending[?].
            #788. Borrowing.
            #789. Taking.
            #790. Restitution.
            #791. Stealing.
            #792. Thief.
            #793. Booty.
         3. INTERCHANGE OF PROPERTY
            #794. Barter.
            #795. Purchase.
            #796. Sale.
            #797. Merchant.
            #798. Merchandise.
            #799. Mart.
            #799a. Stock Market [specialized markets for financial instruments]
            #799b. Securities.
         4. MONETARY RELATIONS
            #800. Money.
            #801. Treasurer.
            #802. Treasury.
            #803. Wealth.
            #804. Poverty.
            #805. Credit.
            #806. Debt.
            #807. Payment.
            #808 Nonpayment
            #809. Expenditure.
            #810. Receipt.
            #811. Accounts.
            #812. Price.
            #812a. Value [intrinsic worth]
            #812b. Worthlessness
            #813. Discount.
            #814. Dearness.
            #815. Cheapness.
            #816. Liberality.
            #817. Economy.
            #817a. Greed [excessive desire]
            #818. Prodigality.
            #819. Parsimony.
 CLASS VI: WORDS RELATING TO THE SENTIMENT AND MORAL POWER
      SECTION I. AFFECTIONS IN GENERAL
            #820.  Affections.
            #821. Feeling.
            #822. Sensibility.
            #823. Insensibility.
            #824.  Excitation.
            #825. [Excess of sensitiveness] Excitability
            #826. [Absence of excitability, or of excitement.] Inexcitability.
      SECTION II. PERSONAL AFFECTIONS
         1. PASSIVE AFFECTIONS
            #827. Pleasure.
            #828. Pain.
            #829. [Capability of giving pleasure; cause or source of pleasure.]
            #830. [Capability of giving pain; cause or source of pain].
            #831. Content.
            #832. Discontent.
            #833. Regret.
            #834. Relief.
            #835. Aggravation.
            #836.  Cheerfulness.
            #837. Dejection.
            #838. [Expression of pleasure.] Rejoicing.
            #839. [Expression of pain.] Lamentation.
            #840. Amusement.
            #841. Weariness.
            #842. Wit[?].
            #843.  Dullness.
            #844. Humorist.
         2. DISCRIMINATIVE AFFECTIONS
            #845. Beauty.
            #846. Ugliness.
            #847. Ornament.
            #847a. Jewelry
            #848. Blemish.
            #849. Simplicity.
            #850. [Good taste.] Taste.
            #851. [Bad taste.] Vulgarity.
            #852. Fashion.
            #853. Ridiculousness.
            #854. Fop.
            #855. Affectation.
            #856. Ridicule.
            #857. [Object and cause of ridicule.] Laughingstock.
         3. PROSPECTIVE AFFECTIONS
            #858. Hope.
            #859. [Absence, want or loss of hope.] Hopelessness.
            #860. Fear.
            #861. [Absence of fear.] Courage.
            #862. [Excess of fear.] Cowardice.
            #863. Rashness.
            #864. Caution.
            #865. Desire.
            #866. Indifference.
            #867. Dislike.
            #868. Fastidiousness.
            #869. Satiety.
         4. CONTEMPLATIVE AFFECTIONS
            #870. Wonder.
            #871. [Absence of wonder.]  Expectance.
            #872. Prodigy.
         5. EXTRINSIC AFFECTIONS
            #873. Repute.
            #874. Disrepute.
            #875. Nobility.
            #876. Commonalty.
            #877. Title.
            #878. Pride.
            #879. Humility.
            #880. Vanity.
            #881. Modesty.
            #882. Ostentation.
            #883. Celebration.
            #884. Boasting.
            #885. [Undue assumption of superiority.] Insolence.
            #886. Servility.
            #887. Blusterer.
      SECTION III. SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
         1. SOCIAL AFFECTIONS
            #888. Friendship.
            #889. Enmity.
            #890. Friend.
            #891. Enemy.
            #892. Sociality.
            #893. Seclusion. Exclusion.
            #894. Courtesy.
            #895. Discourtesy.
            #896. Congratulation.
            #897. Love.
            #898. Hate.
            #899. Favorite.
            #900. Resentment.
            #901. Irascibility.
            #901a. Sullenness.
            #902. [Expression of affection or love.] Endearment.
            #903. Marriage.
            #904. Celibacy.
            #905. Divorce.
         2. DIFFUSIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
            #906. Benevolence.
            #907. Malevolence.
            #908. Malediction.
            #909. Threat.
            #910. Philanthropy.
            #911. Misanthropy.
            #912. Benefactor.
            #913. [Maleficent being] Evil doer
         3. SPECIAL SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
            #914. Pity.
            #914a. Pitilessness.
            #915. Condolence.
         4. RETROSPECTIVE SYMPATHETCI AFFECTIONS
            #916. Gratitude.
            #917. Ingratitude.
            #918. Forgiveness.
            #919. Revenge.
            #920. Jealousy.
            #921. Envy.
      SECTION IV. MORAL  AFFECTIONS
         1. MORAL OBLIGATIONS
            #922. Right.
            #923. Wrong[?].
            #924. Dueness.
            #925. [Absence of right.] Undueness.
            #926. Duty.
            #927. Dereliction of Duty.
            #927a. Exemption.
         2. MORAL SENTIMENTS
            #928. Respect.
            #929. Disrespect.
            #930. Contempt.
            #931. Approbation.
            #932. Disapprobation.
            #933. Flattery.
            #934. Detraction.
            #935. Flatterer.
            #936. Detractor.
            #937. Vindication.
            #938. Accusation.
         3. MORAL CONDITIONS
            #939. Probity.
            #940. Improbity.
            #941. Knave.
            #942. Disinterestedness.
            #943. Selfishness.
            #944. Virtue.
            #945. Vice.
            #946. Innocence.
            #947. Guilt.
            #948. Good Man.
            #949. Bad Man.
            #950. Penitence.
            #951. Impenitence.
            #952. Atonement.
         4. MORAL PRACTICE
            #953. Temperance.
            #954. Intemperance.
            #954a. Sensualist.
            #955. Asceticism.
            #956. Fasting.
            #957.  Gluttony.
            #958. Sobriety.
            #959. Drunkenness.
            #960. Purity.
            #961. Impurity.
            #962. Libertine.
         5. INSTITUTIONS
            #963. Legality.
            #964. [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality.
            #965. Jurisdiction. [Executive.]
            #966. Tribunal.
            #967. Judge.
            #968. Lawyer.
            #969. Lawsuit.
            #970. Acquittal.
            #971. Condemnation.
            #972. Punishment.
            #973. Reward.
            #974. Penalty.
            #975. [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge.
      SECTION V. RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS
         1. SUPERHUMAN BEINGS AND REGIONS
            #976. Deity.
            #977. [Beneficent spirits] Angel.
            #978. [Maleficent spirits.] Satan.
         2. MYTHOLOGICAL AND OTHER FABULOUS DEITIES AND POWERS
            #979. Jupiter.
            #980. Demon.
            #981. Heaven.
            #982. Hell.
            #983. [Religious Knowledge.] Theology.
            #983a. Orthodoxy.
            #984. Heterodoxy. [Sectarianism.]
            #985. Judeo
            #986. Pseudo
         3. RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS
            #987. Piety.
            #988. Impiety.
            #989. Irreligion.
         4. ACTS OF RELIGION
            #990. Worship.
            #991. Idolatry.
            #992. Sorcery.
            #993. Spell.
            #994. Sorcerer.
         5. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
            #995. Churchdom.
            #996.  Clergy.
            #997.  Laity.
            #998. Rite.
            #999. Canonicals.
            #1000. Temple.



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