CLASS V: Words Relating to THE VOLUNTARY POWERS
DIVISION (I.) INDIVIDUAL VOLITION
Subservience to Ends
Contingent Subservience
Safety. –N. security, impregnability, invulnerability, storm blown over, coast clear, escape, safety valve, safeguard, palladium, sheet anchor, rock, tower of strength, guardianship, tutelage, custody, safekeeping, preservation, protection, auspices, safe-conduct, escort, convoy, guard, shield, guardian angel, tutelary god, protector, guardian, warden, preserver, custodian, watch-dog, Cerberus, watchman, policeman, constable, bobby, copper, cop, bull, flat-foot, detective, armed guard, sentinel, sentry, scout, garrison, refuge, anchor, precaution, quarantine, confidence.
Danger. –N. peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard, venture, precariousness, slipperiness, instability, defencelessness, exposure (liability), vulnerability, vulnerable point, heel of Achilles, forlorn hope, leap in the dark, road to ruin, hair-breadth escape, cause for alarm, source of danger, rock ahead, storm brewing, clouds in the horizon, cloud-gathering, warning, alarm, apprehension.
Thesaurus of Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget, M.D., F.R.S. Enlarged by John Lewis Roget, M.A., New Edition Revised and Enlarged by Samuel Romily Roget, M.A. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, the edition is copyright 1941, 1947.
Photo taken in Lippitt House Museum, Providence, RI
DIVISION (I.) INDIVIDUAL VOLITION
Subservience to Ends
Contingent Subservience
Safety. –N. security, impregnability, invulnerability, storm blown over, coast clear, escape, safety valve, safeguard, palladium, sheet anchor, rock, tower of strength, guardianship, tutelage, custody, safekeeping, preservation, protection, auspices, safe-conduct, escort, convoy, guard, shield, guardian angel, tutelary god, protector, guardian, warden, preserver, custodian, watch-dog, Cerberus, watchman, policeman, constable, bobby, copper, cop, bull, flat-foot, detective, armed guard, sentinel, sentry, scout, garrison, refuge, anchor, precaution, quarantine, confidence.
Danger. –N. peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard, venture, precariousness, slipperiness, instability, defencelessness, exposure (liability), vulnerability, vulnerable point, heel of Achilles, forlorn hope, leap in the dark, road to ruin, hair-breadth escape, cause for alarm, source of danger, rock ahead, storm brewing, clouds in the horizon, cloud-gathering, warning, alarm, apprehension.
Thesaurus of Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget, M.D., F.R.S. Enlarged by John Lewis Roget, M.A., New Edition Revised and Enlarged by Samuel Romily Roget, M.A. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, the edition is copyright 1941, 1947.
Photo taken in Lippitt House Museum, Providence, RI
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