There must be a privity of estate between the relessor and release. NWAD RELESSOR.2
1. The state of being relevant, or of affording relief or aid. NWAD RELEVANCE.2
2. Pertinence; applicableness. NWAD RELEVANCE.3
3. In Scots law, sufficiency to infer the conclusion. NWAD RELEVANCE.4
1. Relieving; lending aid or support. NWAD RELEVANT.2
2. Pertinent; applicable. The testimony is not relevant to the case. The argument is not relevant to the question. [This is the sense in which the word is now generally used.] NWAD RELEVANT.3
3. Sufficient to support the cause. NWAD RELEVANT.4
1. That which remains; that which is left after the loss or decay of the rest; as the relics of a town; the relics of magnificence; the relics of antiquity. The relics of saints, real or pretended, are held in great veneration by the catholics. NWAD RELIC.2
2. The body of a deceased person; a corpse. [Usually in the plural.] NWAD RELIC.3
A widow; a woman whose husband is dead. NWAD RELICT.2
1. The removal, in whole or in part, of any evil that afflicts the body of mind; the removal or alleviation of pain, grief, want, care, anxiety, toil or distress, or of any thing oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained. Rest gives relief to the body when weary; an anodyne gives relief from pain; the sympathy of friends affords some relief to the distressed; a loan of money to a man embarrassed may afford him a temporary relief; medicines which will not cure a disease, sometimes give a partial relief. A complete relief from the troubles of life is never to be expected. NWAD RELIEF.2
2. That which mitigates or removes pain, grief or other evil. NWAD RELIEF.3
3. The dismission of a sentinel from his post, whose place is supplied by another soldier; also, the person who takes his place. NWAD RELIEF.4
4. In sculpture, etc. the projecture or prominence of a figure above or beyond the ground or plane on which it is formed. Relief is of three kinds; high relief [alto relievo;] low relief [basso relievo;] and demi relief [demi relievo.] The difference is in the degree of projecture. High relief is formed from nature, as when a figure projects as much as the life. Low relief is when the figure projects but little, as in medals, festoons, foliages and other ornaments. Demi relief is when one half of the figure rises from the plane. NWAD RELIEF.5
5. In painting, the appearance of projection, or the degree of boldness which a figure exhibits to the eye at a distance. NWAD RELIEF.6
6. In feudal law, a fine or composition which the heir of a tenant, holding by knight’s service or other tenure, paid to the lord at the death of the ancestor, for the privilege of taking up the estate which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant. This relief consisted of horses, arms, money and the like, the amount of which was originally arbitrary, but afterwards fixed at a certain rate by law. It is not payable, unless the heir at the death of his ancestor had attained to the age of twenty one years. NWAD RELIEF.7
7. A remedy, partial or total, for any wrong suffered; redress; indemnification. He applied to chancery, but could get no relief. He petitioned the legislature and obtained relief. NWAD RELIEF.8
8. The exposure of any thing by the proximity of something else. NWAD RELIEF.9
1. To free, wholly or partially, from pain, grief, want, anxiety, care, toil, trouble, burden, oppression or any thing that is considered to be an evil; to ease of any thing that pains the body or distresses the mind. Repose relieves the wearied body; a supply of provisions relieves a family in want; medicines may relieve the sick man, even when they do not cure him. We all desire to be relieved from anxiety and from heavy taxes. Law or duty, or both, require that we should relieve the poor and destitute. NWAD RELIEVE.2
2. To alleviate or remove; as when we say, to relieve pain or distress; to relieve the wants of the poor. NWAD RELIEVE.3
3. To dismiss from a post or station, as sentinels, a guard or ships, and station others in their place. Sentinels are generally relieved every two hours; a guard is usually relieved once in twenty four hours. NWAD RELIEVE.4
4. To right; to ease of any burden, wrong or oppression by judicial or legislative interposition, by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses and the like. NWAD RELIEVE.5
5. To abate the inconvenience of any thing by change, or by the interposition of something dissimilar. The moon relieves the luster of the sun with a milder light. NWAD RELIEVE.6
The poet must not encumber his poem with, too much business, but sometimes relieve the subject with a moral reflection. NWAD RELIEVE.7
6. To assist; to support. NWAD RELIEVE.8
Parallels or like relations alternately relieve each other; when neither will pass asunder, yet are they plausible together. NWAD RELIEVE.9
1. Freed from pain or other evil; eased or cured; aided; succored; dismissed from watching. NWAD RELIEVED.2
2. Alleviated or removed; as pain or distress. NWAD RELIEVED.3
1. To light anew; to illuminate again. NWAD RELIGHT.2
2. To rekindle; to set on fire again. NWAD RELIGHT.3
1. Religion, in its most comprehensive sense, includes a belief in the being and perfections of God, in the revelation of his will to man, in man’s obligation to obey his commands, in a state of reward and punishment, and in man’s accountableness to God; and also true godliness or piety of life, with the practice of all moral duties. It therefore comprehends theology, as a system of doctrines or principles, as well as practical piety; for the practice of moral duties without a belief in a divine lawgiver, and without reference to his will or commands, is not religion. NWAD RELIGION.2
2. Religion, as distinct from theology, is godliness or real piety in practice, consisting in the performance of all known duties to God and our fellow men, in obedience to divine command, or from love to God and his law. James 1:27. NWAD RELIGION.3
3. Religion, as distinct from virtue, or morality, consists in the performance of the duties we owe directly to God, from a principle of obedience to his will. Hence we often speak of religion and virtue, as different branches of one system, or the duties of the first and second tables of the law. NWAD RELIGION.4
Let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. NWAD RELIGION.5
4. Any system of faith and worship. In this sense, religion comprehends the belief and worship of pagans and Mohammedans, as well as of christians; any religion consisting in the belief of a superior power or powers governing the world, and in the worship of such power or powers. Thus we speak of the religion of the Turks, of the Hindoos, of the Indians, etc. as well as of the christian religion. We speak of false religion, as well as of true religion. NWAD RELIGION.6
5. The rites of religion; in the plural. NWAD RELIGION.7
1. Pertaining or relating to religion; as a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects. NWAD RELIGIOUS.2
2. Pious; godly; loving and reverencing the Supreme Being and obeying his precepts; as a religious man. NWAD RELIGIOUS.3
3. Devoted to the practice of religion; as a religious life. NWAD RELIGIOUS.4
4. Teaching religion; containing religious subject or the doctrines and precepts of religion, or the discussion of topics of religion; as a religious book. NWAD RELIGIOUS.5
5. Exact; strict; such as religion requires; as a religious observance of vows or promises. NWAD RELIGIOUS.6
6. Engaged by vows to a monastic life; as a religious order or fraternity. NWAD RELIGIOUS.7
7. Appropriated to the performance of sacred or religious duties; as a religious house. NWAD RELIGIOUS.8
1. Piously; with love and reverence to the Supreme Being; in obedience to the divine commands. NWAD RELIGIOUSLY.2
2. According to the rites of religion. NWAD RELIGIOUSLY.3
3. Reverently; with veneration. NWAD RELIGIOUSLY.4
4. Exactly; strictly; conscientiously; as a vow or promise religiously observed. NWAD RELIGIOUSLY.5
1. To withdraw from; to leave; to quit. It may be to forsake or abandon, but it does not necessarily express the sense of the latter. A man may relinquish an enterprise for a time, or with a design never to resume it. In general, to relinquish is to leave without the intention of resuming, and equivalent to forsake, but is less emphatical than abandon and desert. NWAD RELINQUISH.2
They placed Irish tenants on the lands relinquished by the English. NWAD RELINQUISH.3
2. To forbear; to withdraw from; as, to relinquish the practice of intemperance; to relinquish the rites of a church. NWAD RELINQUISH.4
3. To give up; to renounce a claim to; as, to relinquish a debt. NWAD RELINQUISH.5
To relinquish back, or to, to give up; to release; to surrender; as, to relinquish a claim to another. NWAD RELINQUISH.6
A depository for relics; a casket in which relics are kept. NWAD RELIQUARY.2
To liquidate anew; to adjust a second time. NWAD RELIQUIDATE.2
1. Taste; or rather, a pleasing taste; that sensation of the organs which is experienced when we take food or drink of an agreeable flavor. Different persons have different relishes. Relish is often natural, and often the effect of habit. NWAD RELISH.2
2. Liking; delight; appetite. NWAD RELISH.3
We have such a relish for faction, as to have lost that of wit. NWAD RELISH.4
3. Sense; the faculty of perceiving excellence; taste; as a relish for fine writing, or a relish of fine writing. Addison uses both of and for after relish. NWAD RELISH.5
4. That which gives pleasure; the power of pleasing. NWAD RELISH.6
When liberty is gone, life grows insipid and has lost its relish. NWAD RELISH.7
5. Cast; manner. NWAD RELISH.8
It preserves some relish of old writing. NWAD RELISH.9
6. Taste; a small quantity just perceptible. NWAD RELISH.10
Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them. NWAD RELISH.11
1. To give an agreeable taste to. NWAD RELISH.13
A sav’ry bit that serv’d to relish wine. NWAD RELISH.14
2. To like the taste of; as, to relish venison. NWAD RELISH.15
3. To be gratified with the enjoyment or use of. NWAD RELISH.16
He knows how to prize his advantages and to relish the honors which he enjoys. NWAD RELISH.17
Men of nice palates would not relish Aristotle, as dressed up by the schoolmen. NWAD RELISH.18
1. To have a pleasing taste. The greatest dainties do not always relish. NWAD RELISH.20
2. To give pleasure. NWAD RELISH.21
Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not have relished among my other discredits. NWAD RELISH.22
3. To have a flavor. NWAD RELISH.23
A theory which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature. NWAD RELISH.24
Shining; transparent; clear; pellucid; as a relucent stream. NWAD RELUCENT.2
Unwillingness; great opposition of mind; repugnance; with to or against; as, to undertake a war with reluctance. He has a great reluctance to this measure. NWAD RELUCTANCE.2
Bear witness, heav’n with what reluctancy her helpless innocence I doom to die. NWAD RELUCTANCE.3
1. Striving against; unwilling; much opposed in heart. NWAD RELUCTANT.2
Reluctant now I touch’d the trembling string. NWAD RELUCTANT.3
2. Unwilling; acting with slight repugnance; coy. NWAD RELUCTANT.4
3. Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as reluctant obedience. NWAD RELUCTANT.5
1. Striving to resist. NWAD RELUCTING.2
2. a. Averse; unwilling. NWAD RELUCTING.3
1. To light anew; to rekindle. NWAD RELUMINE.2
2. To illuminate again. NWAD RELUMINE.3
To rest on something, as the mind when satisfied of the veracity, integrity or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence in; to trust in; to depend; with on. We rely on the promise of a man who is known to be upright; we rely on the veracity or fidelity of a tried friend; a prince relies on the affections of his subjects for support, and on the strength of his army for success in war; above all things, we rely on the mercy and promises of God. That which is the ground of confidence, is a certainty or full conviction that satisfies the mind and leaves it at rest, or undisturbed by doubt. NWAD RELY.2
Because thou has relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God - 2 Chronicles 16:8. NWAD RELY.3
1. To continue; to rest or abide in a place for a time indefinite. They remained a month in Rome. We remain at an inn for a night, for a week, or a longer time. NWAD REMAIN.2
Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown. Genesis 38:11. NWAD REMAIN.3
2. To be left after others have withdrawn; to rest or abide in the same place when others remove, or are lost, destroyed or taken away. NWAD REMAIN.4
Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. Genesis 7:23. NWAD REMAIN.5
3. To be left after a part or others have past. Let our remaining time or years be employed in active duties. NWAD REMAIN.6
4. To continue unchanged, or in a particular state. He remains stupid; he remains in a low state of health. NWAD REMAIN.7
5. Not to be lost; not to escape; not to be forgotten. NWAD REMAIN.8
All my wisdom remained with me. NWAD REMAIN.9
6. To be left, out of a greater number or quantity. Part of the debt is paid; that which remains will be on interest. NWAD REMAIN.10
That which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept till the morning. Exodus 16:23. NWAD REMAIN.11
7. To be left as not included or comprised. There remains one argument which has not been considered. NWAD REMAIN.12
That an elder brother has power over his brethren, remains to be proved. NWAD REMAIN.13
8. To continue in the same state. NWAD REMAIN.14
Children thou art, childless remain. NWAD REMAIN.15
1. Any thing left after the separation and removal of a part. NWAD REMAINDER.2
If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt. NWAD REMAINDER.3
The last remainders of unhappy Troy. NWAD REMAINDER.4
2. Relics; remains; the corpse of a human being. [Not now used.] NWAD REMAINDER.5
3. That which is left after a part is past; as the remainder of the day or week; the remainder of the year; the remainder of life. NWAD REMAINDER.6
4. The sum that is left after subtraction or after any deduction. NWAD REMAINDER.7
5. In law, an estate limited to take effect and be enjoyed after another estate is determined. A grants land to B for twenty years; remainder to D in fee. If a man by deed or will limits his books or furniture to A for life, with remainder to B, this remainder is good. NWAD REMAINDER.8
A writ of formedon in remainder, is a writ which lies where a man gives lands to another for life or in tail, with remainder to a third person in tail or in fee, and he who has the particular estate dies without issue heritable, and a stranger intrudes upon him in remainder and keeps him out of possession; in this case, the remainder-man shall have his writ of formedon in the remainder. NWAD REMAINDER.9
1. That which is left after a part is separated, taken away or destroyed; as the remains of a city or house demolished. NWAD REMAINS.2
2. A dead body; a corpse. NWAD REMAINS.3
The singular, remain, in the like sense, and in the sense of abode, is entirely obsolete. NWAD REMAINS.4
To call or send back him or that which is ordered to a place; as, to remand an officer from a distant place; to remand an envoy from a foreign court. NWAD REMAND.2
1. To observe; to note in the mind; to take notice of without expression. I remarked the manner of the speaker; I remarked his elegant expressions. NWAD REMARK.3
2. To express in words or writing what one thinks or sees; to express observations; as, it is necessary to repeat what has been before remarked. NWAD REMARK.4
3. To mark; to point out; to distinguish. [Not in use.] NWAD REMARK.5
His manacles remark him. NWAD REMARK.6
1. Observable; worthy of notice. NWAD REMARKABLE.2
‘Tis remarkable that they talk most, who have the least to say. NWAD REMARKABLE.3
2. Extraordinary; unusual; that deserves particular notice, or that may excite admiration or wonder; as the remarkable preservation of lives in shipwreck. The dark day in May, 1780, was a remarkable phenomenon. NWAD REMARKABLE.4
1. In a manner or degree worthy of notice; as, the winters of 1825, 1826 and 1828 were remarkably free from snow. The winter of 1827 was remarkable for a great quantity of snow. NWAD REMARKABLY.2
2. In an extraordinary manner. NWAD REMARKABLY.3
The remedial part of law is so necessary a consequence of the declaratory and directory, that laws without it must be very vague and imperfect. Statutes are declaratory of remedial. NWAD REMEDIAL.2
1. Not admitting a remedy; incurable; desperate; as a remediless disease. NWAD REMEDILESS.2
2. Irreparable; as, a loss or damage is remediless. NWAD REMEDILESS.3
3. Not admitting change or reversal; as a remediless doom. NWAD REMEDILESS.4
4. Not admitting recovery; as a remediless delusion. NWAD REMEDILESS.5
1. That which cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; with for; as a remedy for the gout. NWAD REMEDY.2
2. That which counteracts an evil of any kind; with for, to or against; usually with for. Civil government is the remedy for the evils of natural liberty. What remedy can be provided for extravagance in dress? The man who shall invent an effectual remedy for intemperance, will deserve every thing from his fellow men. NWAD REMEDY.3
3. That which cures uneasiness. NWAD REMEDY.4
Our griefs how swift, our remedies how slow. NWAD REMEDY.5
4. That which repairs loss or disaster; reparation. NWAD REMEDY.6
In the death of a man there is no remedy. NWAD REMEDY.7
1. To cure; to heal; as, to remedy a disease. NWAD REMEDY.9
2. To cure; to remove, as an evil; as, to remedy grief; to remedy the evils of a war. NWAD REMEDY.10
3. To repair; to remove mischief; in a very general sense. NWAD REMEDY.11
1. To have in the mind an idea which had been in the mind before, and which recurs to the mind without effort. NWAD REMEMBER.2
We are said to remember any thing, when the idea of it arises in the mind with the consciousness that we have had this idea before. NWAD REMEMBER.3
2. When we use effort to recall an idea, we are said to recollect it. This distinction is not always observed. Hence remember is often used as synonymous with recollect, that is, to call to mind. We say, we cannot remember a fact, when we mean, we cannot recollect it. NWAD REMEMBER.4
Remember the days of old. Deuteronomy 32:7. NWAD REMEMBER.5
3. To bear or keep in mind; to attend to. NWAD REMEMBER.6
Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste. NWAD REMEMBER.7
4. To preserve the memory of; to preserve from being forgotten. NWAD REMEMBER.8
Let them have their wages duly paid, and something over to remember me. NWAD REMEMBER.9
5. To mention. [Not in use.] NWAD REMEMBER.10
6. To put in mind; to remind; as, to remember one of his duty. [Not in use.] NWAD REMEMBER.11
7. To think of and consider; to meditate. Psalm 63:6. NWAD REMEMBER.12
8. To bear in mind with esteem; or to reward. Ecclesiastes 9:15. NWAD REMEMBER.13
9. To bear in mind with praise or admiration; to celebrate. 1 Chronicles 16:12. NWAD REMEMBER.14
10. To bear in mind with favor, care, and regard for the safety or deliverance of any one. Psalm 74:2; Genesis 8:1; Genesis 19:29. NWAD REMEMBER.15
11. To bear in mind with intent to reward or punish. 3 John 10; Jeremiah 31:20, 34. NWAD REMEMBER.16
12. To bear in mind with confidence; to trust in. Psalm 20:7. NWAD REMEMBER.17
13. To bear in mind with the purpose of assisting or relieving. Galatians 2:10. NWAD REMEMBER.18
14. To bear in mind with reverence; to obey. NWAD REMEMBER.19
Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth. Ecclesiastes 12:1. NWAD REMEMBER.20
15. To bear in mind with regard; to keep as sacred; to observe. NWAD REMEMBER.21
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20:8. NWAD REMEMBER.22
To remember mercy, is to exercise it. Habakkuk 3:2. NWAD REMEMBER.23
1. The retaining or having in mind an idea which had been present before, or an idea which had been previously received from an object when present, and which recurs to the mind afterwards without the presence of its object. Technically, remembrance differs from reminiscence and recollection, as the former implies that an idea occurs to the mind spontaneously, or without much mental exertion. The latter imply the power or the act of recalling ideas which do not spontaneously recur to the mind. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.2
The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. Psalm 112:6. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.3
Remembrance is when the same idea recurs, without the operation of the like object on the external sensory. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.4
2. Transmission of a fact from one to another. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.5
Titan among the heav’ns th’ immortal fact display’d, lest the remembrance of his grief should fall. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.6
3. Account preserved; something to assist the memory. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.7
Those proceedings and remembrances are in the Tower. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.8
4. Memorial. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.9
But in remembrance of so brave a deed, a tomb and funeral honors I decreed. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.10
5. A token by which one is kept in the memory. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.11
Keep this remembrance for thy Julia’s sake. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.12
6. Notice of something absent. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.13
Let your remembrance still apply to Banquo. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.14
7. Power of remembering; limit of time within which a fact can be remembered; as when we say, an event took place before our remembrance, or since our remembrance. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.15
8. Honorable memory. [Not in use.] NWAD REMEMBRANCE.16
9. Admonition. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.17
10. Memorandum; a note to help the memory. NWAD REMEMBRANCE.18
1. One that reminds, or revives the remembrance of any thing. NWAD REMEMBRANCER.2
God is present in the consciences of good and bad; he is there a remembrancer to call our actions to mind. NWAD REMEMBRANCER.3
2. An officer in the exchequer of England, whose business is to record certain papers and proceedings, make out processes, etc.; a recorder. The officers bearing this name were formerly called clerks of the remembrance. NWAD REMEMBRANCER.4