Synonym Dictionary

Restoration or repayment for a loss or injury.

To hold back, limit, or control an action, impulse, or movement.

Control over one's impulses, or a limit placed on an action.

To revive or bring back into active use.

An action taken in return for a perceived injury, offense, or attack.

Good at holding or remembering something.

Reluctant to speak freely or reveal one's thoughts.

To withdraw a statement or claim previously made.

A statement withdrawing or correcting something previously asserted.

Punishment imposed in response to wrongdoing.

Moving backward or returning to a less developed or less desirable condition.

A view or consideration of past events.

Looking back on past events or work.

To revise or rebuild something substantially.

To regard with deep respect or admiration.

Deep respect or admiration.

A state of pleasant, dreamy thought.

The art of effective expression; also language criticized as impressive but lacking substance.

Relating to the effective use of language; sometimes intended for effect without expecting a literal answer.

A question asked for effect, without expecting an answer.

To make someone or something the object of scornful amusement.

Widespread or abundant, often of something undesirable.

A split, gap, or serious disagreement.

Moral uprightness or conduct believed to be just and right.