Synonym Dictionary

Official authorization; also a penalty used to enforce a rule.

To make something firmer, more secure, or more firmly established.

An official suspension or postponement of a proceeding or its enforcement.

Unnaturally formal or awkward in expression.

To bring under control or reduce the force or intensity of something.

Overused to the point of losing interest or force.

To emphasize the significance of something.

With intense feeling or force.

To voluntarily give up a right or claim, or decide not to enforce a requirement.