Part 92 (1/2)

Antonyms:

barbarisery, boorishness, clownishness, grossness, rusticity, vulgarity

REFUTE

Synonyms:

confound, confute, disprove, overthrow, repel

To _refute_ and to _confute_ are to answer so as to admit of no reply

To _refute_ a stateu proof; _confute_ is substantially the sae _Refute_ applies either to arguments and opinions or to accusations; _confute_ is not applied to accusations and charges, but to arguments or opinions _Refute_ is not now applied to persons, but _confute_ is in good use in this application; a person is _confuted_ when his arguments are _refuted_

RELIABLE

Synonyms:

trustworthy, trusty

The word _reliable_ has been sharply challenged, but seee The objection to its use on the ground that the suffix _-able_ can not properly be added to an intransitive verb is answered by the citation of such words as ”available,” ”conversable,” ”laughable,” and the like, while, in the e, Martineau, Mill, Irving, Newlish writers The objection to the application of _reliable_ to persons is not sustained by the use of the verb ”rely,” which is applied to persons in the authorized version of the Scriptures, in the writings of Shakespeare and Bacon, and in the usage of good speakers and writers

_Trusty_ and _trustworthy_ refer to inherent qualities of a high order, _trustworthy_ being especially applied to persons, and denoting rity and truthfulness; we speak of a _trusty_ sword, a _trusty_ servant; we say the hly _trustworthy_ _Reliable_ is inferior inmerely the possession of such qualities as are needed for safe reliance; as, a _reliable_ pledge; _reliable_ information A man is said to be _reliable_ with reference not only to e, skill, habit, or perhaps pecuniary ability; a thoroughly _trustworthy_ person ht not be _reliable_ as a witness on account of unconscious sympathy, or as a security by reason of insufficient er is one who may be depended on to do his errand correctly and proer is one who e of the views and purposes of those who employ him, and ill be faithful beyond the mere letter of his commission We can speak of a railroad-train as _reliable_ when it can be depended on to arrive on time; but to speak of a _reliable_ friend would be cold, and to speak of a warrior girding on his _reliable_ sould be ludicrous

RELIGION

Synonyy, faith, holiness, pietishteousness, worshi+p

_Piety_ is primarily filial duty, as of children to parents, and hence, in its highest sense, a loving obedience and service to God as the Heavenly Father; _pietism_ often denotes a ion_ is the reverent acknowledgion_, in the fullest and highest sense, includes all the other words of this group _Worshi+p_reverence of the hu outward expression _Devotion_, which in its fullest sense is self-consecration, is often used to denote an act of _worshi+p_, especially prayer or adoration; as, he is engaged in his _devotions_ _Morality_ is the system and practise of duty as required by thechiefly in outward acts, and thus may be observed without spiritual rectitude of heart; _ion_, which involves both outward act and spiritual service _Godliness_ (primarily Godlikeness) is a character and spirit like that of God _Holiness_ is the highest, sinless perfection of any spirit, whether divine or huy_ is the science of _religion_, or the study and scientific statement of all that the human mind can know of God _Faith_, strictly the belief and trust which the soul exercises toward God, is often used as a coion_ considered as the object of _faith_; as, the Christian _faith_; the Mohammedan _faith_

Antonye, unGodliness, blasphemy, impiety, profanity, unbelief, wickedness

RELUCTANT

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