Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers

Division (I) Individual Volition

Section I. Volition In General

1. Acts of Volition

   Will.

   Necessity.

   Willingness.

   Unwillingness.

   Resolution.

   Perseverance.

   Irresolution.

   Obstinacy.

   Tergiversation.

   Caprice.

   Choice.

   Absence of Choice.

   Rejection.

   Predetermination.

   Impulse.

   Habit.

   Desuetude.

2. Causes of Volition

   Motive.

   Absence of Motive.

   Dissuasion.

   Plea.

3. Objects of Volition

   Good.

   Evil.

Section II. Prospective Volition

1. Conceptional Volition

   Intention.

   Chance.

   Pursuit.

   Avoidance.

   Relinquishment.

   Business.

   Plan.

   Method.

   Mid-course.

   Circuit.

   Requirement.

2. Subservience to Ends
   1. Actual Subservience

      Instrumentality.

      Means.

      Instrument.

      Substitute.

      Materials.

      Store.

      Provision.

      Waste.

      Sufficiency.

      Insufficiency.

      Redundance.

   2. Degree of Subservience

      Importance.

      Unimportance.

      Utility.

      Inutility.

      Expedience.

      Inexpedience.

      Goodness.

      Badness.

      Perfection.

      Imperfection.

      Cleanness.

      Uncleanness.

      Health.

      Disease.

      Salubrity.

      Insalubrity.

      Improvement.

      Deterioration.

      Restoration.

      Relapse.

      Remedy.

      Bane.

   3. Contingent Subservience

      Safety.

      Danger.

      Refuge.

      Pitfall.

      Warning.

      Alarm.

      Preservation.

      Escape.

      Deliverance.

3. Precursory Measures

   Preparation.

   Nonpreparation.

   Essay.

   Undertaking.

   Use.

   Disuse.

   Misuse.

Section III. Voluntary Action

1. Simple Voluntary Action

   Action.

   Inaction.

   Activity.

   Inactivity.

   Haste.

   Leisure.

   Exertion.

   Repose.

   Fatigue.

   Refreshment.

   Agent.

   Workshop.

2. Complex Voluntary Action

   Conduct.

   Direction.

   Director.

   Advice.

   Council.

   Precept.

   Skill.

   Unskillfulness.

   Proficient.

   Bungler.

   Cunning.

   Artlessness.

Section IV. Antagonism

1. Conditional Antagonism

   Difficulty.

   Facility.

2. Active Antagonism

   Hindrance.

   Aid.

   Opposition.

   Coöperation.

   Opponent.

   Auxiliary.

   Party.

   Discord.

   Concord.

   Defiance.

   Attack.

   Defense.

   Retaliation.

   Resistance.

   Contention.

   Peace.

   Warfare.

   Pacification.

   Mediation.

   Submission.

   Combatant.

   Arms.

   Arena.

Section V. Results of Voluntary Action

Completion.

Noncompletion.

Success.

Failure.

Trophy.

Prosperity.

Adversity.

Mediocrity.

Division (II) Intersocial Volition

Section I. General Intersocial Volition

Authority.

Laxity.

Severity.

Lenity.

Command.

Disobedience.

Obedience.

Compulsion.

Master.

Servant.

Scepter.

Freedom.

Subjection.

Liberation.

Restraint.

Prison.

Keeper.

Prisoner.

Commission.

Abrogation.

Resignation.

Consignee.

Deputy.

Section II. Special Intersocial Volition

Permission.

Prohibition.

Consent.

Offer.

Refusal.

Request.

Deprecation.

Petitioner.

Section III. Conditional Intersocial Volition

Promise.

Release from engagement.

Compact.

Conditions.

Security.

Observance.

Nonobservance.

Compromise.

Section IV. Possessive Relations

1. Property in general

   Acquisition.

   Loss.

   Possession.

   Exemption.

   Participation.

   Possessor.

   Property.

   Retention.

   Relinquishment.

2. Transfer of Property

   Transfer.

   Giving.

   Receiving.

   Apportionment.

   Lending.

   Borrowing.

   Taking.

   Restitution.

   Stealing.

   Thief.

   Booty.

3. Interchange of Property

   Barter.

   Purchase.

   Sale.

   Merchant.

   Merchandise.

   Mart.

4. Monetary Relations

   Money.

   Treasurer.

   Treasury.

   Wealth.

   Poverty.

   Credit.

   Debt.

   Payment.

   Nonpayment.

   Expenditure.

   Receipt.

   Accounts.

   Price.

   Discount.

   Dearness.

   Cheapness.

   Liberality.

   Economy.

   Prodigality.

   Parsimony.