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carry away or off, shift; transfer: When I arrived this
morning, my desk had been removed. The threat of war has been
removed. Kindly remove your elbows from the table. 3 obliterate,
delete, erase, expunge, eradicate, efface, eliminate, take off,
wipe or rub out, wipe or rub off, get rid of: Use chemicals to
remove the graffiti from the wall. 4 murder, assassinate, kill,
slay, execute, exterminate, eliminate, liquidate, eradicate,
massacre, slaughter, do away with, dispose of, get rid of,
purge, Slang rub or wipe out, do in, bump off, US waste: We
brought in some of the boys to remove the competition. 5
discharge, dismiss, depose, unseat, displace, expel, oust, turn
out, get rid of, purge, Colloq fire, sack, kick out: Andrews
must be removed from his job before he does any more harm. 6
relocate, move, transfer, shift: I removed to a quieter place
where I could write in peace. 7 take out, unfasten, detach,
disconnect, separate, undo: They have to remove the
transmission to overhaul it.
--n. 8 distance, space, interval, separation: They tried to
keep the girls and the boys at some remove from one another.
remuneration
n. 1 payment, compensation, salary, wages, earnings, emolument,
income, pay, stipend, consideration, reward: What remuneration
will she expect to receive if appointed? 2 recompense,
repayment, reimbursement, restitution, reparation(s), damages,
indemnity, indemnification, redress: Have they received any
remuneration for their loss of property during the earthquake?
renaissance
n. renascence, rebirth, revival, reawakening, restoration,
resumption, renewal, resurgence, return, regeneration,
rejuvenation, new dawn, new birth: The Renaissance is so called
because of the return to classical tradition. Hugh seems to have
undergone a renaissance since taking that rest cure.
rend v. 1 rip or tear or pull (to pieces or apart or asunder),
wrench, mangle, shred: The bully threatened to rend me limb
from limb. 2 split, tear, rip, rupture, cleave, split, rive,
separate, slice, lacerate: When the balloon was rent from top
to bottom, the basket fell to the ground. 3 pain, distress,
pierce, stab, smite, wound, afflict, torment, wring, hurt: My
heart was rent by conflicting emotions.