ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Phr. who cares?, what difference does it make?; There's not a dime's worth of difference
between them [George Wallace].
610. Rejection -- N. rejection, repudiation, exclusion; refusal &c 764; declination
V. reject; set aside, lay aside; give up; decline &c (refuse) 764; exclude, except; pluck,
spin; cast.
repudiate, scout, set at naught; fling to the winds, fling to the dogs, fling overboard,
fling away, cast to the winds, cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw to the
winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard, throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the
dogs, toss overboard, toss away; send to the right about; disclaim &c (deny) 536; discard
&c (eject) 297, (have done with) 678.
Adj. rejected &c v.; reject, rejectaneous † , rejectious † ; not chosen &c 609, to be thought
of, out of the question
Adv. neither, neither the one nor the other; no &c 536.
Phr. non haec in faedera [Lat.].
611. Predetermination -- N. predestination, preordination, premeditation,
predeliberation † , predetermination; foregone conclusion, fait accompli [Fr.]; parti pris
[Fr.]; resolve, propendency † ; intention &c 620; project &c 626; fate, foredoom,
necessity.
V. predestine, preordain, predetermine, premeditate, resolve, concert; resolve beforehand,
predesignate.
Adj. prepense † , premeditated &c v., predesignated, predesigned † ; advised, studied,
designed, calculated; aforethought; intended &c 620; foregone.
well-laid, well-devised, well-weighed; maturely considered; cunning.
Adv. advisedly &c adj.; with premeditation, deliberately, all things considered, with eyes
open, in cold blood; intentionally &c 620.
612. Impulse -- N. impulse, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation; inspiration,
flash, spurt.
improvisatore † ; creature of impulse.
V. flash on the mind.
say what comes uppermost; improvise, extemporize.
Adj. extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate † ; snap; improvised, improvisate † ,
improvisatory † ; unpremeditated, unmeditated; improvise; unprompted, unguided; natural,
unguarded; spontaneous &c (voluntary) 600; instinctive &c 601.
Adv. extempore, extemporaneously; offhand, impromptu, a limproviste [Fr.];
improviso † ; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion.
613. Habit [includes commonness due to frequency of occurrence] -- N. habit, habitude;
assuetude † , assuefaction † , wont; run, way.
common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state
of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things; matter of course; beaten path,
beaten track, beaten ground.