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

753. Keeper -- N. keeper, custodian, custos [Lat.], ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey,
castellan † , guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar † , durwan † , hayward † ; sentry,
sentinel; watch and ward; concierge, coast guard, guarda costa [Sp.], game keeper.
escort, bodyguard.
protector, governor, duenna [Sp.]; guardian; governess &c (teacher) 540; nurse,
nanny, babysitter, catsitter, dogsitter, bonne [Fr.], ayah † .
754. Prisoner -- N. prisoner, prisoner of war, POW, captive, inmate, detainee, hostage,
abductee † , detenu [Fr.], close prisoner.
jail bird, ticket of leave man, chevronne [Fr.].
V. stand committed; be imprisoned &c 751.
take prisoner, take hostage (capture) 789.
Adj. imprisoned &c 751; in prison, in quod [Lat.], in durance vile, in limbo, in custody,
doing time, in charge, in chains; under lock and key, under hatches; on parole.
755. [Vicarious authority.] Commission -- N. commission, delegation; consignment,
assignment; procuration † ; deputation, legation, mission, embassy; agency, agentship † ;
power of attorney; clerkship; surrogacy.
errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur [Lat.], permit &c (permission) 760.
appointment, nomination, designation, return; charter; ordination; installation,
inauguration, investiture, swearing-in; accession, coronation, enthronement.
vicegerency; regency, regentship.
viceroy &c 745; consignee &c 758; deputy &c 759.
[person who receives a commission] agent, delegate, consignee &c 758.
V. commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust, entrust; commit,
commit to the hands of; authorize &c (permit) 760.
put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return,
ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of
attorney to.
employ, empower; set over, place over; send out.
be commissioned, be accredited; represent, stand for; stand in the stead of, stand in the
place of, stand in the shoes of.
Adj. commissioned &c v..
Adv. per procurationem [Lat.].
756. Abrogation -- N. abrogation, annulment, nullification, recision; vacatur [Lat.];
canceling &c v.; cancel; revocation, revokement † ; repeal, rescission, defeasance.
dismissal, conge [Fr.], demission † ; bounce [U.S.]; deposal, deposition; dethronement;
disestablishment, disendowment † ; deconsecration; sack [Slang], walking papers, pink
slip, walking ticket; yellow cover [Slang].
abolition, abolishment; dissolution.
counter order, countermand; repudiation, retraction, retractation † ; recantation &c
(tergiversation) 607; abolitionist.
V. abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy &c 162; abolish; revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse,
retract, recall; abolitionize † ; overrule, override; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash,
nullify, declare null and void; disestablish, disendow † ; deconsecrate.