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

Adj. deprecatory, expostulatory † , intercessory, mediatorial † .
deprecated, protested.
unsought, unbesought † ; unasked &c (ask) &c 765.
Int. cry you mercy!, God forbid!, forbid it Heaven!, Heaven forefend, Heaven forbid!,
far be it from!, hands off!, &c (prohibition) 761; please don't.
767. Petitioner -- N. petitioner, solicitor, applicant; suppliant, supplicant; suitor,
candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder; place hunter, pot hunter;
prizer † ; seeker.
beggar, mendicant, moocher, panhandler, freeloader, sponger, mumper † , sturdy
beggar, cadger; hotel runner, runner, steerer [U.S.], tout, touter † .
[poor person] pauper, homeless person, hobo, bum, tramp, bindle stiff, bo, knight of
the road (poverty) 804; hippie, flower child; hard core unemployed; welfare client,
welfare case.
canvasser, bagman &c 758; salesman.
SECTION III.
CONDITIONAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
768. Promise -- N. promise, undertaking, word, troth, plight, pledge, parole, word of
honor, vow; oath &c (affirmation) 535; profession, assurance, warranty, guarantee,
insurance, obligation; contract &c 769; stipulation.
engagement, preengagement; affiance; betroth, betrothal, betrothment.
V. promise; give a promise &c n.; undertake, engage; make an engagement, form an
engagement; enter into an engagement, enter on an engagement; bind oneself, tie oneself,
pledge oneself, commit oneself, take upon oneself; vow; swear &c (affirm) 535, give
one's word, pass one's word, pledge one's word, plight one's word, give one's honor, pass
one's honor, pledge one's honor, plight one's honor, give credit, pass credit, pledge credit,
plight credit, give troth, pass troth, pledge troth, plight troth; betroth, plight faith.
assure, warrant, guarantee; covenant &c 769; attest &c (bear witness) 467.
hold out an expectation; contract an obligation; become bound to, become sponsor for;
answer for, be answerable for; secure; give security &c 771; underwrite.
adjure, administer an oath, put to one's oath, swear a witness.
Adj. promising &c v.; promissory; votive; under hand and seal, upon oath.
promised &c v.; affianced, pledged, bound; committed, compromised; in for it.
Adv. as one's head shall answer for.
Phr. in for a penny in for a pound; ex voto [Lat.]; gage d'amour.
768a. Release from engagement -- N. release &c (liberation) 750.
Adj. absolute; unconditional &c (free) 748.
769. Compact -- N. compact, contract, agreement, bargain; affidation † ; pact, paction † ;
bond, covenant, indenture; bundobast † , deal.
stipulation, settlement, convention; compromise, cartel.