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

let, sett † ; grant a lease, take a lease, hold a lease; hold in pledge; lend on security &c
787.
Phr. bonis avibus [Lat.]; gone where the woodbine twineth.
772. Observance -- N. observance, performance, compliance, acquiescence,
concurrence; obedience &c 743; fulfillment, satisfaction, discharge; acquittance,
acquittal.
adhesion, acknowledgment; fidelity &c (probity) 939; exact &c 494; observance.
V. observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to, adhere to, be faithful
to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy,
discharge; do one's office.
perform an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, acquit oneself of
an obligation; make good; make good one's word, make good one's promise, keep one's
word, keep one's promise; redeem one's pledge; keep faith with, stand to one's
engagement.
Adj. observant, faithful, true, loyal; honorable &c 939; true as the dial to the sun, true as
the needle to the pole; punctual, punctilious; literal &c (exact) 494; as good as one's
word.
Adv. faithfully &c adj..
Phr. ignoscito saepe alteri nunquam tibi [Lat.]; tempori parendum [Lat.]; to God, thy
country, and thy friend be true [Vaughan].
773. Nonobservance -- N. nonobservance &c 772; evasion, inobservance, failure,
omission, neglect, laches [Law], laxity, informality.
infringement, infraction; violation, transgression; piracy.
retraction, retractation † , repudiation, nullification; protest; forfeiture.
lawlessness; disobedience &c 742; bad faith &c 940.
V. fail, neglect, omit, elude, evade, give the go-by to, set aside, ignore; shut one's eyes to,
close one's eyes to.
infringe, transgress, violate, pirate, break, trample under foot, do violence to, drive a
coach and six through.
discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and
void; cancel &c (wipe off) 552.
retract, go back from, be off, forfeit, go from one's word, palter; stretch a point, strain
a point.
Adj. violating &c v.; lawless, transgressive; elusive, evasive.
unfulfilled &c (fulfill) &c 772.
774. Compromise -- N. compromise, commutation, composition; middle term, mezzo
termine [It]; compensation &c 30; abatement of differences, adjustment, mutual
concession.
V. compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one
halfway, give and take; come to terms &c (contract) 769; submit to arbitration, abide by
arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make
the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed.