to condemn oneself
91Hegel, spirit, and politics — Leo Rauch Hegel’s impact on political thought has been immense giving shape to the major political movements of the modern world. Yet the person of average education is hardly familiar with the name, which is usually identified with a small… …
92acquit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. exonerate; discharge, pay. See acquittal, payment.Ant., convict. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To exonerate] Syn. clear, absolve, vindicate; see absolve , excuse . 2. [To behave] Syn. comport, conduct,… …
93endorse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. approve, support, second; recommend; subscribe (to); sign. See approbation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To inscribe one s name] Syn. sign, put one s signature on, countersign, underwrite, sign one s… …
94justify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. exonerate, excuse, warrant, vindicate, acquit, absolve; prove right, free from blame. See vindication. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To vindicate] Syn. absolve, acquit, clear; see excuse . 2. [To give… …
95pity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of compassion for another Nouns pity, compassion, commiseration, sympathy; lamentation, condolence; empathy, fellow feeling, tenderness, humanity, mercy, clemency; leniency, charity, ruth,… …
96attack — 1. verb 1) Chris had been brutally attacked Syn: assault, assail, set upon, beat up; batter, pummel, punch; informal do over, work over, rough up 2) they attacked along a 10 mile front Syn: strike, char …
97extol — laud, *praise, eulogize, acclaim Analogous words: applaud, *commend, compliment: *exalt, magnify, aggrandize Antonyms: decry: abase (oneself) Contrasted words: depreciate, disparage, detract, derogate, belittle, minimize (see DECRY): denounce,… …
98lapse — n 1 slip, *error, mistake, blunder, faux pas, bull, howler, boner Analogous words: *offense, sin, vice, crime: *fault, failing, frailty, foible: transgression, *breach, violation, trespass 2 relapse, backsliding (see under LAPSE vb) …
99contemn — v 1. disdain, scorn, despise, misprize, show contempt for, view with contempt, hold in contempt, snap one s fingers at, turn up one s nose at, spurn, slight, snub, shun. 2. deprecate, vituperate, disparage, reproach, censure, decry, condemn,… …
100glory — [n1] fame, importance celebrity, dignity, distinction, eminence, exaltation, grandeur, greatness, honor, illustriousness, immortality, kudos, magnificence, majesty, nobility, praise, prestige, renown, reputation, splendor, sublimity, triumph;… …
