The quality or habit of adhering to an appointed time.
synonym: promptness.
Roget 494:
fact,
reality
etc.
(existence)
1;
plain fact,
plain matter of fact;
nature
etc.
(principle)
5;
truth,
verity;
gospel,
gospel truth,
God's honest truth;
orthodoxy
etc.
983.1;
authenticity;
veracity
etc.
543;
correctness,
correctitude†.
accuracy,
exactitude;
exactness,
preciseness
etc.
adj.;
precision,
delicacy;
rigor,
mathematical precision,
punctuality;
clockwork precision
etc.
(regularity)
80;
conformity to rule;
nicety.
orthology†;
ipsissima verba [Lat.];
realism.
plain truth,
honest truth,
sober truth,
naked truth,
unalloyed truth,
unqualified truth,
stern truth,
exact truth,
intrinsic truth;
nuda veritas [Lat.];
the very thing;
not an illusion
etc.
495;
real Simon Pure;
unvarnished tale,
unvarnished truth;
the truth the whole truth and nothing but the the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth;
just the thing.
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Roget 939:
probity,
integrity,
rectitude;
uprightness
etc.
adj.;
honesty,
faith;
honor;
bonne foi [Fr.],
good faith,
bona fides [Lat.];
purity,
clean hands.
fairness
etc.
adj.;
fair play,
justice,
equity,
impartiality,
principle,
even-handedness;
grace.
constancy;
faithfulness
etc.
adj.;
fidelity,
loyalty;
incorruption,
incorruptibility.
trustworthiness
etc.
adj.;
truth,
candor,
singleness of heart;
veracity
etc.
543;
tender conscience
etc.
(sense of duty)
926.
punctilio,
delicacy,
nicety;
scrupulosity,
scrupulousness
etc.
adj.;
scruple;
point,
point of honor;
punctuality.
dignity
&c.,
(repute)
873;
respectability,
respectableness
etc.
adj.;
gentilhomme [Fr.],
gentleman;
man of honor,
man of his word;
fidus Achates [Lat.],
preux chevalier [Fr.],
galantuomo [It];
truepenny†,
trump,
brick;
true Briton;
white man [U.S.].
court of honor,
a fair field and no favor;
argumentum ad verecundiam [Lat.].
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Roget 682:
activity;
briskness,
liveliness
etc.
adj.;
animation,
life,
vivacity,
spirit,
dash,
energy;
snap,
vim.
nimbleness,
agility;
smartness,
quickness
etc.
adj.;
velocity,
etc.
274;
alacrity,
promptitude;
despatch,
dispatch;
expedition;
haste
etc.
684;
punctuality
etc.
(early)
132.
eagerness,
zeal,
ardor,
perfervidum aingenium [Lat.],
empressement [Fr.],
earnestness,
intentness;
abandon;
vigor
etc.
(physical energy)
171;
devotion
etc.
(resolution)
604;
exertion
etc.
686.
industry,
assiduity;
assiduousness
etc.
adj.;
sedulity;
laboriousness;
drudgery
etc.
(labor)
686;
painstaking,
diligence;
perseverance
etc.
604.1;
indefatigation†;
habits of business.
vigilance
etc.
459;
wakefulness;
sleeplessness,
restlessness;
insomnia;
pervigilium†,
insomnium†;
racketing.
movement,
bustle,
stir,
fuss,
ado,
bother,
pottering,
fidget,
fidgetiness;
flurry
etc.
(haste)
684.
officiousness;
dabbling,
meddling;
interference,
interposition,
intermeddling;
tampering with,
intrigue.
press of business,
no sinecure,
plenty to do,
many irons in the fire,
great doings,
busy hum of men,
battle of life,
thick of the action.
housewife,
busy bee;
new brooms;
sharp fellow,
sharp blade;
devotee,
enthusiast,
zealot,
meddler,
intermeddler,
intriguer,
busybody,
pickthank†;
hummer,
hustler,
live man [U.S.],
rustler [U.S.].
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Roget 138:
periodicity,
intermittence;
beat;
oscillation
etc.
314;
pulse,
pulsation;
rhythm;
alternation,
alternateness,
alternativeness,
alternity†.
bout,
round,
revolution,
rotation,
turn,
say.
anniversary,
jubilee,
centenary.
catamenia†,
courses,
menses,
menstrual flux.
[Regularity of return]
rota,
cycle,
period,
stated time,
routine;
days of the week;
Sunday,
Monday
&c.;
months of the year;
January
&c.;
feast,
fast
&c.;
Christmas,
Easter,
New Year's day
&c.;
Allhallows†,
Allhallowmas†,
All Saints' Day;
All Souls',
All Souls' Day;
Ash Wednesday,
bicentennial,
birthday,
bissextile†,
Candlemas†,
Dewali,
groundhog day [U.S.],
Halloween,
Hallowmas†,
Lady day,
leap year,
Midsummer day,
Muharram,
woodchuck day [U.S.],
St. Swithin's day,
natal day;
yearbook;
yuletide.
punctuality,
regularity,
steadiness.
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Roget 136:
frequency,
oftness†,
oftenness†,
commonness;
repetition
etc.
104;
normality
etc.
80;
example
(conformity)
82;
routine,
custom
(habit)
613.
regularity,
uniformity,
constancy,
clock-work precision;
punctuality
etc.
(exactness)
494;
even tenor;
system;
routine
etc.
(custom)
613;
formula;
rule
etc.
(form regulation)
697;
keynote,
standard,
model;
precedent
etc.
(prototype)
22;
conformity
etc.
82.
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Roget 132:
earliness
etc.
adj.;
morning
etc.
125.
punctuality;
promptitude
etc.
(activity)
682;
haste
etc.
(velocity)
274;
suddenness
etc.
(instantaneity)
113.
prematurity,
precocity,
precipitation,
anticipation;
a stitch in time.
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Roget 132a:
punctuality,
promptness,
immediateness.
Dutch: nauwgezetheid, stiptheid