set right
noun
Roget 937:
vindication,
justification,
warrant;
exoneration,
exculpation;
acquittal
etc.
970;
whitewashing.
extenuation;
palliation,
palliative;
softening,
mitigation.
reply,
defense;
recrimination
etc.
938.
apology,
gloss,
varnish;
plea
etc.
617;
salvo;
excuse,
extenuating circumstances;
allowance,
allowance to be made;
locus paenitentiae [Lat.].
apologist,
vindicator,
justifier;
defendant
etc.
938.
justifiable charge,
true bill.
v..
justify,
warrant;
be an excuse for
etc.
n.;
lend a color,
furnish a handle;
vindicate;
exculpate,
disculpate†;
acquit
etc.
970;
clear,
set right,
exonerate,
whitewash;
clear the skirts of.
extenuate,
palliate,
excuse,
soften,
apologize,
varnish,
slur,
gloze;
put a gloss,
put a good face upon;
mince;
gloss over,
bolster up,
help a lame dog over a stile.
advocate,
defend,
plead one's cause;
stand up for,
stick up for,
speak up for;
contend for,
speak for;
bear out,
keep in countenance,
support;
plead
&c.,
617;
say in defense;
plead ignorance;
confess and avoid,
propugn†,
put in a good word for.
take the will for the deed,
make allowance for,
give credit for,
do justice to;
give one his due,
give the Devil his due.
make good;
prove the truth of,
prove one's case;
be justified by the event.
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verb
Roget 527:
tell;
inform,
inform of;
acquaint,
acquaint with;
impart,
impart to;
make acquaintance with,
apprise,
advise,
enlighten,
awaken;
transmit.
let fall,
mention,
express,
intimate,
represent,
communicate,
make known;
publish
etc.
531;
notify,
signify,
specify,
convey the knowledge of.
let one know,
have one to know;
give one to understand;
give notice;
set before,
lay before,
put before;
point out,
put into one's head;
put one in possession of;
instruct
etc.
(teach)
537;
direct the attention to
etc.
457.
announce,
annunciate;
report,
report progress;
bringword†,
send word,
leave word,
write word;
telegraph,
telephone;
wire;
retail,
render an account;
give an account
etc.
(describe)
594;
state
etc.
(affirm)
535.
[disclose inadvertently or reluctantly]
let slip,
blurt out,
spill the beans,
unburden oneself of,
let off one's chest;
disclose
etc.
529.
show cause;
explain
etc.
(interpret)
522.
hint;
given an inkling of;
give a hint,
drop a hint,
throw out a hint;
insinuate;
allude to,
make allusion to;
glance at;
tip the wink
etc.
(indicate)
550;
suggest,
prompt,
give the cue,
breathe;
whisper,
whisper in the ear.
give a bit of one's mind;
tell one plainly,
tell once for all;
speak volumes.
undeceive†,
unbeguile†;
set right,
correct,
open the eyes of,
disabuse,
disillusion one of.
be informed of
&c.;
know
etc.
490;
learn
etc.
539;
get scent of,
get wind of,
gather from;
awaken to,
open one's eyes to;
become alive,
become awake to;
hear,
overhear,
understand.
come to one's ears,
come to one's knowledge;
reach one's ears.
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Roget 527a:
correct,
set right,
set straight,
put straight;
undeceive†;
enlighten.
show one one's error;
point out an error,
point out a fallacy;
pick out an error,
pick out the fallacy;
open one's eyes.
pick apart an argument,
confutation
etc.
479;
reasoning
etc.
476.
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Roget 529:
disclose,
discover,
dismask†;
draw the veil,
draw aside the veil,
lift the veil,
raise the veil,
lift up the veil,
remove the veil,
tear aside the veil,
tear the curtain;
unmask,
unveil,
unfold,
uncover,
unseal,
unkennel;
take off the seal,
break the seal;
lay open,
lay bare;
expose;
open,
open up;
bare,
bring to light.
divulge,
reveal,
break;
squeal [Coll.],
tattle [Coll.],
sing [Coll.],
rat [Coll.],
snitch [Coll.];
let into the secret;
reveal the secrets of the prison house;
tell
etc.
(inform)
527;
breathe,
utter,
blab,
peach;
let out,
let fall,
let drop,
let slip,
spill the beans,
let the cat out of the bag;
betray;
tell tales,
come out of school;
come out with;
give vent,
give utterance to;
open the lips,
blurt out,
vent,
whisper about;
speak out
etc.
(make manifest)
525;
make public
etc.
531;
unriddle
etc.
(find out)
480.1;
split.
acknowledge,
allow,
concede,
grant,
admit,
own,
own up to,
confess,
avow,
throw off all disguise,
turn inside out,
make a clean breast;
show one's hand,
show one's cards;
unburden one's mind,
disburden one's mind,
disburden one's conscience,
disburden one's heart;
open one's mind,
lay bare one's mind,
tell a piece of one's mind [Fr.];
unbosom oneself,
own to the soft impeachment;
say the truth,
speak the truth;
turn King's evidence,
Queen's evidence;
acknowledge the corn [U.S.].
raise the mask,
drop the mask,
lift the mask,
remove the mask,
throw off the mask;
expose;
lay open;
undeceive†,
unbeguile†;
disabuse,
set right,
correct,
open the eyes of;
d_esillusionner.
be disclosed
&c.;
transpire,
come to light;
come in sight
etc.
(be visible)
446;
become known,
escape the lips;
come out,
ooze out,
creep out,
leak out,
peep out,
crop-out;
show its face,
show its colors;
discover itself
&c.;
break through the clouds,
flash on the mind.
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Roget 537:
teach,
instruct,
educate,
edify,
school,
tutor;
cram,
prime,
coach;
enlighten
etc.
(inform)
527.
inculcate,
indoctrinate,
inoculate,
infuse,
instill,
infix,
ingraft†,
infiltrate;
imbue,
impregnate,
implant;
graft,
sow the seeds of,
disseminate.
given an idea of;
put up to,
put in the way of;
set right.
sharpen the wits,
enlarge the mind;
give new ideas,
open the eyes,
bring forward,
teach the young idea how to shoot"
[Thomson];
improve
etc.
658.
expound
etc.
(interpret)
522;
lecture;
read a lesson,
give a lesson,
give a lecture,
give a sermon,
give a discourse;
incept†;
hold forth,
preach;
sermonize,
moralize;
point a moral.
train,
discipline;
bring up,
bring up to;
form,
ground,
prepare,
qualify;
drill,
exercise,
practice,
habituate,
familiarize with,
nurture,
drynurse†,
breed,
rear,
take in hand;
break,
break in;
tame;
preinstruct†;
initiate;
inure
etc.
(habituate)
613.
put to nurse,
send to school.
direct,
guide;
direct attention to
etc.
(attention)
457;
impress upon the mind,
impress upon the memory;
beat into,
beat into the head;
convince
etc.
(belief)
484.
[instructional materials]
book,
workbook,
exercise book.
[unnecessary teaching]
preach to the wise,
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs,
teach granny to suck eggs;
preach to the converted.
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Roget 660:
return to the original state;
recover,
rally,
revive;
come come to,
come round,
come to oneself;
pull through,
weather the storm,
be oneself again;
get well,
get round,
get the better of,
get over,
get about;
rise from one's ashes,
rise from the grave;
survive
etc.
(outlive)
110;
resume,
reappear;
come to,
come to life again;
live again,
rise again.
heal,
skin over,
cicatrize;
right itself.
restore,
put back,
place in statu quo [Lat.];
reinstate,
replace,
reseat,
rehabilitate,
reestablish,
reestate†,
reinstall.
reconstruct,
rebuild,
reorganize,
reconstitute;
reconvert;
renew,
renovate;
regenerate;
rejuvenate.
redeem,
reclaim,
recover,
retrieve;
rescue
etc.
(deliver)
672.
redress,
recure†;
cure,
heal,
remedy,
doctor,
physic,
medicate;
break of;
bring round,
set on one's legs.
resuscitate,
revive,
reanimate,
revivify,
recall to life;
reproduce
etc.
163;
warm up;
reinvigorate,
refresh
etc.
689.
make whole,
redintegrate†;
recoup
etc.
790;
make good,
make all square;
rectify,
correct;
put right,
put to rights,
set right,
set to rights,
set straight;
set up;
put in order
etc.
(arrange)
60;
refit,
recruit;
fill up,
fill up the ranks;
reinforce.
repair;
put in repair,
remanufacture,
put in thorough repair,
put in complete repair;
retouch,
refashion,
botch†,
vamp,
tinker,
cobble;
do up,
patch up,
touch up,
plaster up,
vamp up;
darn,
finedraw†,
heelpiece†;
stop a gap,
stanch,
staunch,
caulk,
calk,
careen,
splice,
bind up wounds.
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