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depreciated, his professions discredited; he himself is calumniated, slandered, etc. Compare SLANDER.
Antonyms:
See synonyms for PRAISE.
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DISPLACE.
Synonyms:
confuse, derange, disturb, mislay, remove, crowd out, disarrange, jumble, misplace, unsettle.
Objects are displaced when moved out of the place they have occupied; they are misplaced when put into a
place where they should not be. One may know where to find what he has misplaced; what he has mislaid he
can not locate.
Antonyms:
adjust, assort, dispose, order, put in order, set in order, array, classify, group, place, put in place, sort.
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DO.
Synonyms:
accomplish, carry out, discharge, perform, achieve, carry through, effect, perpetrate, actualize, commit,
execute, realize, bring about, complete, finish, transact, bring to pass, consummate, fulfil, work out.
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Do is the one comprehensive word which includes this whole class. We may say of the least item of daily
work, "It is done," and of the grandest human achievement, "Well done!" Finish and complete signify to bring
to an end what was previously begun; there is frequently the difference in usage that finish is applied to the
fine details and is superficial, while complete is comprehensive, being applied to the whole ideal, plan, and
execution; as, to finish a statue; to complete a scheme of philosophy. To discharge is to do what is given in
charge, expected, or required; as, to discharge the duties of the office. To fulfil is to do or to be what has been
promised, expected, hoped, or desired; as, a son fulfils a father's hopes. Realize, effect, execute, and
consummate all signify to embody in fact what was before in thought. One may realize that which he has done
nothing to bring about; he may realize the dreams of youth by inheriting a fortune; but he can not effect his
early designs except by doing the utmost that is necessary to make them fact. Effect includes all that is done to
accomplish the intent; execute refers rather to the final steps; consummate is limited quite sharply to the
concluding act. An officer executes the law when he proceeds against its violators; a purchase is consummated
when the money is paid and the property delivered. Execute refers more commonly to the commands of
another, effect and consummate to one's own designs; as, the commander effected the capture of the fort,
because his officers and men promptly executed his commands. Achieve--to do something worthy of a
chief--signifies always to perform some great and generally some worthy exploit. Perform and accomplish
both imply working toward the end; but perform always allows a possibility of not attaining, while
accomplish carries the thought of full completion. In Longfellow's lines, "Patience; accomplish thy labor,"
etc., perform could not be substituted without great loss. As between complete and accomplish, complete
considers rather the thing as done; accomplish, the whole process of doing it. Commit, as applied to actions, is
used only of those that are bad, whether grave or trivial; perpetrate is used chiefly of aggravated crimes or,
somewhat humorously, of blunders. A man may commit a sin, a trespass, or a murder; perpetrate an outrage
or a felony. We finish a garment or a letter, complete an edifice or a life-work, consummate a bargain or a
crime, discharge a duty, effect a purpose, execute a command, fulfil a promise, perform our daily tasks, realize
an ideal, accomplish a design, achieve a victory. Compare TRANSACT; TRANSACTION.
Antonyms:
baffle, defeat, fail, mar, miss, ruin, come short, destroy, frustrate, miscarry, neglect, spoil.
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DOCILE.
Synonyms:
amenable, manageable, pliant, teachable, compliant, obedient, submissive, tractable, gentle, pliable, tame,
yielding.
One who is docile is easily taught; one who is tractable is easily led; one who is pliant is easily bent in any
direction; compliant represents one as inclined or persuaded to agreement with another's will. Compare
DUTY.
Antonyms:
determined, inflexible, opinionated, self-willed, wilful, dogged, intractable, resolute, stubborn, unyielding.
firm, obstinate,
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DOCTRINE.
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Synonyms:
article of belief, belief, precept, teaching, article of faith, dogma, principle, tenet.
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