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lease, v. let, demise, rent.
lease, n. letting, demise; tenure. a.s.sociated Words: lessee, lessor.
least, n. minimum. a.s.sociated Words: minimize, minimization.
least, a. smallest, minimum.
leather-burning, n. pyrography.
leathery, a. coriaceous, tough, alutaceous.
leave, n. permission; leave-taking, adieu, farewell, _conge_; withdrawal, retirement, departure, leaving, egress.
leave, v. depart from, vacate, retire from; abandon, forsake, desert; abstain from, forego, desist from, forbear; permit, allow, let; commit, give over, intrust, consign, deliver; will, bequeath, devise; depart, set out, start, go.
leaves, n. pl. foliage, leaf.a.ge. See leaf.
leavetaking, n. farewell, valedictory, _conge_, adieu.
leavings, n. pl. remnants, fragments, offal, refuse, waste, sc.r.a.ps, culls, orts.
lecher, n. rake, libertine, wh.o.r.emonger.
lechery, n. libertinism, licentiousness.
lecture, n. discourse, address, dissertation, prelection; reproof, scolding.
lecture, v. discourse, address; reprove, censure, rate, upbraid, scold.
ledge, n. shelf; reef, ridge (of rocks); layer, stratum, lode.
left, n. a.s.sociated Words: sinister, sinistral, sinistrality, sinistrorse, sinistrorsal, haw, port, larboard.
left-hand, a. sinister, left.
left-handed, a. sinister, ambilevous.
leg, n. limb, shank, s.h.i.+n; (bones of the leg) tibia, fibula, femur, thigh bone, epipodiale. a.s.sociated Words: crotch, hock, hough, solen, cradle, puttee, hip, thigh, haunch gyve, scarpines, calf, galligaskins, spatterdashes, leggings.
legacy, n. bequest, devise.
legal, a. lawful, legitimate. Antonym: illegal.
legality, n. lawfulness, legitimacy. Antonym: illegality.
legalize, v. legitimize. Antonyms: illegalize, illegitimize.
legate, n. amba.s.sador, envoy, representative.
legation, n. emba.s.sy.
legend, n. fable, myth; posy, inscription, motto.
legendary, a. mythical, traditional.
legerdemain, n. jugglery, sleight of hand.
legible, a. readable, decipherable. Antonym: illegible.
legion, n. host, horde, army.
legions, n. pl. battalions, troops, soldiers.
legitimate, a. lawful. Antonym: illegitimate.
lemon, n. a.s.sociated Words: citric, citrine, citrination, citrus.
lend, v. loan.
lending, n. loan.
lengthen, v. extend, elongate, stretch, prolong, protract; expatiate, amplify.
lengthening, n. extension, elongation, protraction, prolongation.
lengthwise, adv. longitudinally.
lengthy, a. long, prolix, protracted, verbose.
lenient, a. compa.s.sionate. See merciful.
lenity, n. clemency, mercy, lenience.
Lent, n. Quadragesima.
lessen, v. reduce, diminish, minify, depreciate, minimize, decrease, mitigate, abate.
lessening, n. reduction, diminution, decrease, decrement, depreciation, mitigation, shrinkage, abatement.
Lesser Bear. Cynosure.
lesson, n. task, exercise.
let, v. allow, permit, suffer; lease, rent.
let, n. hindrance.
lethargy, n. drowsiness, stupor, unconsciousness.
