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repellence, n. repulsion, rebuff, opposition.
repellent, a. repulsive, repelling.
repentance, n. penitence, contrition, compunction, remorse.
Antonym: impenitence.
repentant, a. contrite, penitent. Antonyms: unrepentant, impenitent.
repet.i.tion, n. iteration, reiteration, recurrence; verbigeration; tautology; echo, rote; recapitulation; reverberation.
repine, v. complain, murmur.
replace, v. restore, refund, repay.
replacement, n. restoration, reinstatement.
repletion, n. excess, superabundance, surfeit; plethora.
reply, v. answer, respond, rejoin, retort.
reply, n. answer, response, rejoinder; retort, repartee.
report, n. rumor, _on dit_, hearsay, bruit; account, statement, communication; fame, repute, reputation; sound, noise, repercussion, detonation, discharge, explosion; cahier; description, narrative, narration, recital.
report, v. announce, communicate, describe; bruit, circulate, promulgate, publish. Antonyms: suppress, withhold, reserve.
repose, n. rest, inactivity, motionlessness; composure, tranquillity.
repository, n. depository, storehouse, depot, magazine.
represent, v. show, typify, symbolize; personate, impersonate; portray, delineate, depict.
representative, a. delegated, vicarious; typical, figurative, symbolical, emblematic.
representative, n. deputy, delegate, vicar, proxy, agent, subst.i.tute, vicegerent, surrogate, regent, commissioner, envoy, emissary, amba.s.sador, exponent.
repress, v. quell, subdue, suppress, overpower, restrain, curb, stifle.
repression, n. suppression, restraint, quelling, check.
reproach, v. censure, upbraid, rebuke, reprimand, revile, chide, vilify.
reproach, n. censure, scurrility, contumely, invective, odium, obloquy, shame, disgrace.
reproachful, a. upbraiding, opprobrious, abusive; shameful, disgraceful, scandalous.
reprobate, a. abandoned, depraved, profligate, incorrigible.--n.castaway, outcast, wretch.
reprobate, v. condemn, denounce, reject, abandon.
reprobation, n. condemnation, denunciation, censure abandonment.
reproduce, v. portray, duplicate, imitate; generate, beget, propagate.
reproduction, n. duplication, copy, imitation; generation, procreation, propagation.
reproof, n. See censure.
reprovable, a. culpable, censurable, reprehensible, blamable, reproachable.
reprove, v. See censure.
repudiate, v. reject, renounce, disavow, abjure, disclaim.
repudiation, n. disavowal, rejection, abjuration, disclaimer, disowning.
repugnance, n. aversion, reluctance, unwillingness, hostility, antipathy.
repugnant, a. hostile, contrary, refractory, adverse, offensive, antagonistic, opposed.
repulse, v. repel, reject.
repulse, n. repulsion, repelling, rejection, refusal, rebuff.
repulsive, a. repellent, offensive, forbidding, revolting.
reputation, n. repute, name, credit, esteem, honor.
repute, n. reputation, esteem, credit.
reputed, a. putative.
request, n. asking, solicitation, demand, instance, prayer, pet.i.tion, entreaty, suit, quest.
request, v. ask, supplicate, pet.i.tion, beg, entreat, importune, beseech.
require, v. demand, claim, exact, need, want, necessitate, enjoin.
requirement, n. demand, requisition, requisite; command, essential, need.
requisite, a. necessary, required, essential, indispensable.
requital, n. recompense, remuneration, retribution, recaliation, reprisal.
requite, v. compensate, remunerate, repay, pay, retaliate, avenge, reciprocate.
rescue, n. deliverance, liberation, salvation, ransom, extrication, disentanglement.
rescue, v. release, deliver, liberate, recapture, redeem, save, extricate, disenthrall.
