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Acquit
verb · 78% connection
To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Ad valorem
unknown · 78% connection
A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Administrator
noun · 78% connection
A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Bailee
noun · 78% connection
The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Bailiff
noun · 78% connection
Originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Barratry
noun · 78% connection
A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Caesarism
noun · 78% connection
A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Caesar or emperor, it has been committ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Charge
verb · 78% connection
To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Commissioner
noun · 78% connection
A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Commissionship
noun · 78% connection
The office of commissioner.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Committee
verb · 78% connection
One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Committible
adjective · 78% connection
Capable of being committed; liable to be committed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Consistory
noun · 78% connection
The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Cure
noun · 78% connection
Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Delegate
noun · 78% connection
Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Discharge
verb · 78% connection
To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Donee
noun · 78% connection
Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
Duteous
adjective · 78% connection
Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: whom, committed, some, charge, duty.
