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Surety

The state of being sure; certainty; security.

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Captive 76% connected

A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.

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Certainty 76% connected

The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.

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Guarantee 76% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Patron 76% connected

One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.

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Prisoner 76% connected

One who is confined in a prison.

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Sponsor 76% connected

One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety.

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Supporter 76% connected

One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

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Warrant 76% connected

That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which on…

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Warrantee 76% connected

The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made.

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Warranty 76% connected

A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by t…

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Narrower term 4

Deposit 76% connected

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich al…

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Earnest 76% connected

Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.

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Recognizance 76% connected

An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appea…

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Warrant 76% connected

That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which on…

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Synonym 5

Guarantor 92% connected

One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hostage 92% connected

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Security 92% connected

The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Warranter 92% connected

One who warrants, gives authority, or legally empowers.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Warrantor 92% connected

One who warrants.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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