, or _Very_. "It is real good of him." "The weather
was real cold."

_Realize_ for _Conceive_, or _Comprehend_. "I could not realize the
situation." Writers caring for precision use this word in the sense of
to make real, not to make seem real. A dream seems real, but is
actually realized when made to come true.

_Recollect_ for _Remember_. To remember is to have in memory; to
recollect is to recall what has escaped from memory. We remember
automatically; in recollecting we make a conscious effort.

_Redeem_ for _Retrieve_. "He redeemed his good name." Redemption
(Latin _redemptio_, from _re_ and _dimere_) is allied to ransom, and
carries the sense of buying back; whereas to retrieve is merely to
recover what was lost.

_Redound_ for _Conduce_. "A man's honesty redounds to his advantage."
We make a better use of the word if we say of one (for example) who
has squandered a fortune, that its loss redounds to his advantage, for
the word denotes a fluctuation, as from seeming evil to actual good;
as villification may direct attention to one's excellent character.

_Refused_. "He was refused a crown." It is the crown that was refused
to him. See _Given_.

_Regular_ for _Natural_, or _Customary_. "Flattery of the people is
the demagogue's regular means to political preferment." Regular
properly relates to a rule (_regula_) more definite than the law of
antecedent and consequent.

_Reliable_ for _Trusty_, or _Trustworthy_. A word not yet admitted to
the vocabulary of the fastidious, but with a strong backing for the
place.

_Remit_ for _Send_. "On receiving your bill I will remit the money."
Remit does not mean that; it means give back, yield up, relinquish,
etc. It means, also, to cancel, as in the phrase, the remission of
sins.

_Rendition_ for _Interpretation_, or _Performance_. "The actor's
rendition of the part was good." Rendition means a surrender, or a
giving back.

_Reportorial_. A vile word, improperly made. It assumes the Latinized
spelling, "reporter." The Romans had not the word, for they were,
fortunately for them, without the thing.

_Repudiate_ for _Deny_. "He repudiated the accusation."

_Reside_ for _Live_. "They reside in Hohokus." Stilted.

_Residence_ for _Dwelling_, or _House._ See _Mansion_.

_Respect_ for _Way_, or _Matter_. "They were alike in that respect."
The misuse comes of abbreviating: the sentence properly written might
be, They were alike in respect of that--i.e., with regard