mission, suspension, break; hesitation; break, caesura.

pause, v. stop, hesitate, desist, waver, intermit.

pawn, v. pledge, impawn.

pay, v. compensate, remunerate, recompense, requite, indemnify,
reward, commute; retaliate, punish; liquidate, defray, settle, discharge;
be profitable; disburse (payout). Antonyms: repudiate, protest, bilk,
defraud.

pay, n. compensation, remuneration, recompense, requital, emolument,
salary, wages, fee, tip, honorarium, stipend, reward, hire, allowance,
perquisite.

payable, a. due, unpaid, outstanding; remunerable.

pay back. reimburse, refund, restore, repay, requite, indemnify;
retaliate.

paying, a. profitable, lucrative, gainful, remunerative.

paying back. reimbursement, refunding, restitution, requital,
indemnification, restoration, repayment; retaliation, requital, reprisal,
retribution.

paymaster, n. purser.

payment, n. paying, compensation, remuneration liquidation,
discharge, reparation, settlement, recompense, defrayment, amends;
retaliation, retribution, paying back. Antonyms: nonpayment, protest,
repudiation, default, defalcation, appropriation.

peace, n. concord, amity, harmony; tranquillity, quietness, repose,
calmness, serenity; reconciliation, compromise, pacification; armistice,
truce.

peaceable, a. amicable, inoffensive; tranquil, serene, undisturbed,
placid, peaceful, quiet. Antonyms: bellicose, belligerent, contentious,
rebellious, pugnacious.

peaceably, adv. amicably.

peaceful, a. amicable, tranquil, peaceable, halcyon.

peacemaker, n. mediator, intercessor, pacificator, make-peace,
arbitrator, intermediary.

peacemaking, a. pacificatory, conciliatory, intercessory,
propitiatory, mediatorial, irenic, intercessional.

peacemaking, n. mediation, pacification, reconciliation,
intercession, propitiation, pacation, compromise, intervention,
arbitration, negotiation, irenics, irenicon.

peace-offering, n. atonement, reparation, amends.

peach, v. (Colloq.) tell on, betray.

peacock, n. bird of Juno, Pavo. Associated word: pavonine.

peak, n. apex, pinnacle, summit, crest, spire, point, top, crown,
finial.

peaked, a. pointed; (Cottoq.) sickly, thin, pale, emaciated.

peal, v. resound, reverberate, echo, boom.

peal, n. reverberation, resounding.

peanut, n. groundnut, earthnut, goober.

pear cider. perry.

pearl, n. margarite; jewel, gem; baroque pearl; nacre
(mother-of-pearl).

pearl-producing, a. margaritiferous.

pearl