sidue, n. remainder, remnant, residuum, rest, balance; surplus,
excess.
resign, v. demit, abdicate, withdraw, surrender, relinquish, submit.
resignation, n. surrender, abdication, demit; forbearance, fortitude,
long-suffering, patience.
resigned, a. surrendered; uncomplaining, submissive, patient.
resist, v. oppose, withstand, impugn, oppugn, defy, baffle,
contravene, rebuff.
resistance, n. opposition, renitence, recalcitration, oppugnation,
antagonism, rebuff.
resistant, a. resisting, opposing, renitent.
resistless, a. irresistible.
resolute, a. determined, unwavering, unflinching, steadfast, firm,
pertinacious.
resolution, n. firmness, determination, pertinacity, persistence,
steadfastness, constancy; resolve, purpose, determination; decomposition,
solution, dissolution.
resolvable, a. solvable, resoluble, dissolvable.
resolve, v. determine; dissolve, liquefy.
resolve, n. resolution, determination, intention, purpose, design.
resonance, n. reverberation.
resonant, a. resounding, reverberating.
resound, v. reverberate, reecho, peal.
resound, n. echo, reverberation.
resounder, n. resonator, reverberator.
resounding, a. resonant.
resource, n. resort, expedient, device, shift.
resources, n. pl. assets, means.
respect, n. care, caution, regard; esteem, veneration, deference,
reverence, homage, obeisance; reference, regard; particular, feature.
Antonyms: See disrespect.
respect, v. esteem, venerate, revere, honor, reverence.
respectable, a. reputable, honorable, estimable; moderate, fair,
average.
respectful, a. deferential, courteous, polite, obeisant, reverent.
Antonyms: disrespectful, discourteous, defiant, irreverent.
respective, a. relative; particular, own.
respect of persons. partiality, favoritism.
respects, n. pl. compliments, regards, devoirs.
response, n. reply, answer, rejoinder, retort, repartee, antiphon,
antiphone, antiphony.
responsibility, n. accountability, liability; duty, trust.
responsible, a. accountable, answerable, amenable. Antonyms:
irresponsible, unaccountable, independent.
responsive, a. responding, antiphonal.
responsory, n. antiphone, antiphony, antiphonary.
rest, n. quiet, quietness, inactivity, repose, ease, tranquillity,
quiescence, stillness, stagnation, security, cessation, abeyance,
intermission, respite, reprieve, pause, recess, sabbatism; caesura, pause;
support, stay, brace; residue, remainder, balance, resid
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