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Inf. a little something; tip, gratuity, douceur, lagniappe, Fr. pourboire, Ger. Trinkgeld, Archaic. vail, (in Chinese ports) cumshaw, (in India anc Turkey) baksheesh.
2. due, privilege, right.
per se, in itself, by its very nature, by definition, intrinsically, inherently, innately, immanently, Archaic. ingenerately; alone, taken alone, solitarily, solely; separately, individually, apart, apart from anything else, taken out of context.
persecute, v. 1. torture, agonize, excruciate, martyr, rack, crucify, dragoon; pain, hurt, scathe, wring, put someone through the wringer; punish, castigate, abuse, beat, beat up, SI. work over, SI. give one the works, Archaic, belabor; molest, mistreat, maltreat, ill-treat, ill-use; oppress, tyrannize, subjugate, grind, trample, burden, weigh down; aggrieve, outrage, wrong, discriminate against, Si. kick around, SI. do [s.o.] dirty.
2. afflict, torment, plague, hector, bully; vex, annoy, harass, harry, badger, hound, importune, bother, pester, Brit, chevy; exasperate, aggravate, irritate, gall, rub, chafe, roil, Chiefly U.S. rile; provoke, needle, nettle, bullyrag, tease, Brit, rag; anguish, distress, harrow, worry, trouble, disturb, Scot. fash; perturb, upset, disconcert, disquiet, Inf. faze.
persecution, n. 1. torture, torturing, excruciation, agony, misery, martyrdom, suffering, infliction, crucifixion, crucifying; punishment, punishing, castigation, abuse, beating, flagellation, flogging, lashing, whipping; molestation, mistreatment, maltreatment, ill-treatment; anguish, distress, affliction, torment, plague, harrowment; atrocity, aggrievement, outrage, wronging, discrimination.
2. oppression, suppression, subjugation, tyranny, grinding down, trampling; extermination, annihilation, eradication, elimination, abolition, stamping out.
perseverance, n. 1. steadfastness, persistence; continuance, endurance, abidingness, patience; stamina, indefatigableness, backbone, courage, grit,
Inf. sand, pluck, SI. guts, hardiness of spirit; application, zeal, ambition, devotion, diligence, pursuance, sedulity, sedulousness, tenacity, Inf stick-to-it-iveness.
2. resolve, determination, purposiveness, purposefulness, decision, decisiveness, firmness of mind, toughness of mind, pertinacity; stubbornness, mulishness, doggedness, Inf. cussedness, inflexibility, insistence, insistency, intransigence, intransigency, obstinacy, obstinateness, obdurateness, contumacy, contumaciousness.
persevere, v. 1. continue, keep on or at, keep going, be steadfast, endure, abide; strive, labor, struggle, toil, moil, grub, grind, drudge, work unflaggingly, work day and night, stick to the job, Inf. stick it out, plug away, hammer away, do thoroughly, not do by halves, SI. do it up brown, do to a frazzle; pursue, pursue relentlessly, chase, follow up, see through, leave no stone unturned, go to any lengths, go the limit, Inf. go the whole hog, go all the way, move heaven and earth, stop at nothing.
2. insist, stand firm, stand fast, stick to one's guns, hold one's ground; be unyielding, be obstinate, be resolute, not take “no” for an answer, brook no denial, have one's own way, have a mind of one's own; cling, cling to, adhere, be tenacious, hold fast, Inf. keep the faith, not give up the ship, go down fighting, die trying, die in harness, die with one's boots on.
3. bolster, sustain, maintain, uphold, support; prop, brace, buttress, underpin; shoulder, hold up, shore up, bear up.
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