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Religiosity

The quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment; religiousness.

Religious

A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.

Reliquary

A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept.

Reliquian

Of or pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of a relic.

Reliquidation

A second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment.

Relish

The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

Relishable

Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.

Relive

To recall to life; to revive.

Reload

To load again, as a gun.

Reloan

A second lending of the same thing; a renewal of a loan.

Relucent

Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous; splendid.

Reluct

To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.

Reluctancy Reluctance

The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against.

Reluctant

Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.

Reluctate

To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.

Relume

To rekindle; to light again.

Rely

To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; -- with on, formerly also with in.

Remain

State of remaining; stay.

Remainder-man

One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3.

Remand

The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.

Remanet

A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.

Remark

Act of remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation.

Remarkable

Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.

Remarque proof Remark Remarque

A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken; also, any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate. A print or proof so distinguished; -- commonly called a Remarque proof.

Remast

To furnish with a new mast or set of masts.

Remasticate

To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud.

Remastication

The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.

Remblai

Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated.

Remean

To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.

Remedial

Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.

Remediless

Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss.

Remedy

To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.

Remember

To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others.

Remembrancer

One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder.

Rememorate

To recall something by means of memory; to remember.

Rememoration

A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance.

Remiges

The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.

Remigrate

To migrate again; to go back; to return.

Remigration

Migration back to the place from which one came.

Remind

To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).

Reminder

One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance.

Remindful

Tending or adapted to remind; careful to remind.

Reminiscence

The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.

Reminiscent

One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.

Remiped

An animal having limbs like oars, especially one of certain crustaceans. One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle.

Remise

A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.

Remiss

The act of being remiss; inefficiency; failure.

Remissful

Inclined to remit punishment; lenient; clement.

Remission

The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.

Remissly

In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.

Remissory

Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive.

Remit

To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.

Remitment

The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission.

Remittal

A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits.

Remittance

The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation.

Remittee

One to whom a remittance is sent.

Remittent

Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions.

Remitter

One who remits. One who pardons. One who makes remittance.

Remittitur

A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages. A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court.

Remittor

One who makes a remittance; a remitter.

Remix

To mix again or repeatedly.

Remodel

To model or fashion anew; to change the form of.

Remodify

To modify again or anew; to reshape.

Remonetize

To restore to use as money; as, to remonetize silver.

Remonstrance

The act of remonstrating A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration.

Remonstrant

One who remonstrates one of the Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the Calvinists in 1610, but were subsequently condemned by the decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618. See Arminian.

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