disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit; discourage,
dishearten; deter; repress, hold back, keep back &c. (restrain) 751; render averse &c. 603; repel; turn aside &c. (deviation) 279; wean from; act as a drag &c. (hinder) 706; throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate &c. 766.
     disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one’s balloon,
prick one’s balloon, burst one’s bubble; disabuse (correction) 527a. 
     Adj. dissuading &c. v.; dissuasive; dehortatory[obs3],
expostulatory[obs3]; monitive|, monitory.
     dissuaded &c. v.; admonitory; uninduced &c. (induce &c. 615);
unpersuadable &c. (obstinate) 606; averse &c. (unwilling) 603; repugnant &c. (dislike) 867.
     repressed.

     #617. [Ostensible motive, ground, or reason assigned.] Pretext. —­ N.
pretext, pretense, pretension, plea|; allegation, advocation; ostensible motive, ostensible ground, ostensible reason, phony reason; excuse &c. (vindication) 937; subterfuge; color; gloss, guise, cover.
     loop hole, starting hole; how to creep out of, salvo, come off; way of
escape.
     handle, peg to hang on, room locus standi[Lat]; stalking-horse, cheval
de bataille[Fr], cue.
     pretense &c. (untruth) 546; put off, dust thrown in the eyes; blind;
moonshine; mere pretext, shallow pretext; lame excuse, lame apology; tub to a whale; false plea, sour grapes; makeshift, shift, white lie; special pleading &c. (sophistry) 477; soft sawder &c. (flattery) 933[obs3]. 
     V. pretend, plead, allege; shelter oneself under the plea of; excuse
&c. (vindicate) 937; lend a color to; furnish a handle &c. n.; make a pretext of, make a handle of; use as a plea &c. n.; take one’s stand upon, make capital out of, pretend &c. (lie) 544. 
     Adj. ostensibly &c. (manifest) 525; alleged, apologetic; pretended &c.
545. 
     Adv. ostensibly; under color; under the plea, under the pretense of,
under the guise of.

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     #618.  Good. —­ N. good, benefit, advantage; improvement &c. 658;
greatest good, supreme good; interest, service, behoof, behalf; weal; main chance, summum bonum[Lat], common weal; “consummation devoutly to be wished”; gain, boot; profit, harvest.
     boon &c. (gift) 784; good turn; blessing; world of good; piece of good
luck[Fr], piece of good fortune[Fr]; nuts, prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure-trove.
     good fortune &c. (prosperity) 734; happiness &c. 827.
     [Source of good] goodness &c. 648; utility &c. 644; remedy &c. 662;
pleasure giving &c. 829. 
     Adj. commendable &c. 931; useful &c. 644; good &c., beneficial &c.
648. 
     Adv. well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis[Fr]; all for
the best; to one’s advantage &c. n.; in one’s favor, in one’s interest &c. n. 
     Phr. so far so good; magnum bonum[Lat].