#754.  Prisoner.—­ N. prisoner, prisoner of war, POW, captive, inmate,
detainee, hostage, abductee[obs3], detenu[Fr], close prisoner.
     jail bird, ticket of leave man, chevronne[Fr]. 
     V. stand committed; be imprisoned &c. 751.
     take prisoner, take hostage (capture) 789. 
     Adj. imprisoned &c. 751; in prison, in quod*[Lat], in durance vile, in
limbo, in custody, doing time, in charge, in chains; under lock and key, under hatches; on parole.

     #755. [Vicarious authority.] Commission.—­ N. commission, delegation;
consignment, assignment; procuration[obs3]; deputation, legation, mission, embassy; agency, agentship[obs3]; power of attorney; clerkship; surrogacy.
     errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur[Lat], permit &c.
(permission) 760.
     appointment, nomination, designation, return; charter; ordination;
installation, inauguration, investiture, swearing-in; accession, coronation, enthronement.
     vicegerency; regency, regentship.
     viceroy &c. 745; consignee &c. 758; deputy &c. 759.
     [person who receives a commission] agent, delegate, consignee &c. 758. 
     V. commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust,
entrust; commit, commit to the hands of; authorize &c. (permit) 760.
     put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name,
nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, swear in, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to.
     employ, empower; set over, place over; send out.
     be commissioned, be accredited; represent, stand for; stand in the
stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of. 
     Adj. commissioned &c. v. 
     Adv. per procurationem[Lat].

     #756.  Abrogation.—­ N. abrogation, annulment, nullification, recision;
vacatur[Lat]; canceling &c. v.; cancel; revocation, revokement[obs3]; repeal, rescission, defeasance.
     dismissal, conge[Fr], demission|; bounce* [U.S.]; deposal, deposition;
dethronement; disestablishment, disendowment[obs3]; deconsecration; sack*, walking papers, pink slip, walking ticket; yellow cover*.
     abolition, abolishment; dissolution.
     counter order, countermand; repudiation, retraction,
retractation[obs3]; recantation &c. (tergiversation) 607; abolitionist. 
     V. abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy &c. 162; abolish; revoke,
repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; abolitionize[obs3]; overrule, override; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void; disestablish, disendow[obs3]; deconsecrate.
     disclaim &c. (deny) 536; ignore, repudiate; recant &c. 607; divest
oneself, break off.
     countermand, counter order; do away with; sweep away, brush away;
throw overboard, throw to the dogs; scatter to the winds, cast behind.
     dismiss, discard; cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out