impawn[obs3], spout, mortgage, hypothecate, impignorate[obs3].
     guarantee, warrant, warrantee, assure; accept, indorse, underwrite,
insure;cosign, countersign, sponsor, cosponsor.
     execute, stamp; sign, seal &c. (evidence) 467.
     let, sett[obs3]; grant a lease, take a lease, hold a lease; hold in
pledge; lend on security &c. 787. 
     Phr. bonis avibus[Lat]; “gone where the woodbine twineth”.

     #772.  Observance.—­ N. observance, performance, compliance,
acquiescence, concurrence; obedience &c. 743; fulfillment, satisfaction, discharge; acquittance, acquittal.
     adhesion, acknowledgment; fidelity &c. (probity) 939; exact &c. 494 —
observance. 
     V. observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to,
adhere to, be faithful to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge; do one’s office.
     perform an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation,
acquit oneself of an obligation; make good; make good one’s word, make good one’s promise, keep one’s word, keep one’s promise; redeem one’s pledge; keep faith with, stand to one’s engagement. 
     Adj. observant, faithful, true, loyal; honorable &c. 939; true as the
dial to the sun, true as the needle to the pole; punctual, punctilious; literal &c. (exact) 494; as good as one’s word. 
     Adv. faithfully &c. adj. 
     Phr. ignoscito saepe alteri nunquam tibi[Lat]; tempori parendum[Lat];
“to God, thy country, and thy friend be true” [Vaughan].

     #773.  Nonobservance.—­ N. nonobservance &c. 772; evasion,
inobservance, failure, omission, neglect, laches[Law], laxity, informality.
     infringement, infraction; violation, transgression; piracy.
     retraction, retractation[obs3], repudiation, nullification; protest;
forfeiture.
     lawlessness; disobedience &c. 742; bad faith &c. 940. 
     V. fail, neglect, omit, elude, evade, give the go-by to, set aside,
ignore; shut one’s eyes to, close one’s eyes to.
     infringe, transgress, violate, pirate, break, trample under foot, do
violence to, drive a coach and six through.
     discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught,
nullify, declare null and void; cancel &c. (wipe off) 552.
     retract, go back from, be off, forfeit, go from one’s word, palter;
stretch a point, strain a point. 
     Adj. violating &c. v.; lawless, transgressive; elusive, evasive.
     unfulfilled &c. (see fulfill &c. 772).

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     #774.  Compromise.—­ N. compromise, commutation, composition; middle
term, mezzo termine[It]; compensation &c. 30; abatement of differences, adjustment, mutual concession. 
     V. compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference,
meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms &c. (contract) 769; submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed.