behalf
behalf is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication. In behalf of his mistress's beauty. Sir P. Sidney. Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of his nation. Clarendon. In behalf of, in the interest of. -- On behalf of, on account of; on the part of.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablegate
- accredit
- acting
- advantage
- all
- alter
- answer
- appear
- archon
- aright
- behoof
- beneficial
- benefit
- best
- blessing
- boon
- boot
- brief
- champion
- chance
- chancellor
- commendable
- commissioner
- common
- consul
- consummation
- delegate
- deputy
- devoutly
- director
- ego
- eight
- eleven
- far
- favor
- for
- fortune
- friend
- gain
- gift
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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