night-mantled



black, dark, ebony, obscure, obscured, starless, sunless, tenebrous, unilluminated, unlit ,

   sail away - embark, push, put off, sail, shove off ,

   rule out - amputate, annihilate, anticipate, avert, ban, bar, bate, blot, blot out, bob, cancel, clip, close out, count out, crop,

   live in hopes - aspire, bank on, confide, count on, desire, expect, hope, presume, rely on, rest assured, trust ,

   nowhere near - by no means, never, nohow, not a bit, not at all, noway, under no circumstances ,

   unmuzzling - demobilization, discharge, dismissal, loosing, parole, release, unharnessing, unloosing ,

   mediation - agency, appeasement, calming, conciliation, device, easing of relations, expedient, going between, instrumentality, intermediation, machinery, mechanism, mollification, pacification, peace-keeping force,

   life ring - Mae West, buoy, ejection seat, life jacket, life preserver, lifeboat, lifeline, parachute, safety belt, water wings ,

   show the way - account for, clarify, clear up, conduct, crack, decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, direct, elucidate, enlighten, exemplify, explain, explicate, expound,

   midday - high noon, meridian, noon ,

   regardless of consequences - arrogant, audacious, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, challenging, cheeky, cocky, contemptuous, daring, defiant, derisive, disdainful,