referee



act between, adjudge, adjudicate, arbiter, arbitrate, arbitrator, bargain, bencher, critic, go between, hear, his Lordship, his honour, his worship, hold court,

   hold for ransom - carry away, carry off, crimp, impress, kidnap, shanghai, snatch, spirit ,

   vermicelli - dumpling, macaroni, noodle, paste ,

   the void - chaos, outer space, space ,

   habit - a habit, accoutre, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, addiction, alcoholism, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, apparel, array, attire, attitude, automatism, bad habit, barbiturate addiction, bent,

   focus of attention - basis, burden, case, chapter, concern, cynosure, essence, focus, gist, head, heading, issue, lodestar, magnet, main point,

   wiping out - blot, cancel, cancellation, deletion, destruction, erasure, murder, obliteration, ruin ,

   honing - aching, eager, hankering, languishing, longing, nostalgia, nostalgic, pining, wistful, yearning, yen ,

   rite of confession - acknowledgement, admission, avowal, concession, confession, shrift ,

   punishment - abuse, admonishment, admonition, amercement, banishment, battering, beating, caning, cashiering, castigation, chastening, chastisement, chastising, comeuppance, compensation,

   startled - alarmed, alerted, aroused, bowled down, consternated, daunted, dismayed, disquieted, electrified, frightened, in a fright, in a funk, jarred, jolted, shaken,