Chapter Dickens to Direct of D by Soule's Synonymes

3. Honor, preferment, high station or office.

4. Magistrate, dignitary, person in office.

5. Height, elevation, importance.

Digress, v. n. Wander, deviate or divergence or turn aside from one’s main topic.

Digression, n.

1. Deviation or divergence or departure from the main topic.

2. Episode, incidental passage.

Dilacerate, v. a. Tear, lacerate, rend, rend asunder.

Dilapidate, v. a. Waste, ruin, destroy, pull down, throw down, suffer to go to ruin.

Dilapidated, a. Decayed, ruined, wasted, in ruins.

Dilapidation, n. Ruin, decay, downfall.

Dilatation, n. Expansion, expanding, distension, enlargement, spreading, amplification, swelling, dilation.

Dilate, v. a. Expand, extend, enlarge, widen, distend, swell.

Dilate, v. n.

1. Expand, widen, be distended.

2. Expatiate, descant, enlarge, dwell, be diffuse, be prolix, launch out, branch out, spin a long yarn, beat about the bush.

Dilation, n. (Modern.) Dilatation, expansion, expanding, swelling, bloating, distension, enlargement, amplification, spreading.

Dilatory, a. Slow, tardy, lingering, loitering, sluggish, laggard, lagging, behindhand, backward, procrastinating.

Dilemma, n. Quandary, strait, difficult choice, puzzling alternative, awkward or bad predicament.

Dilettante, n. [It.]

1. Amateur, trifling or desultory cultivator.

2. Pretender to taste (in the fine arts).

Diligence, n. Assiduity (in some specific pursuit), assiduousness, activity, sedulousness, perseverance, steady application (to some pursuit that one likes). See industry.