sense of obligation.
acknowledgment, recognition, thanksgiving, thanksgiving, giving
thanks; thankful good will.
thanks, praise, benediction; paean; Te Deum &c (worship) 990
[Lat.]; grace, grace before meat, grace after meat, grace before meals,
grace after meals; thank offering.
requital.
V. be grateful &c adj.; thank; give thanks, render thanks, return
thanks, offer thanks, tender thanks &c n.; acknowledge, requite.
feel under an obligation, be under an obligation, lie under an
obligation; savoir gré [Fr.]; not look a gift horse in the mouth;
never forget, overflow with gratitude; thank one's stars, thank one's
lucky stars, bless one's stars; fall on one's knees.
Adj. grateful, thankful, obliged, beholden, indebted to, under
obligation.
Int. thanks!, many thanks!, gramercy!†, much obliged!, thank you!, thank
you very much!, thanks a lot!, thanks a heap, thanks loads [Coll.];
thank Heaven!, Heaven be praised!, Gott sei Dank! [G.].