abbreviation/ adoption/ authority/ choice/ control/ discretion/ imprimatur/ jurisdiction/ option/ power

authorise/ empower

adopt/ don/ espouse

warrant

wield

optional/ voluntary

seizing/ taking

abstract/ derivate

efflux/ expulsion/ outing/ relegation

oust

nut/ walnut

nut butter

shuck

nutty

candour/ love/ purity/ selfless worship/ sincerity

courtesy/ ethics/ etiquette/ manners/ morals/ mores/ scruple

moralistic

morally

ethical/ moral

moralisation

gaffe

moralism

brotherhood

filth/ refuse/ rubbish/ sullage

conclusion

finally/ lastly

last

otter

beauty/ blandishment/ charm/ coquetry/ grace/ posture

do/ pay/ quit/ utter

ante/ payment

payment of debt/ settlement

posturing

redact

institutional

academy/ body/ department/ establishment/ institute/ institution/ organisation

institutional

editorialist

editorial

dismal/ doleful/ dolourous/ dour/ dreary/ ghastful/ gloomy/ hapless/ lugubrious/ mirky/ mopish/ morose/ pensive/ sad/ sorrowful/ trist/ unhappy

doldrums/ dourness/ gloom/ moodiness/ sullenness

dourly/ moodily

actor/ mummer/ protagonist/ thespian

actress

acting

act

belles lettres/ courtesy/ deference/ gentility/ literature/ refinement/ regardfulness/ respect

uncouth

deferentially/ reverently

literary

respect

uncouthness

literary/ moral

literator

plagiarism

brainchild

literature

literacy

cognition/ comprehension/ grasp/ insight/ intuition/ nous/ perception/ perspicacity/ understanding

observable/ perceptible

understandingly

cognisance

know/ perceive

percipient

conscious

perceptive

ginger(fresh)

ginger

quid pro quo

exchange/ interchange/ interconvert

commute

tit for tat

under

reptile

trivialise

gadget

trivia

hamfatter

kennel

underling

demi

imperfect

half baked/ underdone

underripe

ajar

underdo

debt/ loan

lend

borrow

this way

to and fro

gad/ wander

expatiate

derange

intersperse

fumble

thwart

wag

gossip

blatancy/ bluster/ coil/ hurly burly/ quarrel/ riot/ row/ rumpus/ tumult/ turmoil/ uproar/ wrangle/ wrangling

roister

wrangle

wrangler

moiety