Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(sometimes humorous, sometimes as an address) The office, rank, or title of a thief; thiefhood; thiefdom.
The owners of the horses were very much pleased upon recovering their stock, and proposed starting immediately for home without making any search for the thief; but the Sheriff with an eye to giving his thiefship punishment for his wrongs, made search and discovered men whom he supposed to be guilty.
Use thiefship when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thiefship means (sometimes humorous, sometimes as an address) The office, rank, or title of a thief; thiefhood; thiefdom.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The owners of the horses were very much pleased upon recovering their stock, and proposed starting immediately for home without making any search for the thief; but the Sheriff with an eye to giving his thiefship punishment for his wrongs, made search and discovered men whom he supposed to be guilty.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.