Term: recognizance: (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited
Candidate hypernym: security: property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation → 1
Candidate hypernym: commensurateness: the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount → 0
Candidate hypernym: equatorial current: any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator → 0
Candidate hypernym: thatch: hair resembling thatched roofing material → 0
Candidate hypernym: parole: a promise → 0
Candidate hypernym: councillorship: the position of council member → 0
Candidate hypernym: gherkin: small prickly cucumber → 0
Candidate hypernym: charley horse: a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise → 0
Candidate hypernym: corn spurry: small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: snare: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose → 0
Candidate hypernym: anachronism: a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age → 0