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| Main Entry: | withdraw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove something or someone from situation |
| Synonyms: | abjure, back out, bail out, blow, book, bow out, check out, depart, detach, disengage, draw back, drop out, eliminate, exit, extract, fall back, get off, go, leave, phase out, pull out, quail, quit, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, secede, shrink, switch, take off, vacate, absent oneself, draw away, ease out, exfiltrate, get away, get lost, give ground, give way, keep aloof, keep apart, make oneself scarce, pull back, run along, seclude oneself, take a hike, take away, take leave, take out |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | withdraw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retract; declare void |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, ban, bar, call off, disavow, disclaim, dissolve, forswear, invalidate, nullify, quash, recall, recant, renege, repress, repudiate, rescind, retire, reverse, revoke, stamp out, suppress, take back, renig, unsay |
| Antonyms: | advance, allow, permit |
| Main Entry: | abdicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up a right, position, or power |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abnegate, bail out*, cede, drop, forgo, leave, leave in the lurch, opt out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, sell out*, step down, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield, bag it, demit, give up, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, quitclaim |
| Antonyms: | assert, assume, challenge, claim, defend, defy, hold, maintain, remain, retain, treasure, usurp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abjure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give up |
| Synonyms: | forswear, recant, renege, renounce, retract, take back, withdraw, abstain from |
| Notes: | abjure is 'swear off' or 'swear away' and adjure is 'command earnestly'; abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under oath renounce often equals abjure but may carry the meaning of disclaim or disown and may imply a sacrifice for a greater end |
| Main Entry: | apologize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express remorse, regret |
| Synonyms: | atone, confess, cop a plea, cop out*, crawl*, purge, retract, square*, withdraw, admit guilt, ask forgiveness, ask pardon, beg pardon, bow to, clear oneself, excuse oneself, get down on knees, give satisfaction, make amends, make reparations, make up for, make up with, offer compensation, offer excuse, say one is sorry |
| Antonyms: | defy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avoid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refrain or stay away from; prevent |
| Synonyms: | abstain, avert, bypass, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fend off, flee, hide, jump, obviate, recoil, shake, shake off, shirk, shun, shy, sidestep, skip*, skirt*, weave, withdraw, circumlocute, fake out, give the slip, hold off, keep clear, lay low*, run for cover, shake and bake, shrink from, shuffle off, skip out on, skip town, stay away, stay out, steer clear of, step aside, turn aside, ward off |
| Antonyms: | face, meet, seek, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | back down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back off |
| Synonyms: | abandon, accede, acquiesce, admit, back off, back out, balk, bow out, cancel, chicken out*, chicken out, concede, cop out*, demur, give in, hold back, pull out, recant, recoil, renege, resign, retreat, submit, surrender, take back, withdraw, yield, back pedal, backtrack, beg off, cave in, give ground, give up, go back on, have no fight left, pull back, wimp out, withdraw from agreement or statement |
| Antonyms: | go forwaard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | call off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discontinue |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abort, break off, cancel, desist, drop, kill*, postpone, scrub*, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chicken out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | back down |
| Synonyms: | avoid, back down, back out, bow out, cancel, chicken out*, cop out*, cop out, make concessions, pull out, recant, renege, resign, scratch, surrender, welsh, withdraw, yield, back pedal, beg off, beg off, blow it off, funk out, get cold feet, get cold feet, give up, give way, go back on, have no stomach for, shy from, throw in the towel, turn yellow, weasel out, wiggle out, wimp out, worm out, worm out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cop out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, quit |
| Synonyms: | back down, back off, back out, desert, dodge, excuse, rationalize, renege, renounce, revoke, skip, welsh, withdraw, backpedal, give the slip, have alibi, use pretext |
| Antonyms: | face, ready, take on, be ready |
| Main Entry: | deduct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away or out; reduce |
| Synonyms: | abstract, allow, cut back, diminish, discount, dock, draw back, knock off, lessen, rebate, reduce, remove, subtract, take, take off, withdraw, write off, bate, decrease by, roll back, take from |
| Antonyms: | add, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break from belief, faith |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, back out, break faith*, depart, desert, forsake, go, go over, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat*, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out*, spurn, tergiversate, turn, walk out on, withdraw, apostatize, change sides, fall away from, go back on, go over the fence, take a walk, tergiverse, turn coat |
| Antonyms: | come in, join |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | detach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disconnect, cut off |
| Synonyms: | abstract, disassemble, disassociate, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, dismount, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, free, isolate, loose, loosen, part, remove, segregate, separate, sever, sunder, unfasten, unhitch, withdraw, disaffiliate, take apart, tear off, uncouple, unfix |
| Antonyms: | attach, combine, connect, couple, link, merge, unite |
| Main Entry: | detract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away a part; lessen |
| Synonyms: | backbite*, belittle, blister, cheapen, decrease, decry, depreciate, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, knock*, laugh at, lower, minimize, reduce, underrate, undervalue, withdraw, write off, cut rate, devaluate, disesteem, draw away, misprize, subtract from, vilipend |
| Antonyms: | add to, increase, optimize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, clear, decamp, depart, die, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, ebb, end, escape, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, flee, fly, go, leave, melt, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, vacate, vamoose*, wane, withdraw, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, come to naught, dematerialize, die out, drop out of sight, end gradually, evanish, fade away, go south, leave no trace, melt away, take flight |
| Antonyms: | appear, arrive, come in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disengage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free from connection |
| Synonyms: | abstract, back off, back out, cut loose, cut out, detach, disassociate, disconnect, disentangle, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, drop out, ease, extricate, liberate, loose, loosen, opt out, release, separate, undo, unfasten, untie, withdraw, pull the plug, set free, unbind, uncouple, unfix, unloose, weasel out |
| Antonyms: | attach, bind, connect, engage, fasten, join, unite |
| Main Entry: | draw back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retract from position |
| Synonyms: | deduct, discount, recede, recoil, retreat, sheathe, shrink, subtract, withdraw, pull back, reel in, start back, take away |
| Antonyms: | forge, start, go forward |
| Main Entry: | drop out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop doing an activity |
| Synonyms: | abandon, back out, cease, forsake, leave, quit, renege, retreat, withdraw, give notice, give up |
| Antonyms: | begin, carry out, engage, join |
| Main Entry: | ebb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | subside; decline |
| Synonyms: | abate, decay, decrease, degenerate, deteriorate, diminish, drop, dwindle, fall, fall back, flag, go out, languish, lessen, let up, melt, moderate, peter out, recede, relent, retire, retreat, shrink, sink, slacken, wane, weaken, withdraw, die down, die out, ease off, fade away, fall away, flow back, retrocede |
| Antonyms: | flow, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | erase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove; rub out |
| Synonyms: | abolish, annul, black out, blank, blot, cancel, cut, cut out, delete, dispatch, efface, eliminate, excise, expunge, extirpate, gut, kill, launder*, negate, nullify, obliterate, stamp out*, strike, strike out, trim, wipe out*, withdraw, X-out, blue pencil, cross out, disannul, scratch out*, take out |
| Antonyms: | add, insert, put in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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