All approach antonyms
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A a noun approach
- departure — Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
- distancing — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- leaving — something that is left; residue.
- denial — A denial of something is a statement that it is not true, does not exist, or did not happen.
- refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
- withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
verb approach
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- retrogress — to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- go away — leave!
- answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.