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All call upon antonyms

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verb call upon

  • dissuade β€” to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • deny β€” When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
  • reply β€” followup
  • conceal β€” If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
  • ignore β€” to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • disclaim β€” to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
  • refuse β€” to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • renounce β€” to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • retract β€” to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
  • revoke β€” to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
  • disgust β€” to cause loathing or nausea in.
  • answer β€” When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
  • give β€” to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • recall β€” to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
  • turn away β€” move further from sth, sb
  • turn off β€” to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • claim β€” If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
  • insist β€” to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
  • repudiate β€” to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • command β€” If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
  • tell β€” to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
  • disinvite β€” to withdraw an invitation to.
  • offer β€” to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
  • reject β€” to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • permit β€” to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
  • hinder β€” to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
  • aid β€” Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • assist β€” If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • liberate β€” to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
  • veto β€” the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
  • prevent β€” to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
  • disallow β€” to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
  • contradict β€” If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
  • countermand β€” If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
  • allow β€” If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
  • approve β€” If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
  • ask β€” If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
  • help β€” to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • stop β€” to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • free β€” enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • cancel β€” If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
  • oppose β€” to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
  • reverse β€” opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
  • follow β€” to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
  • repel β€” to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
  • repulse β€” to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
  • disenchant β€” to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
  • lose β€” to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • miss β€” to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
  • deter β€” To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
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