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All deputed antonyms

deΒ·pute
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verb deputed

  • prohibit β€” to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
  • deny β€” When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
  • refuse β€” to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • reject β€” to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • revoke β€” to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
  • disallow β€” to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
  • prevent β€” to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
  • avoid β€” If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
  • dodge β€” to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
  • ignore β€” to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • shun β€” to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
  • retract β€” to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
  • hold β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • keep β€” to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • retain β€” to keep possession of.
  • receive β€” to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
  • oppose β€” to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
  • stop β€” to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • 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.
  • dismiss β€” to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
  • neglect β€” to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • fire β€” combustion
  • discharge β€” to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • lay off β€” to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • let go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • break off β€” If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
  • release β€” to lease again.
  • withhold β€” to hold back; restrain or check.
  • disapprove β€” to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • conceal β€” If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
  • hide β€” Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
  • remain β€” to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
  • dissuade β€” to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • cease β€” If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
  • desist β€” If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
  • loaf β€” a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
  • wait β€” to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
  • take β€” to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • fix β€” to repair; mend.
  • stay β€” (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
  • idle β€” not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
  • rest β€” a support for a lance; lance rest.
  • keep from β€” to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • 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.
  • fail β€” to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • dislike β€” to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
  • refute β€” to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
  • confuse β€” If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
  • 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.
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