All windup antonyms

noun windup

• beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
• commencement — The commencement of something is its beginning.
• initiation — formal admission or acceptance into an organization or club, adult status in one's community or society, etc.
• opening — an open or clear space.
• start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• anticlimax — You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
• imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
• cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
• introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
• origin — something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
• source — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
• concept — A concept is an idea or abstract principle.
• preface — a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
• prelude — a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
• theory — a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• forfeit — a fine; penalty.
• frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
• inception — beginning; start; commencement.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• worthless — without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.
• birth — When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
• construction — Construction is the building of things such as houses, factories, roads, and bridges.
• creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
• foundation — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
• means — to have in mind as one's purpose or intention; intend: I meant to compliment you on your work. Synonyms: contemplate.
• success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
• debut — The debut of a performer or sports player is their first public performance, appearance, or recording.
• continuation — The continuation of something is the fact that it continues, rather than stopping.
• marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
• reconciliation — an act of reconciling, as when former enemies agree to an amicable truce.
• loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.