deprive.
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KEY: Rehearsal \n.\
SYN: Repetition, recital, narrative, [See ACCOUNT, \n.\].
=
KEY: Rehearse.
SYN: Repeat, recite, narrate, recount, relate, tell, recapitulate,
recount, detail.
ANT: Misrepent, misrecite, misrecount, misrelate, misrepresent,
misdetail.
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KEY: Reign.
SYN: Rule, govern, prevail, command.
ANT: Obey, submit.
=
KEY: Reimburse.
SYN: Refund, repay, indemnify, satisfy.
ANT: Embezzle, appropriate, misapply, alienate, damnify, defraud.
=
KEY: Rein.
SYN: Curb, bridle, restrain, moderate, control, govern, check, hold.
ANT: Indulge, loose, vent, discharge, humor.
=
KEY: Reinforce, [See RECRUIT].
=
KEY: Reinstate.
SYN: Rehabilitate, restore, reinstil, replace, reinvest.
ANT: Degrade, remove, relegate, dethrone, banish, deprive, divest.
=
KEY: Reinvest, [See REINSTATE].
=
KEY: Reiterate.
SYN: Repeat, re-express, re-enunciate, renew, reproduce.
ANT: Cancel, withdraw, reverse, retract.
=
KEY: Reject.
SYN: Repel, renounce, throw by, castaway, repudiate, decline,
discard, refuse, exclude.
ANT: Hail, welcome, accept, appropriate, choose, select, admit.
=
KEY: Rejoice.
SYN: Delight, glory, exult, joy, triumph, gladden, delight, revel,
be glad, cheer, please, enliven, gratify.
ANT: Mourn, grieve, lament, weep, sorrow, repent, trouble, afflict,
oppress, weary, depress, disappoint, burden, darken, distress, pain,
sadden, vex, annoy.
=
KEY: Rejoinder.
SYN: Retort, replication, reply, answer, rebutter, parry.
ANT: Sally, banter, rallying, sarcasm, attack, hit.
=
KEY: Rekindle.
SYN: Reignite, resuscitate, reinspire, fan, refocillate, reinforce.
ANT: Stifle, extinguish, smother, suppress, damp, quench.
=
KEY: Relapse \v.\
SYN: Retrogress, recede, deteriorate.
ANT: Recover, amend, progress, advance, improve.
=
KEY: Relapse \n.\
SYN: Falling back, retrogression,
returning to a former state (especially a bad state).
ANT: Recovery, return, improvement.
=
KEY: Relate.
SYN: Tell, recite, narrate, recount, rehearse, report, detail,
describe.
ANT: Misrecite, misrecount, misrepresent, misreport, falsify,
pervert, distort, misrelate.
=
KEY: Related.
SYN: Kindred, cognate, akin, allied, connected.
ANT: Unrelated, unconnected, not allied.
=
KEY: Relation.
SYN: reference, aspect, connection, narration, proportion, bearing,
affinity, homogeneity, association, relevancy, pertinency, fitness,
harmony, ratio, relative, agreement, kinsman, kindred, appurtenancy.
ANT: Irrelation, disconnection, dissociation, irrelevancy,
impertinency, disproportion, Disproportion, unfitness,
unsuitableness, heterogeneity, disharmony, disagreement, alien.
=
KEY: Relative.
SYN: Referring to, not absolute.
ANT: Absolute.
=
KEY: Relatives.
SYN: Relations, kinsfolk, kindred, kinsmen, [See KIN].
=
KEY: Relax.
SYN: Slacken, loosen, remit, abate, mitigate, release, unbend, relent,
divert, recreate, rest, enervate, Unstring.
ANT: Tighten, increase, intensify, stretch, bend, brace, invigorate,
redouble, grow, heighten, strengthen.
=
KEY: Relaxation, [See RELAX].
=
KEY: Relay.
SYN: Reinforcement, recruitment, refreshment, supply, relief.
ANT: Exhaustion, consumption.
=
KEY: Release \v.\
SYN: Free, loose, liberate, discharge, quit, acquit, exempt,
extricate, disengage, indemnify.
ANT: Bind, constrain, confine, shackle, fetter, yoke.
=
KEY: Release \n.\
SYN: Liberation, discharge, freedom, [See BONDAGE].
=
KEY: Relegate.
SYN: Remove, transfer, banish, transport, exile, deport, despatch.
ANT: Recal, locate, reinstate.
=
KEY: Relent.
SYN: Yield, relax, soften.
ANT: Persist, harden.
=
KEY: Relentless.
SYN: Cruel, inexorable, unyielding, remorseless, unmerciful,
truculent.
ANT: Yielding, humane, feeling, clement, merciful, compassionate.
=
KEY: Relevancy, [See RELEVANT].
=
KEY: Relevant.
SYN: Appropriate, pertinent, apt, applicable, bearing.
ANT: Inappropriate, impertinent, irrelevant.
=
KEY: Reliance.
SYN: Confidence, trust, dependence, assurance.
ANT: Distrust, misgiving, suspicion, diffidence.
=
KEY: Relief.
SYN: Succor, support, release, extrication, alleviation, mitigation,
aid, holp, assistance, remedy, redress, exemption, deliverance,
refreshment, comfort.
ANT: Oppression, aggravation, intensification, burdensomeness,
trouble, exhaustion, weariness, discomfort.
=
KEY: Relieve.
SYN: Help, succor, [See ALLEVIATE].
=
KEY: Religion.
SYN: Faith, creed, theology, belief, profession, piety, sanctity,
godliness, holiness.
ANT: Unbelief, irreligion, godlessness, atheism, impiety, sacrilege,
scoffing, blasphemy, scepticism, profanity, hypocrisy,
sanctimoniousness, Pharisaism, formalism, reprobation.
=
KEY: Religious.
SYN: Pious, godly, devout, devotional, divine, holy, sacred.
ANT: Impious, ungodly, undevout, sacrilegious, blasphemous,
sceptical, profane.
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KEY: Relinquish.
SYN: Resign, leave, quit, forsake, abandon, desert, renounce, give up,
lay aside, cede, forego, repudiate, surrender, discontinue.
ANT: frieze, retain, assume, enforce, vindicate, assert, maintain,
prosecute, defend, continue.
=
KEY: Relish \v.\
SYN: Like, approve, enjoy, appreciate.
ANT: Repudiate, nauseate, reject, abominate, loathe.
=
KEY: Relish \n.\
SYN: Zest, recommendation, enhancement, flavor, savor, gusto, taste,
appetite, piquancy, sapidity.
ANT: Drawback, disfavor, disrecommendation, nauseousness, disrelish,
insipidity, unsavoriness.
=
KEY: Relucent \a.\
SYN: Bright, shining, gleaming, glittering, flashing, lum nous,
radiant, crystalline, pellucid, effulgent.
ANT: Dull, opaque, rayless, leaden, dark.
=
KEY: Reluctance.
SYN: Aversion, repugnance, unwillingness, dislike, regret,
misgiving.
ANT: Desire, readiness, willingness, promptitude, alacrity, welcome,
forwardness, eagerness.
=
KEY: Reluctant.
SYN: Averse, unwilling, disinclined, loth, backward.
ANT: Willing, inclined, eager, forward.
=
KEY: Rely, [See ENCIRCLE].
=
KEY: Remain.
SYN: Stay, continue, wait, stop, tarry, halt, sojourn, rest, dwell,
abide, last, endure, accrue, survive.
ANT: Fly, vanish, remove, depart, speed, hasten, press, flit,
disappear, pass.
=
KEY: Remainder.
SYN: Rest, residue, remnant, balance, surplus, leavings, relics,
difference.
ANT: Expenditure, loss, outgoings, issue, waste.
=
KEY: Remark.
SYN: Observe, note, heed, comment, assert, say, notice.
ANT: Misobserve, disregard, overlook, miss.
=
KEY: Remarkable.
SYN: Observable, noticeable, extraordinary, unusual, rare, striking,
noteworthy, notable, distinguished, famous, peculiar, prominent,
singular.
ANT: Unremarkable, unnoticeable, ordinary, mean, commonplace,
everyday, undistinguished.
=
KEY: Remediable.
SYN: Curable, rectifiable, removable.
ANT: Incurable, irremediable, remediless, desperate, hopeless,
unalterable.
=
KEY: Remedial.
SYN: Sanatory, sanative, alterative, ameliorative, mitigating,
corrective, curative, healing, restorative, salubrious.
ANT: Noxious, hurtful, exaggerative, confirmative, morbific,
deleterious, inducive, provocative.
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KEY: Remedy.
SYN: Cure, restorative, counteraction, reparation, redress, relief,
help, specific.
ANT: Evil, disease, hurt, infection, plague, ill, impairment,
deterioration, aggravation, provocation.
=
KEY: Remember.
SYN: Recollect, recall, retain, bear in mind, mind.
ANT: Forget, obliviate, disregard, overlook.
=
KEY: Remembrance.
SYN: Recollection, memory, memorial, token, souvenir, memento,
reminiscence.
ANT: Forgetfulness, oblivion.
=
KEY: Reminiscence.
SYN: Remnant, relic, trace, savor, leavings.
ANT: Prognostic, indication, suggestion, warning, announcement,
reministration.
=
KEY: Remiss.
SYN: Slack, careless, negligent, i attentive, wanting, flow,
slothful, idle, lax, dilatory, tardy, remissful.
ANT: Energetic, careful, attentive, active, assiduous, alert,
painstaking, diligent, strict.
=
KEY: Remissful, [See REMISS].
=
KEY: Remit.
SYN: Relax, pardon, absolve, forego, discontinue, surrender, forgive,
resign.
ANT: Increase, intensity, enforce, exact.
=
KEY: Remittent.
SYN: Periodic, recurrent.
ANT: Chronic, continuous, constant.
=
KEY: Remnant, [See REMAINDER].
=
KEY: Remonstrate.
SYN: Expostulate, rebel, protest, recalcitrate, object, admonish.
ANT: Acquiesce, submit, coincide,.
=
KEY: Remorse.
SYN: Compunction, anguish, self-condemnation, penitence,
sting of conscience.
ANT: Complacency, self-approval, self-congratulation.
=
KEY: Remorseless.
SYN: Cruel, truculent, inexorable, ruthless, pitiless, unrelenting,
merciless, implacable.
ANT: Mild, humane, gentle, feeling, compunctious, lenient,
remorseful, self-condemning, regretful, compassionate.
=
KEY: Remote.
SYN: Distant, indirect, unconnected, unrelated, foreign, alien,
heterogeneous, separate, contingent.
ANT: Near, close, direct, connected, related, homogeneous, immediate,
proximate, essential, present, pressing, urgent, actual.
=
KEY: Remove.
SYN: Displace, separate, abstract, transport, carry, transfer, eject,
oust, dislodge, suppress, migrate, depart.
ANT: Restore, conserve, stabilitate, perpetuate, establish,
reinstate, reinstall, instal, fix, fasten, stay, remain, dwell, abide,
stand.
=
KEY: Remunerate.
SYN: Reward, recompense, satisfy, compensate, repay, requite,
reimburse.
ANT: Defraud, misrequite, misrepay, dissatisfy, damnify.
=
KEY: Remuneration.
SYN: Payment, compensation, recompense, reward, [See SATISFACTION].
=
KEY: Rend.
SYN: Tear, lacerate, divide, separate, split, disintegrate, disunite,
rive, tear asunder.
ANT: Repair, place, patch, conserve, unite, perpetuate, continuate.
=
KEY: Render.
SYN: Give, present, return, restore, give up apportion, assign,
surrender, pay, requite, deliver.
ANT: Keep, retain, withhold, appropriate, alienate, misapportion,
misappropriate, misrequite.
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KEY: Renegade.
SYN: Apostate, traitor, deserter, heretic, betrayer, backslider,
vagabond, turncoat, recreant.
ANT: Supporter, adherent, defender, bigot, zealot, dogmatist,
fanatic.
=
KEY: Renew.
SYN: Recreate, restore, refresh, renovate, rejuvenate, furbish,
recommence, repeat, reiterate, reissue, regenerate, reform,
transform.
ANT: Impair, wear, deteriorate, vitiate, exhaust, discontinue,
corrupt, weaken, defile, deprave.
=
KEY: Renitent.
SYN: Resistent, elastic, resilient, reluctant, stubborn, tough,
counteractive.
ANT: Yielding, lentous, flexible, docile, pliant.
=
KEY: Renounce.
SYN: Reject, abjure, disclaim, disown, forego, disavow, deny, quit,
resign, abandon, recant, relinquish, repudiate.
ANT: Acknowledge, recognize, claim, maintain, assert, propound, own,
vindicate, avow, profess, hold, retain, defend.
=
KEY: Renovate, [See RENEW].
=
KEY: Renown.
SYN: Fame, distinction, note, notability, eminence, celebrity, glory,
reputation, lustre, honor.
ANT: Disgrace, meanness, ignobleness, degradation, taint, stain,
brand, discredit, dishonor, disrepute.
=
KEY: Renowned.
SYN: Famous, celebrated, wonderful, illustrious, [See FAMOUS].
=
KEY: Rent.
SYN: Laceration, rupture, fissure, divulsion, schism, solution.
ANT: Suture, junction, union, continuity, integrity, reparation,
redintegration, reunion, consolidation.
=
KEY: Renunciation.
SYN: Rejection, repudiation, abjuration, abnegation, abandonment,
cession, surrender, [See CESSION].
=
KEY: Reorganize.
SYN: Rearrange, reconstitute, reassemble.
ANT: Dissolve, disband, dissipate, disperse, derange, dismember,
disintegrate.
=
KEY: Repair.
SYN: Restore, recover, mend, retrieve, relit.
ANT: Impair, waste, wear, deteriorate, injure.
=
KEY: Reparable.
SYN: Recoverable, curable, retrievable.
ANT: Irreparable, incurable, irretrievable.
=
KEY: Reparation.
SYN: Restoration, repair, restitution, compensation, satisfaction,
amends, indemnification, atonement.
ANT: Injury, Impairment, deterioration, waste, wear, defective,
damnification.
=
KEY: Repay.
SYN: Remunerate, reimburse, recompense, reward, retaliate, requite,
{[r]?}, fund.
ANT: Defraud, misappropriate, embezzle, waste, alienate, extort,
confiscate, exact.
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KEY: Repeal, \v.\ (From Lat. \reappellare\, to call back.)
SYN: Abolish, revoke, rescind,
cancel, annul, recal, abrogate, reverse, discontinue, rescind,
make void.
ANT: Continue, establish, pass, institute, sanction, enact,
perpetuate, confirm.
=
KEY: Repeal \n.\
SYN: Abrogation, rescission, revocation, annulment.
ANT: Continuance, establishment, perpetuation.
=
KEY: Repeat.
SYN: Reiterate, iterate, renew, cite, quote, relate, rehearse,
recapitulate, reproduce.
ANT: Discontinues, drop, discard, abandon, ignore, suppress,
misrepeat, misquote, misrecite, misrepresent, misinterpret,
misconvey.
=
KEY: Repeatedly.
SYN: Frequently again and again, often.
ANT: Seldom, rarely.
=
KEY: Repel.
SYN: Repulse, reject, refuse, deter, resist, check.
ANT: Promote, propel, welcome, advance, accept, encourage, further.
=
KEY: Repent.
SYN: Grieve, regret, sorrow, rue, repine, deplore, lament.
ANT: Rejoice, persist.
=
KEY: Repentance.
SYN: Penitence, contrition, compunction, regret, remorse, borrow,
self-reproach, selfcondemnation.
ANT: Impenitence, obduracy, recusancy, hardness, reparation,
selfapproval.
=
KEY: Repercussion.
SYN: Recoil, reverberation, ricochet, rebound.
ANT: Impact, stroke, shock, collision, contact.
=
KEY: Repetition.
SYN: Iteration, reiteration, dwelling upon, diffuseness, verbosity,
relation, [See RELATION].
=
KEY: Repine.
SYN: Murmur, grumble, complain.
ANT: Acquiesce, submit, smile, rejoice.
=
KEY: Replace.
SYN: Restore, supply, substitute, reinstate, rearrange,
re-establish.
ANT: Move, abstract, withdraw, remove, damage, deprive.
=
KEY: Replenish.
SYN: Fill, refill, resupply, stock, satisfy, furnish, enrich.
ANT: Waste, empty, exhaust, reduce, drain, impoverish.
=
KEY: Replete, [See EMPTY].
=
KEY: Repletion.
SYN: Fulness, abundance, amplitude, superabundance, overfulness.
ANT: Exhaustion, emptiness, want, inanition.
=
KEY: Reply \v.\
SYN: Replicate, answer, respond, rejoin.
ANT: Ignore, drop, pretermit, pass, disregard.
=
KEY: Reply \n.\
SYN: Answer, rejoinder, response, replication.
ANT: Pass by, ignoring.
=
KEY: Report \v.\
SYN: Announce, relate, tell, circulate, notify, narrate, recite,
describe, detail, communicate, declare.
ANT: Silence, hush, suppress, misreport, misrepresent, miarelate,
falsify.
=
KEY: Report \n.\
SYN: tidings, announce, ment, relation, narration, recital,
description, communication, declaration, news, rumor, fame, repute,
noise, reverberation.
ANT: Silence, suppression, misannouncement, fabrication,
noiselessness.
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KEY: Repose \v.\
SYN: Lie, recline, couch rest, settle, abide, stay, acquiesce, lodge,
lace, deposit.
ANT: Rise, stand, {[vo]?}, wander, flit, flutter, remove, transfer.
=
KEY: Repose \n.\
SYN: lest, quiet, stillness, reclination, tranquillity, calmness,
peaceful, {[ess]?}, {[ea ]?}, [See {[ ]?}], {[eace]?}, quiescence.
ANT: Movement, disquiet, unrest, agitation, restlessness,
disturbance, commotion, tumult, distraction, uneasiness.
=
KEY: Reprehend.
SYN: Blame chide, reprove, censure, reprimand.
ANT: praise, laud, eulogize, sanction, approve.
=
KEY: Reprehensible.
SYN: Blamable, blame, culpable, censurable, reproachable, reprovable,
objectionable.
ANT: Laudable, praiseworthy, irreproachach, it, irreprovable,
unexceptionable, innocent, unobjectionable.
=
KEY: Represent.
SYN: Portray, delineate, reproduce exhibit, personate, state,
indicate, embody, enact, illustrate, denote, play, dramatize,
resemble.
ANT: Misportray, misdelineate, distort, falsify, caricature,
misrepresent.
=
KEY: Representative.
SYN: Likeness, personation, semblance, exhibition, [See LIKENESS].
=
KEY: Representative \n.\
SYN: Agent, commissioner, proxy, deputy, substitute, embodiment,
personation, delegate, vicar, vicegerent, principal, sovereign,
Constituency.
ANT: Autocrat, dictator.
=
KEY: Representative \a.\
SYN: Figurative, symbolical, delegated to others, [See
FIGURATIVE and REPRESENT].
=
KEY: Repress.
SYN: Crush, quell, subdue, check, restrain, curb, overpower, mitigate,
damp, calm, control.
ANT: Raise, rouse, excite, agitate, aggravate, foment, intensify,
foster, encourage, stimulate, incite, fan.
=
KEY: Reprieve \n.\
SYN: Respite, acquittal, suspension, delay, interval, pardon,
amnesty, intermission.
ANT: Condemnation, conviction, reprisal, retribution.
=
KEY: Reprimand, [See REPREHEND].
=
KEY: Reprisal.
SYN: Retaliation, retribution, self-compensation,
self-indemnification.
ANT: Condonation, grace, remission, reprieve.
=
KEY: Reproach \v.\
SYN: Blame, censure, taunt, rebuke, upbraid, reprobate, reprove.
ANT: Laud, praise, approve, commend.
=
KEY: Reproach \n.\ [See APPROBATION].
=
KEY: Reprobate \v.\
SYN: Condemn, denounce.
ANT: Sanction, commend, approve.
=
KEY: Reprobate \a.\
SYN: Abandoned, castaway, irredeemable, lost.
ANT: Hopeful, redeemable, salvable, recoverable.
=
KEY: Reprobate \n.\
SYN: Castaway, villain, ruffian, miscreant, scapegrace, scalawag.
ANT: Example, pattern, mirror, model, paragon.
=
KEY: Reproduce.
SYN: Generate, propagate, imitate, exhibit, represent, copy.
ANT: Stifle, extinguish, exterminate, misrepresent, misportray.
=
KEY: Reproduction \n.\ [See REPRODUCE].
=
KEY: Reprovable.
SYN: Censurable, reprehensible, [See CULPABLE].
=
KEY: Reprove, [See RAPID].
=
KEY: Repudiate.
SYN: Disavow, disown, discard, castoff, abjure, renounce, disclaim,
divorce.
ANT: Avow, own, vindicate, assert, retain, vaunt, claim, profess,
recognize, acknowledge, accept.
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KEY: Repugnant.
SYN: Hostile, antagonistic, averse, reluctant, unwilling,
irreconcilable, incompatible, inimical, adverse, contradictory,
loath, heterogeneous.
ANT: Friendly, coincident, harmonious, compatible, willing,
consistent, homogeneous, congruous.
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KEY: Repulsive.
SYN: Forbidding, deterrent, ungenial, odious, ugly, unattractive,
disagreeable, revolting.
ANT: Charming, agreeable, attract, ive, winning, captivating,
fascinating, alluring, seductive, pleasant.
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KEY: Reputable.
SYN: Respectable, creditable, honorable, estimable.
ANT: Unrespectable, discreditable, dishonorable, disgraceful,
disreputable.
=
KEY: Request \v.\
SYN: Ask, desire, beg, entreat, beseech, petition, supplicate,
solicit, demand.
ANT: Command, order, insist, direct, dictate, enjoin, require, demand,
exact.
=
KEY: Request \n.\ [See PETITION].
=
KEY: Require.
SYN: Demand, claim, exact, insist upon, [See REQUEST], [See ANT.].
=
KEY: Requital, [See SATISFACTION].
=
KEY: Requite.
SYN: Repay, reward, compensate, recompense, remunerate, satisfy,
retaliate, punish, avenge, revenge.
ANT: Misrequite, defraud, condone, absolve, pardon.
=
KEY: Rescind.
SYN: Revoke, repeal, annul, cancel, recal, reverse, abrogate.
ANT: Perpetuate, enforce, maintain, re-enact.
=
KEY: Rescue \v.\
SYN: Retake, recover, recapture, liberate, extricate, save, deliver,
preserve.
ANT: endanger, imperil, betray, surrender, abandon, expose.
=
KEY: Rescue \n.\ [See SALVATION].
=
KEY: Research.
SYN: Investigation, inquiry, scrutiny, examination, exploration,
learning, lore, discovery, elaboration, elimination.
ANT: Ignorance, superficiality, sciolism, misinvestigation,
shallowness, oversight, inobservance.
=
KEY: Resemblance.
SYN: Likeness, similarity, similitude, semblance, representation,
portrait, reflection, image.
ANT: Unlikeness, dissimilarity, disresemblance, difference,
contrariety.
=
KEY: Resent.
SYN: Repel, resist, rebel, recalcitrate, take ill.
ANT: Acquiesce, submit, condone, pardon, overlook.
=
KEY: Resentful.
SYN: Choleric, malicious, vindictive, intolerant, insubmissive.
ANT: Meek, mild, placable, tolerant, forgiving, submissive.
=
KEY: Resentment.
SYN: Anger, ire, indignation, animosity.
ANT: Calmness, acquiescence, toleration, mildness, endurance,
forgiveness.
=
KEY: Reserve.
SYN: Reservation, retention, limitation, withholding, appropriation,
coyness, shyness, backwardness, secretiveness, taciturnity, modesty,
restraint, constraint.
ANT: Abandonment, nonreservation, surrender, absoluteness, openness,
frankness, forwardness, pertness, unrestraint, undisguise,
transparency, shamelessness indiscretion.
=
KEY: Reserved.
SYN: Backwardness, cold, silent, cautious, unsociable, sly, bashful,
[See FRIGID and SLY].
=
KEY: Reside, [See ABIDE].
=
KEY: Residence.
SYN: stay, sojourn, occupation, abode, pernoctation, dwelling,
location.
ANT: Migration, travel, locomotion, absenteeism, nonresidence,
alibi.
=
KEY: Resident \a.\
SYN: Abiding, dwelling, residing, inhabiting.
ANT: Migrating, moving.
=
KEY: Resident \n.\
SYN: Occupant, dweller, tenant, sojourner, inhabitant.
ANT: Stranger, foreigner, visitor.
=
KEY: Residue, [See REMAINDER].
=
KEY: Resign.
SYN: Surrender, abandon, return, withdraw, abdicate, submit, leave,
relinquish, forego, renounce.
ANT: Retain, claim, appropriate, vindicate, grasp.
=
KEY: Resignation.
SYN: Surrender, relinquishment, forsaking, abandonment, abdication,
renunciation, submission, acquiescence, patience, endurance.
ANT: Retention, claim, appropriation, vindication, grasp, resistance,
rebellion, murmur, dissatisfaction, discontent, contumacy,
contention, protestation, remonstrance.
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KEY: Resist.
SYN: Withstand, oppose, hinder, check, thwart, rebuff, stem, combat.
ANT: Encourage, promote, aid, advance, help, succor, acquiesce,
submit, suffer, allow, tolerate, permit.
=
KEY: Resistance.
SYN: Opposition, hindrance, [See CHECK].
=
KEY: Resistible.
SYN: Weak, refutable, nugatory, trifling, childish, worthless.
ANT: Overpowering, irresistible, irrefragable, resistless,
overwhelming, conclusive.
=
KEY: Resolute.
SYN: Determined, decided, steadfast, fixed, steady, constant,
persevering, stout, pertinacious, energetic, dogged, stout-hearted,
inflexible, undaunted, undeviating, unflinching.
ANT: unenergetic, fitful, vacillating, irresolute, dubious,
shillyshally, capricious, variable, ductile, undetermined,
undecided, weak.
=
KEY: Resolution.
SYN: Separation, decomposition, analysis, unravelling,
disentanglement, disintegration, conversion, firmness, &c, [See
[As under RESOLUTE].
ANT: Aggregation, composition, union, amalgamation, integrity,
totality, incorporation, synthesis, collocation, conservation,
entanglement, confusion, conglomeration.
=
KEY: Resolve, [See DECIDE].
=
KEY: Resonant.
SYN: Resounding, sonorous, musical, metallic, vibratory, acoustic,
shrill, loud, sharp, vocal, ringing.
ANT: Mute, silent, dead, dumb, muffled, wooden, voiceless, stifled,
nonresonant.
=
KEY: Resort \v.\
SYN: Repair, fly, retire, retreat.
ANT: Shun, ignore, avoid, discard.
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KEY: Resort \n.\
SYN: Assembly, betaking, repairing, haunt, frequentation, employment,
recourse.
ANT: Shunning, avoidance, forsaking, abandonment, desertion.
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KEY: Resound.
SYN: Ring, reverberate, echo, re-echo, respond.
ANT: Whisper, murmur, breathe, mutter, {[hum]?}.
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KEY: Resource, Resources.
SYN: Material, means, productions, supplies, expedients, contrivance,
wealth, riches, device.
ANT: Destitution, barrenness, inanition, exhaustion, lack, drain,
nonplus, poverty, sterility.
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KEY: Respect \v.\