Ant. Near, close, collected, fast, housed; composed, poised, self-contained; within.
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Abrogate. Abolish, cancel, set aside, annul, make void, overrule, invalidate, nullify, repeal.
Ant. Enact, confirm, enforce, establish, continue, revive.
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Abrogation. Repeal, rescinding, annulment, abolition, revocation, voidance, cancelation, setting aside; discontinuance, disestablishment.
Ant. Enactment, institution, establishment; sanction, continuance, confirmation.
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Abrupt. Sudden, unexpected, hasty, ill-timed, precipitate; steep, precipitous, craggy, rough, rugged, jagged; short, blunt, curt, unceremonious; stiff, cramped, harsh, disconnected.
Ant. Easy, gliding; polished, smooth, undulating; expected, courteous, elegant, complaisant, suave.
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Abscond. Depart, steal away, decamp, bolt, disappear, run off, hide, withdraw, retreat, escape, elope, slink or sneak off, absent one’s self.
Ant. Show, appear, emerge, issue, present one’s self.
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Absence. Non-attendance, non-appearance, non-existence, absenteeism; inattention, abstraction, preoccupation, musing; want, lack, privation, defect, deficiency.
Ant. Presence, existence, manifestation, evidence, supply; attention, consideration; immanence, inherency.
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Absent. Away, gone; abstracted, preoccupied, inattentive, dreaming.
Ant. Present, here; attentive, alert.
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Absolute. Perfect, complete, supreme, autocratic, authoritative, commanding, independent, unrestricted, unqualified, unlimited, unconditioned, self-existent, self-determined, ideal; despotic, arbitrary, exacting, domineering, tyrannical, imperious, dictatorial, irresponsible; positive, actual, real, veritable, genuine, certain, categorical, unquestionable.
Ant. Related, responsible, conditioned, limited, qualified, restricted, accountable; ductile, humble, lenient, meek, mild, yielding, compliant, complaisant; dubious, contingent, defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, mutilated, incomplete.
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Absolution. Acquittal, remission, release, deliverance, forgiveness, pardon, shriving, shrift; indulgence, justification.
Ant. Charge, accusation, condemnation, censure, conviction; penance, purgation, fasting, flagellation.
Absolve. Acquit, clear, exonerate, forgive, free, liberate, release, pardon, set free, discharge, exempt, exculpate.
Ant. Accuse, condemn, convict, impeach, charge, compel; obligate, oblige, bind.
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Absorb. Take in, consume, imbibe, swallow, suck up, exhaust; engross, engage, immerse, occupy, arrest, rivet (of attention).
Ant. Give up, disgorge, send out, radiate, throw off, eject; dissipate, distract, disperse.
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Absorption. Absorbing, imbibing, assimilation, destruction, consumption, exhaustion; engrossment, engagement, occupation, immersion.
Ant. Ejection, rejection, expulsion, discharge; inadvertency, inattention, oversight, disregard.
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Abstain. Refrain, resist, forbear, desist, deny one’s self, avoid, cease, stop, withhold, give up, relinquish.
Ant. Indulge, wanton, revel, yield to, gratify.
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Abstemious. Abstinent, sober, moderate, temperate, sparing, frugal, self-denying, continent.
Ant. Sensual, self-indulgent, intemperate, greedy.
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Absterge. Wipe off, purge, cleanse, purify, scrub, sponge, scour.
Ant. Soil, pollute, begrime, contaminate, bespatter, bedaub.
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Abstersive. Cleansing, purging, purifying, scouring; detergent, cathartic.
Ant. Corruptive, contaminative, offensive.
