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EDIFICATION Antonyms

10 antonyms for edification. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For EDIFICATION

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
confusion

noun

n

noun

• disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably

• a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior

• a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused

• an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended

• a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another

corruption

noun

n

noun

• lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

• in a state of progressive putrefaction

• decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

• moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

• destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

• inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)

defilement

noun

n

noun

• the state of being polluted

degradation

noun

n

noun

• changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

• a low or downcast state

destruction

noun

• the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

• an event that completely destroys something

• a final state

harm

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

• the occurrence of a change for the worse

• the act of damaging something or someone

verb

• cause or do harm to

hindrance

noun

n

noun

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

ignorance

noun

n

noun

• the lack of knowledge or education

neglect

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• lack of attention and due care

• the state of something that has been unused and neglected

• willful lack of care and attention

• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

verb

• leave undone or leave out

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• fail to attend to

• give little or no attention to

obscurity

noun

n

noun

• the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand

• an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known

• the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination

Alternatives for CONFUSION

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Alternatives for DEFILEMENT

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Alternatives for DESTRUCTION

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Alternatives for HARM

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Alternatives for IGNORANCE

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