PURSUINGS Antonyms

• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

• a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

• deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

• the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the act of conceding or yielding

• inclined to yield to argument or influence or control

• lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure

• tending to give in or surrender or agree

• the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

• a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

• forsake, leave behind

• give up with the intent of never claiming again

• leave behind empty; move out of

• stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• refrain from doing something

• refrain from certain foods or beverages

• declare invalid

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• escape, either physically or mentally

• practice evasion

• use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid

• (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

• a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

• (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

• (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

• an area where you can be alone

• withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

• the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

• pull back or move away or backward

• move away, as for privacy

• move back

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• acceptance of despair

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

• give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

• relinquish possession or control over

• pull back or move away or backward

• withdraw from active participation

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• cause to be returned

• take back what one has said

• keep away from others

• break from a meeting or gathering

• retire gracefully

• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

• lose interest

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the act of forsaking