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Verbs (35)

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

retire, withdraw

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

bow out, withdraw

v. retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

withdraw, draw, take out, draw off

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

adjourn, withdraw, retire

v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw

v. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw

v. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

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Fuzzynyms (200)

adjourn, withdraw, retire

v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

leave, depart, pull up stakes

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

retire

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

retreat

v. move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

retrograde, retreat

v. move back; "The glacier retrogrades"

slip

v. cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place"

disconnect

v. make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten

disjoint, disarticulate

v. separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before cooking it"

separate, disunite, divide, part

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

detach

v. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

detach, come off, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

remove, transfer

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick

v. twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

twist, twine, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

entice, lure, tempt

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

exit, go out, get out, leave

v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

change by reversal, turn, reverse

v. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

adjourn, withdraw, retire

v. break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"

leave, depart, pull up stakes

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

disclaim

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

revoke

v. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw

v. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

leave, depart, pull up stakes

move, go, run

v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

exit, go out, get out, leave

v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

make

v. perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"

acquire, win, gain

v. win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"

collect, pick up, gather up, call for

v. gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"

net, clear

v. yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

reap, draw

v. get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

desert

v. leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"

educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out

v. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

subtract

v. take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"

choose, take, select, pick out

v. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

take out

v. remove something from a container or an enclosed space

depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off

v. leave; "The family took off for Florida"

call back

v. return or repeat a telephone call; "I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?"; "She left a message but the contractor never called back"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

retire, withdraw

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

leave, depart, pull up stakes

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

act

v. be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure

repair, resort

v. move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"

disclaim

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

revoke

v. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

retire, withdraw

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

recall

v. make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"

go, go away, depart, travel away

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

change by reversal, turn, reverse

v. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

disengage, withdraw

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

subside, settle

v. sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"

decline

v. go down; "The roof declines here"

flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet

v. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

retire

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

retire, withdraw

v. lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"

Synonyms (2)

buy

v. acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"

take away

v. take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"

Antonyms (42)

prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

engage, mesh, lock, operate

v. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust

v. make a thrusting forward movement

deposit, bank

v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

invest, put, commit, place

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

penetrate, perforate

v. pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"

convene

v. meet formally; "The council convened last week"

buy

v. accept as true; "I can't buy this story"

advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on

v. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

come

v. cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"

travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass

v. move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"

make, work

v. proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest"

plunge

v. dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"

set about, go about, approach

v. begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"

withdraw

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