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Gaining Possession Antonyms

Trying to find opposite word for gaining possession in English? No problem. Our site contains antonyms of gaining possession in 30 different contexts. We have listed all the opposite words for gaining possession alphabetically.

abstain
  • abjure
  • abnegate
  • avoid
  • cease
  • constrain
  • curb
  • decline
  • deny oneself
  • do without
  • eschew
  • evade
  • fast
  • fence-sit
  • forbear
  • forgo
  • give the go by
  • give up
  • go on the wagon
  • keep from
add
  • calculate
  • cast
  • compute
  • count
  • count up
  • do addition
  • enumerate
  • figure
  • reckon
  • reckon up
  • sum
  • summate
  • tally
  • tot
  • tot up
  • total
  • tote
avoid
  • abstain
  • avert
  • bypass
  • circumlocute
  • circumvent
  • deflect
  • desist
  • ditch
  • divert
  • dodge
  • duck
  • elude
  • escape
  • eschew
  • evade
  • fake out
  • fend off
  • flee
  • give the slip
disallow
  • abjure
  • cancel
  • censor
  • debar
  • deny
  • disacknowledge
  • disavow
  • disclaim
  • dismiss
  • disown
  • embargo
  • exclude
  • forbid
  • keep back
  • kill
  • nix
  • pass on
  • proscribe
  • put down
discontinue
  • abandon
  • bag it
  • blow off
  • break off
  • call it quits
  • cease
  • close
  • desist
  • disconnect
  • disjoin
  • dissever
  • disunite
  • drop
  • end
  • finish
  • give over
  • give up
  • halt
  • interpose
disenchant
  • abort
  • baffle
  • balk
  • bring to naught
  • bungle
  • cast down
  • chagrin
  • circumvent
  • come to nothing
  • dash
  • dash hopes
  • deceive
  • delude
  • disconcert
  • disgruntle
  • dishearten
  • disillusion
  • dissatisfy
  • dumbfound
dodge
  • contrivance
  • device
  • machination
  • method
  • plan
  • plot
  • ploy
  • ruse
  • scheme
  • stratagem
  • strategy
  • subterfuge
  • wile
drop
  • bead
  • bit
  • bubble
  • crumb
  • dab
  • dash
  • dewdrop
  • driblet
  • drip
  • droplet
  • iota
  • molecule
  • morsel
  • nip
  • ounce
  • particle
  • pearl
  • pinch
  • sip
fail
  • abort
  • back wrong horse
  • backslide
  • be defeated
  • be demoted
  • be found lacking
  • be in vain
  • be ruined
  • blunder
  • break down
  • come to naught
  • come to nothing
  • decline
  • deteriorate
  • fall
  • fall flat
  • fall short
  • fall through
  • fizzle
forfeit
  • cost
  • damages
  • fine
  • loss
  • mulct
  • penalty
  • relinquishment
free
  • chargeless
  • comp
  • complimentary
  • costless
  • for love
  • for nothing
  • free of cost
  • free ride
  • freebie
  • gratis
  • gratuitous
  • handout
  • on the cuff
  • on the house
  • paper
  • unpaid
  • unrecompensed
give
  • accord
  • administer
  • allow
  • ante up
  • award
  • bequeath
  • bestow
  • cede
  • come across
  • commit
  • confer
  • consign
  • convey
  • deed
  • deliver
  • dish out
  • dispense
  • dispose of
  • dole out
keep
  • accumulate
  • amass
  • cache
  • care for
  • carry
  • conduct
  • conserve
  • control
  • deal in
  • deposit
  • detain
  • direct
  • enjoy
  • garner
  • grasp
  • grip
  • have
  • heap
  • hold back
liberate
  • bail one out
  • deliver
  • detach
  • discharge
  • disembarrass
  • emancipate
  • free
  • free up
  • get out from under
  • let loose
  • let out
  • loose
  • loosen
  • manumit
  • redeem
  • release
  • rescue
  • save
  • save one's neck
loose
  • apart
  • asunder
  • at large
  • baggy
  • clear
  • detached
  • disconnected
  • easy
  • escaped
  • flabby
  • flaccid
  • floating
  • free
  • hanging
  • insecure
  • lax
  • liberated
  • limp
  • loosened
lose
  • be careless
  • be impoverished
  • be reduced
  • become poorer
  • bereave
  • capitulate
  • consume
  • default
  • deplete
  • disinherit
  • displace
  • dispossess
  • dissipate
  • divest
  • drain
  • drop
  • exhaust
  • expend
  • fail
maintain
  • advance
  • carry on
  • conserve
  • continue
  • control
  • cultivate
  • finance
  • go on with
  • guard
  • keep
  • keep going
  • look after
  • manage
  • nurture
  • perpetuate
  • persevere
  • preserve
  • prolong
  • protect
misconceive
  • be at cross purposes
  • be bewildered
  • be confused
  • be perplexed
  • confound
  • confuse
  • fail
  • get signals crossed
  • get signals mixed
  • get wrong
  • get wrong impression
  • misapply
  • misapprehend
  • miscalculate
  • miscomprehend
  • misconstrue
  • misinterpret
  • misjudge
  • misknow
miss
  • absence
  • blunder
  • default
  • defect
  • error
  • fault
  • loss
  • mishap
  • mistake
  • omission
  • oversight
  • slip
  • want
misunderstand
  • be at cross purposes
  • be bewildered
  • be confused
  • be perplexed
  • confound
  • confuse
  • fail
  • get signals crossed
  • get signals mixed
  • get wrong
  • get wrong impression
  • misapply
  • misapprehend
  • miscalculate
  • miscomprehend
  • misconceive
  • misconstrue
  • misinterpret
  • misjudge
offer
  • action
  • attempt
  • bid
  • endeavor
  • essay
  • feeler
  • hit
  • overture
  • pass
  • pitch
  • presentation
  • proposition
  • propoundment
  • rendition
  • submission
  • tender
refuse
  • debris
  • dregs
  • dross
  • dump
  • dunghill
  • dust
  • hogwash
  • junk
  • leavings
  • litter
  • muck
  • offal
  • rejectamenta
  • remains
  • residue
  • rubbish
  • scraps
  • scum
  • sediment
reject
  • burn
  • cashier
  • cast aside
  • cast off
  • cast out
  • chuck
  • decline
  • deny
  • despise
  • disallow
  • disbelieve
  • discard
  • discount
  • discredit
  • disdain
  • dismiss
  • eliminate
  • exclude
  • give thumbs down to
release
  • absolution
  • acquittal
  • acquittance
  • charge
  • clemency
  • commute
  • deliverance
  • discharge
  • emancipation
  • exemption
  • exoneration
  • floater
  • freedom
  • freeing
  • let-off
  • liberation
  • liberty
  • lifeboat
  • lifesaver
repulse
  • brush-off
  • check
  • cold shoulder
  • defeat
  • disappointment
  • failure
  • nix
  • nothing doing
  • rebuff
  • refusal
  • reverse
  • slap in the face
  • spurning
  • thumbs down
  • turndown
spend
  • absorb
  • allocate
  • ante up
  • apply
  • bestow
  • blow
  • cast away
  • come across
  • come through
  • concentrate
  • confer
  • consume
  • contribute
  • cough up
  • defray
  • deplete
  • disburse
  • dispense
  • dissipate
stop
  • bar
  • barricade
  • blank wall
  • block
  • blockade
  • break
  • break off
  • brick wall
  • cease
  • cessation
  • check
  • close
  • closing
  • conclusion
  • control
  • cutoff
  • desistance
  • discontinuation
  • ending
surrender
  • abandonment
  • abdication
  • acquiescence
  • appeasement
  • capitulation
  • cessation
  • dedition
  • delivery
  • giving way
  • relenting
  • relinquishment
  • renunciation
  • submission
  • succumbing
  • white flag
  • yielding
throw away
  • abandon
  • cast
  • cast off
  • chase
  • clear
  • discard
  • dismiss
  • dispense with
  • ditch
  • drop
  • dump
  • eject
  • eliminate
  • evict
  • extrude
  • free oneself of
  • get rid of
  • jettison
  • junk
unfasten
  • detach
  • free
  • loosen
  • open
  • unbuckle
  • unbutton
  • undo
  • unhitch
  • unhook
  • unlace
  • unlock
  • unloosen
  • unpin
  • unsnap
  • untie

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