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Laying One's Hands On Antonyms

Trying to find opposite word for laying one's hands on in English? No problem. Our site contains antonyms of laying one's hands on in 24 different contexts. We have listed all the opposite words for laying one's hands on alphabetically.

calm
  • at a standstill
  • at peace
  • bland
  • breathless
  • breezeless
  • bucolic
  • cool
  • halcyon
  • harmonious
  • hushed
  • in order
  • inactive
  • low-key
  • mild
  • motionless
  • pacific
  • pastoral
  • placid
  • quiescent
  • reposeful
  • reposing
  • restful
depart
  • abandon
  • abdicate
  • absent
  • beat it
  • blast off
  • cut and run
  • cut out
  • decamp
  • desert
  • disappear
  • emigrate
  • escape
  • evacuate
  • exit
  • get away
  • git
  • go
  • go away
  • go forth
  • hit the bricks
  • hit the road
  • hit the trail
discourage
  • abash
  • afflict
  • alarm
  • appall
  • awe
  • beat down
  • bother
  • break one's heart
  • bully
  • cast down
  • chill
  • confuse
  • cow
  • dampen
  • dash
  • daunt
  • deject
  • demoralize
  • deprecate
  • depress
  • dismay
  • disparage
dissuade
  • advise against
  • caution against
  • chicken out
  • counsel
  • cry out against
  • deprecate
  • derail
  • deter
  • disadvise
  • discourage
  • disincline
  • divert
  • exhort
  • expostulate
  • faze
  • hinder
  • lean on
  • persuade not to
  • prevent
  • prick
  • put off
  • remonstrate
encourage
  • animate
  • applaud
  • boost
  • brighten
  • buck up
  • buoy
  • cheer
  • cheer up
  • comfort
  • console
  • embolden
  • energize
  • enhearten
  • enliven
  • excite
  • exhilarate
  • fortify
  • galvanize
  • give shot in arm
  • gladden
  • goad
  • hearten
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
  • flop
  • flounder
  • fold
give in
  • abandon
  • back down
  • bail out
  • bow out
  • buckle under
  • capitulate
  • cave in
  • cease
  • cede
  • chicken out
  • collapse
  • comply
  • concede
  • cry uncle
  • cut out
  • desist
  • despair
  • drop
  • fold
  • forswear
  • give up
  • hand over
leave
  • allowance
  • assent
  • authorization
  • concession
  • consent
  • dispensation
  • freedom
  • go-ahead
  • green light
  • liberty
  • okay
  • permit
  • sanction
  • sufferance
  • tolerance
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
  • set free
  • unbind
  • unchain
lose
  • be careless
  • be impoverished
  • be reduced
  • become poorer
  • bereave
  • capitulate
  • consume
  • default
  • deplete
  • disinherit
  • displace
  • dispossess
  • dissipate
  • divest
  • drain
  • drop
  • exhaust
  • expend
  • fail
  • fail to keep
  • fall short
  • forfeit
misconstrue
  • distort
  • exaggerate
  • misapprehend
  • misconceive
  • misinterpret
  • misjudge
  • misread
  • mistake
  • mistranslate
  • misunderstand
  • pervert
  • take the wrong way
mismanage
  • blunder
  • botch
  • confound
  • fail
  • fumble
  • maladminister
  • mess up
  • misconduct
  • mishandle
  • overlook
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
  • misknow
  • misread
  • misreckon
overtake
  • beat
  • befall
  • better
  • catch up with
  • come upon
  • engulf
  • gain on
  • get past
  • get to
  • happen
  • hit
  • leave behind
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outstrip
  • overhaul
  • overwhelm
  • reach
  • strike
  • take by surprise
overthrow
  • abolish
  • beat
  • bring down
  • bring to ruin
  • conquer
  • crush
  • demolish
  • depose
  • dethrone
  • do away with
  • eradicate
  • exterminate
  • knock down
  • knock over
  • level
  • liquidate
  • oust
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • overrun
  • overturn
  • overwhelm
pass
  • canyon
  • cut
  • gap
  • gorge
  • passage
  • passageway
  • path
  • ravine
please
  • amuse
  • charm
  • cheer
  • content
  • enchant
  • entertain
  • fill the bill
  • gladden
  • go over big
  • grab
  • gratify
  • hit the spot
  • humor
  • indulge
  • kill
  • make the grade
  • overjoy
  • satisfy
  • score
  • suit
  • sweep off feet
  • tickle
release
  • absolution
  • acquittal
  • acquittance
  • charge
  • clemency
  • commute
  • deliverance
  • discharge
  • emancipation
  • exemption
  • exoneration
  • floater
  • freedom
  • freeing
  • let-off
  • liberation
  • liberty
  • lifeboat
  • lifesaver
  • manumission
  • relief
  • spring
soothe
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • appease
  • assuage
  • balm
  • becalm
  • butter up
  • calm down
  • cheer
  • compose
  • console
  • cool
  • cool off
  • dulcify
  • help
  • hush
  • lighten
  • lull
  • make nice
  • make up
  • mitigate
  • mollify
surrender
  • abandonment
  • abdication
  • acquiescence
  • appeasement
  • capitulation
  • cessation
  • dedition
  • delivery
  • giving way
  • relenting
  • relinquishment
  • renunciation
  • submission
  • succumbing
  • white flag
  • yielding
understand
  • accept
  • apprehend
  • be aware
  • be conscious of
  • be with it
  • catch
  • catch on
  • conceive
  • deduce
  • discern
  • distinguish
  • explain
  • fathom
  • figure out
  • find out
  • follow
  • get
  • get the hang of
  • get the idea
  • get the picture
  • get the point
  • grasp
unfasten
  • detach
  • free
  • loosen
  • open
  • unbuckle
  • unbutton
  • undo
  • unhitch
  • unhook
  • unlace
  • unlock
  • unloosen
  • unpin
  • unsnap
  • untie
yield
  • crop
  • earnings
  • harvest
  • income
  • output
  • outturn
  • produce
  • profit
  • return
  • revenue
  • takings
  • turnout

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