Was In Possession Of Antonyms

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abandon

disregard
freedom
impulse
licentiousness
recklessness
spontaneity
thoughtlessness
uninhibitedness
unrestraint
wantonness
wildness

deny

abjure
abnegate
ban
begrudge
call on
contradict
contravene
controvert
curb
disacknowledge
disallow
disavow
disbelieve
discard
disclaim
discredit
disown
disprove
doubt
enjoin from
eschew

disavow

abjure
contradict
deny
disacknowledge
disallow
disclaim
disown
drop out
forswear
gainsay
go back on word
impugn
negate
negative
refuse
renege
renig
repudiate
wash hands of
weasel out of
welsh

dispossess

appropriate
eject
evict
expel
expropriate
oust
put out
throw into the street

forsake

abdicate
cast off
change one's tune
desert
disclaim
disown
drift away
forgo
forswear
give up
have done with
jettison
jilt
kiss goodbye
leave
leave flat
leave high and dry
quit
relinquish
renounce
repudiate

lack

abridgement
absence
curtailment
dearth
decrease
default
defect
deficit
depletion
deprivation
destitution
distress
exigency
exiguity
inadequacy
inferiority
insufficience
insufficiency
loss
meagerness
miss

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

need

charge
commitment
committal
compulsion
demand
desideratum
devoir
duty
essential
exigency
extremity
longing
must
obligation
occasion
ought
requisite
right
the urge
urgency
use

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
jettison
jilt

release

absolution
acquittal
acquittance
charge
clemency
commute
deliverance
discharge
emancipation
exemption
exoneration
floater
freedom
freeing
let-off
liberation
liberty
lifeboat
lifesaver
manumission
relief

sell

advertise
auction
bargain
barter
be in business
boost
clinch the deal
close
close the deal
contract
deal in
dispose
drum
dump
exchange
handle
hawk
hustle
market
merchandise
move

surrender

abandonment
abdication
acquiescence
appeasement
capitulation
cessation
dedition
delivery
giving way
relenting
relinquishment
renunciation
submission
succumbing
white flag
yielding

want

appetite
craving
demand
fancy
hankering
hunger
longing
necessity
need
requirement
thirst
wish
yearning
yen

yield

crop
earnings
harvest
income
output
outturn
produce
profit
return
revenue
takings
turnout

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