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relapse
collapse
go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
related words >
about-face
,
apostasy
,
backing
,
backset
,
backslide
,
backsliding
,
backward motion
,
backward step
,
cock
,
decline
,
degenerate
,
degeneration
,
deteriorate
,
deterioration
,
disenchantment
,
disimprove
,
fade
,
fading
,
fail
,
failing
,
failure
,
fall
,
fall again into
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
fall from grace
,
falling back
,
flip-flop
,
get back
,
get behind
,
get worse
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
grow worse
,
have a relapse
,
jerk back
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
lapsing
,
let down
,
lose ground
,
pull back
,
reaction
,
recede
,
recession
,
recidivate
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reclamation
,
reconversion
,
recur to
,
reentry
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
regress
,
regressing
,
regression
,
rehabilitation
,
reinstatement
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
retreat
,
retroaction
,
retrocede
,
retrocession
,
retroflex
,
retroflexion
,
retrogradation
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
retrovert
,
retrusion
,
return
,
return to
,
returning
,
reversal
,
reverse
,
reversion
,
revert
,
revert to
,
reverting
,
revulsion
,
rollback
,
setback
,
sicken
,
sink
,
sink back
,
sinking
,
slacken
,
slide back
,
slip back
,
slipping back
,
sternway
,
throwback
,
turn
,
turnabout
,
weaken
,
weakening
,
worsen
,
worsening
,
yield again to
beat off
collapse
related words >
block
,
check
,
counter
,
drive back
,
fend
,
fend off
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold off
,
keep at bay
,
keep off
,
obstruct
,
parry
,
push back
,
put back
,
rebuff
,
repel
,
repulse
,
stave off
,
stop
,
turn aside
,
ward off
untwist
collapse
cause to become untwisted
related words >
answer
,
bottom
,
clarify
,
clear up
,
crack
,
debug
,
decipher
,
decode
,
disembroil
,
disentangle
,
disintricate
,
disinvolve
,
divine
,
do
,
dope
,
dope out
,
explain
,
fathom
,
figure out
,
find out
,
find the answer
,
find the solution
,
get
,
get right
,
guess
,
guess right
,
have it
,
hit it
,
interpret
,
make out
,
open the lock
,
plumb
,
psych
,
psych out
,
puzzle out
,
ravel
,
ravel out
,
resolve
,
riddle
,
solve
,
sort out
,
unbraid
,
unclutter
,
uncoil
,
undo
,
unknot
,
unlock
,
unmix
,
unravel
,
unriddle
,
unscramble
,
unsnarl
,
untangle
,
unthread
,
untwine
,
unweave
,
unwind
,
work
,
work out
unweave
collapse
undo strands that have been woven together
related words >
answer
,
bottom
,
clarify
,
clear up
,
crack
,
debug
,
decipher
,
decode
,
disembroil
,
disentangle
,
disintricate
,
disinvolve
,
divine
,
do
,
dope
,
dope out
,
explain
,
fathom
,
figure out
,
find out
,
find the answer
,
find the solution
,
get
,
get right
,
guess
,
guess right
,
have it
,
hit it
,
interpret
,
make out
,
open the lock
,
plumb
,
psych
,
psych out
,
puzzle out
,
ravel
,
ravel out
,
resolve
,
riddle
,
solve
,
sort out
,
unbraid
,
unclutter
,
uncoil
,
undo
,
unknot
,
unlock
,
unmix
,
unravel
,
unriddle
,
unscramble
,
unsnarl
,
untangle
,
unthread
,
untwine
,
untwist
,
unwind
,
work
,
work out
take back
collapse
cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days"
move text to the previous line; in printing
regain possession of something
resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband
related words >
abjure
,
apologize
,
ask forgiveness
,
assert the contrary
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
beg indulgence
,
beg pardon
,
belie
,
bring back
,
climb down
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
crawfish out
,
cross
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
disallow
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disown
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
express regret
,
extradite
,
forswear
,
gainsay
,
get back
,
give back
,
impugn
,
join issue upon
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
nullify
,
oppose
,
palinode
,
put back
,
ransom
,
recall
,
recant
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recommit
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recuperate
,
redeem
,
refuse to admit
,
refute
,
regain
,
remand
,
remit
,
renege
,
renounce
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
repatriate
,
replace
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
repudiate
,
restitute
,
restore
,
resume
,
retake
,
retract
,
retrieve
,
return
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
revoke
,
send back
,
swallow
,
take issue with
,
unsay
,
withdraw
sylvan
collapse
a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady sylvan glade"
related words >
afforestational
,
arboreous
,
back
,
back of beyond
,
back-country
,
backwood
,
backwoods
,
backwoodsy
,
bosky
,
braky
,
bushy
,
copsy
,
dendrologic
,
forest
,
forestal
,
forested
,
hinterland
,
outback
,
reforestational
,
scrubby
,
shrubby
,
silvicultural
,
timbered
,
up-country
,
virgin
,
waste
,
wild
,
wilderness
,
wooded
,
woodland
,
woodsy
,
woody
avoid
collapse
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
related words >
abstain
,
abstain from
,
avert
,
be stuck-up
,
bilk
,
blench
,
blink
,
circumvent
,
cringe
,
debar
,
deflect
,
divert
,
do without
,
dodge
,
double
,
draw back
,
duck
,
elude
,
escape
,
eschew
,
evade
,
exclude
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
forbear
,
forbid
,
forgo
,
give place to
,
hang back
,
hold aloof
,
hold aloof from
,
hold back
,
jib
,
keep aloof
,
keep away from
,
keep clear of
,
keep from
,
keep hands off
,
keep off
,
keep remote from
,
leave alone
,
let alone
,
let go by
,
make way for
,
never touch
,
not meddle with
,
not touch
,
obviate
,
pass up
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
refrain
,
refrain from
,
retreat
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shun
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
spare
,
stand aloof
,
stand aloof from
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stay detached from
,
steer clear of
,
swerve
,
turn aside
,
turn away from
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withhold
conjure up
collapse
related words >
bid come
,
bring back
,
bring to mind
,
call
,
call away
,
call back
,
call for
,
call forth
,
call in
,
call out
,
call to mind
,
call together
,
call up
,
call up spirits
,
cite
,
conjure
,
conjure up spirits
,
convene
,
convoke
,
demand
,
envisage
,
envision
,
evoke
,
go back
,
go back over
,
hark back
,
image
,
indent
,
invoke
,
just see
,
look back
,
mind
,
muster
,
muster up
,
objectify
,
order up
,
page
,
picture
,
preconize
,
raise
,
raise ghosts
,
realize
,
recall
,
recall to mind
,
recapture
,
recollect
,
reevoke
,
reflect
,
remember
,
represent
,
requisition
,
retrace
,
retrospect
,
review
,
review in retrospect
,
revive
,
see
,
see in retrospect
,
send after
,
send for
,
serve
,
subpoena
,
summon
,
summon forth
,
summon spirits
,
summon up
,
summons
,
think back
,
think of
,
use hindsight
,
vision
,
visualize
recoup
collapse
reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
related words >
atone
,
get back
,
kick back
,
make amends
,
make good
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up
,
make up for
,
make up to
,
pay back
,
pay in kind
,
quit
,
ransom
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
reclaiming
,
reclamation
,
recompense
,
recoupment
,
recover
,
recovery
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
recuperation
,
recycle
,
redeem
,
redemption
,
redress
,
refund
,
regain
,
regainment
,
reimburse
,
remunerate
,
renovate
,
reoccupation
,
reoccupy
,
repay
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
repossession
,
requite
,
rescue
,
restoration
,
restore
,
resume
,
resumption
,
retake
,
retaking
,
retrieval
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revindication
,
revival
,
revive
,
salvage
,
take back
,
trover
,
win back
backwoods
collapse
a remote and undeveloped area
related words >
back
,
back country
,
back of beyond
,
back-country
,
backcountry
,
backwash
,
backwater
,
backwood
,
backwoodsy
,
boondock
,
boondocks
,
borderland
,
brush
,
bush
,
bush country
,
bushveld
,
forests
,
frontier
,
hinterland
,
outback
,
outpost
,
sticks
,
sylvan
,
the bush
,
timbers
,
uninhabited region
,
up-country
,
virgin
,
virgin land
,
virgin territory
,
waste
,
wasteland
,
wild
,
wild West
,
wilderness
,
wilds
,
woodland
,
woodlands
,
woods
backwater
collapse
any backward region that is isolated from the world and resists progress
a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"
related words >
Charybdis
,
Maelstrom
,
abjure
,
arrest
,
back
,
back away
,
back down
,
back off
,
back out
,
back stream
,
back up
,
backcountry
,
backflow
,
backpedal
,
backtrack
,
backtrail
,
backwash
,
backwoods
,
boondocks
,
brake
,
bush
,
check
,
climb down
,
clip the wings
,
countercurrent
,
counterflow
,
counterflux
,
countermarch
,
crawfish out
,
cry off
,
curb
,
decelerate
,
delay
,
deny
,
detain
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disown
,
dodge
,
draw rein
,
duck
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
eddy
,
elude
,
evade
,
forswear
,
get around
,
go astern
,
go into reverse
,
gulf
,
gurge
,
hinterland
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
impede
,
keep back
,
let down
,
let up
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
maelstrom
,
make sternway
,
moderate
,
obstruct
,
recant
,
reef
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
regurgitation
,
rein in
,
relax
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
resile
,
retard
,
retract
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
set back
,
shirk
,
sidestep
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
stay
,
sticks
,
swallow
,
swirl
,
take back
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
twirl
,
unsay
,
up-country
,
vortex
,
welsh
,
whirl
,
whirlpool
,
withdraw
fleer
collapse
contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words
to smirk contemptuously
related words >
Parthian shot
,
affront
,
back answer
,
barrack
,
be merry with
,
call names
,
caustic remark
,
chaff
,
comeback
,
crack
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
cut
,
cut at
,
cutting remark
,
dig
,
dig at
,
dishonor
,
disoblige
,
dump
,
dump on
,
fleer at
,
flout
,
foolery
,
fun
,
gibe
,
gibe at
,
gibing retort
,
gird
,
give offense to
,
grin
,
humiliate
,
hurl a brickbat
,
insult
,
jab
,
jab at
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jeer at
,
jest
,
jibe at
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
leer
,
leg-pull
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
offend
,
outrage
,
parting shot
,
play on words
,
poke fun at
,
pooh
,
pooh-pooh
,
pun
,
put down
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quip
,
rail at
,
rally
,
rank out
,
revile
,
ridicule
,
rude reproach
,
sardonic grin
,
scintillate
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scornful laugh
,
scout
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
slap at
,
smile
,
smirk
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
snicker
,
snigger
,
snort
,
sparkle
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
treat with indignity
,
twit
,
utter a mot
,
verbal thrust
,
wisecrack
eat crow
collapse
related words >
abjure
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
climb down
,
crawfish out
,
deny
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disown
,
eat dirt
,
eat humble pie
,
forswear
,
kiss the rod
,
lick the dust
,
recant
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
retract
,
revoke
,
sing small
,
swallow
,
take back
,
unsay
,
withdraw
turn around
collapse
get better; "Her performance in school picked up"
cause to get better; "The new strategy turned around sales"; "The tutor turned around my son's performance in math"
related words >
break back
,
change back
,
circle
,
circulate
,
circumrotate
,
circumvolute
,
come about
,
convert
,
crank
,
cry back
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
evert
,
fetch about
,
flip-flop
,
go about
,
go around
,
go back
,
go round
,
gyrate
,
gyre
,
hark back
,
heel
,
introvert
,
intussuscept
,
invaginate
,
inverse
,
invert
,
pirouette
,
pivot
,
pivot about
,
pronate
,
put about
,
resupinate
,
reverse
,
revolve
,
rotate
,
round
,
screw
,
spin
,
supinate
,
swing
,
swing round
,
swivel
,
transpose
,
turn
,
turn a pirouette
,
turn about
,
turn back
,
turn down
,
turn in
,
turn inside out
,
turn out
,
turn over
,
turn round
,
turn tail
,
turn the scale
,
turn the tables
,
turn upside down
,
twist
,
veer
,
veer around
,
wamble
,
wheel
,
wheel about
,
whirl
,
wind
psych
collapse
related words >
agitate
,
answer
,
bottom
,
bug
,
clear up
,
convulse
,
crack
,
debug
,
decipher
,
decode
,
discompose
,
disentangle
,
distract
,
disturb
,
divine
,
do
,
dope
,
dope out
,
embroil
,
explain
,
fathom
,
figure out
,
find out
,
find the answer
,
find the solution
,
get
,
get right
,
guess
,
guess right
,
have it
,
hit it
,
interpret
,
make out
,
open the lock
,
perturb
,
plumb
,
psych out
,
puzzle out
,
ravel
,
ravel out
,
resolve
,
riddle
,
solve
,
sort out
,
spook
,
throw
,
throw into confusion
,
trouble
,
undo
,
unlock
,
unravel
,
unriddle
,
unscramble
,
unsettle
,
untangle
,
untwist
,
unweave
,
upset
,
work
,
work out
make up to
collapse
related words >
act on
,
act up to
,
agree to anything
,
answer
,
approach
,
atone
,
bear for
,
bear up for
,
bear up to
,
bear upon
,
break for
,
break the ice
,
brown-nose
,
communicate with
,
contact
,
correspond
,
court
,
cultivate
,
curry favor
,
dance attendance on
,
dash for
,
draw
,
draw on
,
establish connection
,
exert influence
,
fall all over
,
fall over
,
fawn upon
,
get cozy with
,
get to
,
go for
,
handshake
,
hit for
,
interrogate
,
kick back
,
lay for
,
lead on
,
lobby
,
lobby through
,
magnetize
,
maintain connection
,
make advances
,
make amends
,
make contact with
,
make court to
,
make for
,
make good
,
make overtures
,
make reparation
,
make restitution
,
make up for
,
pay addresses to
,
pay back
,
pay court to
,
pay in kind
,
play up to
,
polish the apple
,
pull strings
,
pursue
,
question
,
quit
,
raise
,
reach
,
recoup
,
redress
,
refund
,
reimburse
,
relate to
,
repay
,
reply to
,
requite
,
respond to
,
run after
,
run for
,
sail for
,
set out for
,
shine up to
,
spark
,
steer for
,
suck up to
,
sue
,
sweetheart
,
wire-pull
,
woo
,
work on
nonacceptance
collapse
the act of refusing an offer; "the turndown was polite but very firm"
related words >
abjuration
,
abjurement
,
abnegation
,
chucking
,
chucking out
,
contempt
,
contradiction
,
declension
,
declination
,
declinature
,
declining
,
denial
,
deprivation
,
despisal
,
despising
,
disagreement
,
disallowance
,
disapproval
,
discard
,
disclaimer
,
disclamation
,
discounting
,
dismissal
,
disobedience
,
disownment
,
disregard
,
dissent
,
exception
,
exclusion
,
holding back
,
ignoring
,
nay
,
negation
,
negative
,
negative answer
,
nix
,
no
,
nonapproval
,
noncompliance
,
nonconsent
,
nonconsideration
,
nonobservance
,
passing by
,
putting away
,
putting out
,
rebuff
,
recantation
,
refusal
,
rejection
,
renouncement
,
repudiation
,
repulse
,
retention
,
scouting
,
spurning
,
throwing out
,
thumbs-down
,
turndown
,
turning out
,
unwillingness
,
withholding
jibe
collapse
shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly"
related words >
about ship
,
accord
,
agree
,
alter
,
ameliorate
,
answer to
,
assent
,
assort with
,
back and fill
,
be changed
,
be consistent
,
be converted into
,
be of one
,
be renewed
,
be uniform with
,
bear away
,
bear off
,
bear to starboard
,
beat
,
beat about
,
bottom out
,
box off
,
break
,
bring about
,
bring round
,
cant
,
cant round
,
cast
,
cast about
,
change
,
change course
,
change the heading
,
check
,
checker
,
chime
,
chop
,
chop and change
,
cohere
,
coincide
,
come about
,
come around
,
come round
,
concur
,
conform
,
conform with
,
consist with
,
cooperate
,
correspond
,
degenerate
,
deteriorate
,
deviate
,
diverge
,
diversify
,
double a point
,
dovetail
,
fall in together
,
fetch about
,
fit in
,
fit together
,
flop
,
go
,
go about
,
go together
,
go with
,
gybe
,
hang together
,
harmonize
,
haul around
,
heave round
,
hit
,
hold together
,
improve
,
interlock
,
intersect
,
jibe all standing
,
lock
,
match
,
meliorate
,
miss stays
,
mitigate
,
modulate
,
mutate
,
overlap
,
parallel
,
ply
,
put about
,
put back
,
register
,
register with
,
respond to
,
revive
,
round a point
,
sheer
,
shift
,
sing in chorus
,
slew
,
sort with
,
square
,
square with
,
stand together
,
swerve
,
swing round
,
swing the stern
,
tack
,
take a turn
,
tally
,
throw about
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
turn into
,
turn the corner
,
undergo a change
,
vary
,
veer
,
warp
,
wear
,
wear ship
,
wind
,
worsen
,
yaw
hit it
collapse
related words >
answer
,
bottom
,
break the bank
,
clear up
,
crack
,
debug
,
decipher
,
decode
,
disentangle
,
divine
,
do
,
dope
,
dope out
,
explain
,
fathom
,
figure out
,
find out
,
find the answer
,
find the solution
,
get
,
get right
,
guess
,
guess right
,
have it
,
hit the jackpot
,
hit the mark
,
interpret
,
make a killing
,
make out
,
open the lock
,
plumb
,
psych
,
psych out
,
puzzle out
,
ravel
,
ravel out
,
resolve
,
riddle
,
ring the bell
,
score
,
score a success
,
solve
,
sort out
,
turn up trumps
,
undo
,
unlock
,
unravel
,
unriddle
,
unscramble
,
untangle
,
untwist
,
unweave
,
work
,
work out
figure out
collapse
related words >
add
,
algebraize
,
answer
,
bottom
,
calculate
,
cast
,
cipher
,
clear up
,
compute
,
crack
,
debug
,
decipher
,
decode
,
disentangle
,
divide
,
divine
,
do
,
dope
,
dope out
,
estimate
,
explain
,
extract roots
,
fathom
,
figure
,
figure in
,
find out
,
find the answer
,
find the solution
,
get
,
get right
,
guess
,
guess right
,
have it
,
hit it
,
interpret
,
make out
,
measure
,
multiply
,
open the lock
,
plumb
,
psych
,
psych out
,
puzzle out
,
ravel
,
ravel out
,
reckon
,
resolve
,
riddle
,
score
,
solve
,
sort out
,
subtract
,
take account of
,
tally
,
undo
,
unfold
,
unlock
,
unravel
,
unriddle
,
unscramble
,
untangle
,
untwist
,
unweave
,
work
,
work out
climb down
collapse
related words >
abjure
,
alight
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
crawfish out
,
deny
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
dismount
,
disown
,
eat crow
,
eat dirt
,
eat humble pie
,
forswear
,
get down
,
get off
,
land
,
lick the dust
,
light
,
perch
,
recant
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
retract
,
revoke
,
settle
,
sing small
,
swallow
,
take back
,
touch down
,
unhorse
,
unsay
,
withdraw
weasel
collapse
small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
related words >
Argus
,
Cape polecat
,
Skimobile
,
Sno-Cat
,
ape
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bar
,
bear
,
blade
,
blench
,
blink
,
cat
,
cavy
,
chimp
,
chimpanzee
,
coon
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
eagle
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
ferret
,
flinch
,
foumart
,
glutton
,
groundhog
,
guinea pig
,
hang back
,
hawk
,
hedge
,
hedgehog
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lynx
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
monk
,
monkey
,
mousehound
,
opossum
,
palter
,
parry
,
polecat
,
porcupine
,
possum
,
prairie dog
,
prevaricate
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
quail
,
quill pig
,
raccoon
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
runner
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
skunk
,
sled
,
sleigh
,
slink
,
sneaker
,
snowmobile
,
start aside
,
start back
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
turn aside
,
waffle
,
weasel out
,
whistle-pig
,
wince
,
wolverine
,
woodchuck
,
zoril
wince
collapse
a reflex response to sudden pain
the facial expression of sudden pain
make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"
related words >
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
avoid
,
avoidance
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cower
,
cringe
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
duck
,
evade
,
evasion
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fallback
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
funk
,
grimace
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have a misery
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hurt
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pound
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pullback
,
pullout
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer
,
sheer off
,
shoot
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
smart
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
suffer
,
swerve
,
thrill
,
throb
,
tingle
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
withdraw
,
writhe
thumbs down
collapse
related words >
abnegation
,
ban
,
blackball
,
blackballing
,
complaint
,
contradiction
,
declension
,
declination
,
declinature
,
declining
,
denial
,
deprivation
,
dim view
,
disagreement
,
disallowance
,
disappointment
,
disapprobation
,
disapproval
,
disclaimer
,
disclamation
,
discontent
,
discontentedness
,
discontentment
,
disenchantment
,
disesteem
,
disfavor
,
disgruntlement
,
disillusion
,
disillusionment
,
disobedience
,
displeasure
,
disrespect
,
dissatisfaction
,
dissent
,
distaste
,
exclusion
,
holding back
,
indignation
,
low estimation
,
low opinion
,
nay
,
negation
,
negative
,
negative answer
,
nix
,
no
,
nonacceptance
,
noncompliance
,
nonconsent
,
nonobservance
,
objection
,
opposition
,
opposure
,
ostracism
,
protest
,
recantation
,
refusal
,
rejection
,
repudiation
,
retention
,
turndown
,
unhappiness
,
unwillingness
,
withholding
disclaimer
collapse
(law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something
related words >
abjuration
,
abjurement
,
abnegation
,
abrogation
,
absolute contradiction
,
annulment
,
contradiction
,
contrary assertion
,
contravention
,
controversion
,
countering
,
crossing
,
declension
,
declination
,
declinature
,
declining
,
denial
,
deprivation
,
disaffirmation
,
disagreement
,
disallowance
,
disavowal
,
disclamation
,
disobedience
,
disowning
,
disownment
,
disproof
,
dissent
,
expatriation
,
forswearing
,
gainsaying
,
holding back
,
impugnment
,
nay
,
negation
,
negative
,
negative answer
,
nix
,
no
,
nonacceptance
,
noncompliance
,
nonconsent
,
nonobservance
,
nullification
,
palinode
,
palinody
,
recantation
,
refusal
,
refutation
,
rejection
,
reneging
,
renouncement
,
renunciation
,
repudiation
,
retention
,
retractation
,
retraction
,
revocation
,
revokement
,
thumbs-down
,
turndown
,
unsaying
,
unwillingness
,
withdrawal
,
withholding
since
collapse
related words >
aeons ago
,
after
,
after all
,
after that
,
afterwards
,
ages ago
,
ago
,
as
,
as long as
,
as things go
,
back
,
back when
,
backward
,
because
,
behind
,
being
,
being as how
,
below
,
cause
,
considering
,
ever since
,
ex post facto
,
following
,
for
,
forasmuch as
,
from away back
,
from time immemorial
,
gone by
,
in that
,
in the aftermath
,
in the sequel
,
inasmuch as
,
insofar as
,
insomuch as
,
into the past
,
later
,
long since
,
next
,
parce que
,
reminiscently
,
retroactively
,
retrospectively
,
seeing
,
seeing as how
,
seeing that
,
since long ago
,
since time began
,
subsequent to
,
subsequently
,
then
,
thereafter
,
thereon
,
thereupon
,
therewith
,
until now
,
whereas
hang back
collapse
related words >
avoid
,
back down
,
balance
,
be dilatory
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cringe
,
dawdle
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
drag
,
draw back
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
gain time
,
get behind
,
hang
,
hang fire
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lag
,
linger
,
linger behind
,
loiter
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
pause
,
play for time
,
ponder
,
procrastinate
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
straggle
,
strain
,
strain at
,
swerve
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
think twice about
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
turn aside
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
ward off
collapse
avert, turn away, or repel; "Ward off danger"
related words >
about the bush
,
anticipate
,
avert
,
bar
,
beat around
,
beat back
,
beat off
,
beg the question
,
block
,
brush off
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
counter
,
cut
,
debar
,
deflect
,
deter
,
discourage
,
dishearten
,
dismiss
,
dodge
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
estop
,
exclude
,
fence
,
fend
,
fend off
,
forbid
,
foreclose
,
forestall
,
hedge
,
help
,
hem and haw
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold off
,
keep at bay
,
keep from
,
keep off
,
obstruct
,
obviate
,
pack off
,
parry
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
push back
,
pussyfoot
,
put back
,
put off
,
rebuff
,
rebut
,
recoil
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
rule out
,
save
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
snub
,
spurn
,
stave off
,
step aside
,
stop
,
swerve
,
thrust back
,
turn aside
,
turn back
unscramble
collapse
make intelligible; "Can you unscramble the message?"
related words >
answer
,
bottom
,
clarify
,
clear
,
clear up
,
crack
,
debug
,
decipher
,
decode
,
disburden
,
disembarrass
,
disembroil
,
disencumber
,
disengage
,
disentangle
,
disintricate
,
disinvolve
,
divine
,
do
,
dope
,
dope out
,
explain
,
extricate
,
fathom
,
figure out
,
find out
,
find the answer
,
find the solution
,
free
,
free up
,
get
,
get right
,
guess
,
guess right
,
have it
,
hit it
,
interpret
,
liberate
,
make out
,
open the lock
,
plumb
,
psych
,
psych out
,
puzzle out
,
ravel
,
ravel out
,
resolve
,
riddle
,
solve
,
sort out
,
unbraid
,
unclutter
,
uncoil
,
undo
,
unknot
,
unlock
,
unmix
,
unravel
,
unriddle
,
unsnarl
,
untangle
,
unthread
,
untwine
,
untwist
,
unweave
,
unwind
,
work
,
work out
regress
collapse
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
go back to a statistical means
related words >
about-face
,
advance
,
ascend
,
back
,
back up
,
backing
,
backset
,
backslide
,
backsliding
,
backward motion
,
backward step
,
budge
,
change
,
change place
,
circle
,
climb
,
cock
,
come after
,
come last
,
degenerate
,
descend
,
deteriorate
,
disenchantment
,
disimprove
,
ebb
,
fall
,
fall again into
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
fall from grace
,
flip-flop
,
flow
,
follow
,
get behind
,
get over
,
get worse
,
go
,
go around
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
go round
,
go sideways
,
grow worse
,
gyrate
,
have a relapse
,
jerk back
,
lag behind
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
let down
,
lose ground
,
mount
,
move
,
move over
,
plunge
,
progress
,
pull back
,
reaction
,
recede
,
recession
,
recidivate
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reclamation
,
reconversion
,
recur to
,
reentry
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
regression
,
rehabilitation
,
reinstatement
,
relapse
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
retroaction
,
retrocede
,
retrocession
,
retroflex
,
retroflexion
,
retrogradation
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
retrovert
,
retrusion
,
return
,
return to
,
returning
,
reversal
,
reverse
,
reversion
,
revert
,
revert to
,
reverting
,
revulsion
,
rise
,
rollback
,
rotate
,
run
,
setback
,
shift
,
sicken
,
sink
,
sink back
,
slacken
,
slide back
,
slip back
,
slipping back
,
soar
,
spin
,
sternway
,
stir
,
stream
,
subside
,
throw back
,
throwback
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
travel
,
turn
,
turnabout
,
wane
,
whirl
,
worsen
,
yield again to
stand behind
collapse
related words >
assure
,
attest
,
back
,
back up
,
be sponsor for
,
bond
,
certify
,
champion
,
confirm
,
countersecure
,
endorse
,
ensure
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
guarantee
,
guaranty
,
insure
,
run interference for
,
second
,
secure
,
side with
,
sign
,
sign for
,
sponsor
,
stand back of
,
stand by
,
stand up for
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
subscribe to
,
take sides with
,
undersign
,
underwrite
,
warrant
quip
collapse
related words >
Parthian shot
,
ad lib
,
aphorism
,
apophthegm
,
apothegm
,
back answer
,
barb
,
be merry with
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
caustic remark
,
cavil
,
chestnut
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
crack
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
cut
,
cutting remark
,
dig
,
dodge
,
double entendre
,
drollery
,
dump
,
epigram
,
equivoque
,
facetiae
,
flash of wit
,
fleer
,
fleer at
,
flight of wit
,
flout
,
foolery
,
fun
,
gag
,
gibe
,
gibe at
,
gibing retort
,
happy thought
,
jab
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jest
,
jesuitism
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
leg-pull
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mock
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
parting shot
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
play on words
,
pleasantry
,
poke fun at
,
pun
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
quibble
,
quiddity
,
quillet
,
quips and cranks
,
quirk
,
quodlibet
,
repartee
,
retort
,
ridicule
,
riposte
,
rude reproach
,
sally
,
scintillate
,
scintillation
,
scoff
,
scoff at
,
scurrility
,
short answer
,
shuffle
,
slam
,
slap
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
sparkle
,
stroke of wit
,
swipe
,
taunt
,
turn of thought
,
twit
,
utter a mot
,
verbal thrust
,
wheeze
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
yak
controvert
collapse
related words >
abjure
,
air
,
analyze
,
answer
,
answer conclusively
,
argue down
,
assert the contrary
,
be at cross-purposes
,
be contrary to
,
be opposed to
,
belie
,
break
,
call into question
,
canvass
,
challenge
,
clash
,
comment upon
,
conflict
,
conflict with
,
confound
,
confute
,
consider
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contrapose
,
contrast with
,
contravene
,
counter
,
counteract
,
counterbalance
,
countercheck
,
counterpoise
,
counterpose
,
countervail
,
counterwork
,
cross
,
crush
,
deal with
,
debate
,
defeat
,
deliberate
,
deliberate upon
,
demolish
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
disallow
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disconfirm
,
discourse about
,
discuss
,
dismiss
,
disown
,
dispose of
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
evert
,
examine
,
exchange views
,
finish
,
floor
,
forswear
,
gainsay
,
go into
,
handle
,
impugn
,
investigate
,
join issue upon
,
juxtapose in opposition
,
knock around
,
negate
,
nonplus
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
nullify
,
offset
,
oppose
,
oppugn
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
overwhelm
,
parry
,
pass under review
,
play at cross-purposes
,
put to silence
,
question
,
rap
,
reason
,
reason about
,
reason the point
,
rebut
,
recant
,
reduce to silence
,
refuse to admit
,
refute
,
reject
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
retract
,
review
,
revoke
,
run counter to
,
set off
,
settle
,
shut up
,
sift
,
silence
,
smash all opposition
,
squash
,
squelch
,
study
,
subvert
,
take back
,
take issue with
,
take up
,
talk
,
talk about
,
talk of
,
talk over
,
thresh out
,
traverse
,
treat
,
undermine
,
upset
,
ventilate
retention
collapse
the act of retaining something
related words >
abnegation
,
adhesiveness
,
bullheadedness
,
camera-eye
,
cohesiveness
,
consistency
,
contradiction
,
declension
,
declination
,
declinature
,
declining
,
denial
,
deprivation
,
disagreement
,
disallowance
,
disclaimer
,
disclamation
,
disobedience
,
dissent
,
eidetic memory
,
gluiness
,
glutinosity
,
gumminess
,
holding back
,
memory span
,
nay
,
negation
,
negative
,
negative answer
,
nix
,
no
,
nonacceptance
,
noncompliance
,
nonconsent
,
nonobservance
,
obstinacy
,
persistence
,
persistency
,
photographic memory
,
recantation
,
refusal
,
rejection
,
repudiation
,
retentive memory
,
retentiveness
,
retentivity
,
snugness
,
stick-to-itiveness
,
stickiness
,
stubbornness
,
tackiness
,
tenaciousness
,
tenacity
,
thumbs-down
,
tightness
,
total memory
,
total recall
,
toughness
,
turndown
,
unwillingness
,
viscidity
,
viscosity
,
withholding
retrieve
collapse
run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog to retrieve"
related words >
bring
,
bring back
,
call for
,
chase after
,
cover
,
deliver
,
extract
,
extricate
,
fetch
,
fetch and carry
,
free
,
get
,
get back
,
go after
,
go and get
,
go fetch
,
go for
,
go get
,
go to get
,
liberate
,
make up
,
obtain
,
pay for
,
pick up
,
procure
,
ransom
,
reactivate
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
recycle
,
redeem
,
regain
,
rekindle
,
release
,
renew
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
repay
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
rescue
,
restore
,
resume
,
resurrect
,
resuscitate
,
retake
,
return
,
revindicate
,
revitalize
,
revive
,
revivify
,
run after
,
salvage
,
save
,
secure
,
set free
,
shag
,
take back
,
win back
extradite
collapse
hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"
related words >
assign
,
ban
,
banish
,
blackball
,
bring back
,
carry over
,
cast out
,
communicate
,
consign
,
cut
,
deliver
,
deport
,
diffuse
,
disfellowship
,
disseminate
,
exclude
,
excommunicate
,
exile
,
expatriate
,
expel
,
export
,
fugitate
,
give back
,
hand forward
,
hand on
,
hand over
,
impart
,
import
,
make over
,
metastasize
,
metathesize
,
ostracize
,
outlaw
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass over
,
pass the buck
,
perfuse
,
proscribe
,
put back
,
recommit
,
relay
,
relegate
,
remand
,
remit
,
repatriate
,
restore
,
return
,
rusticate
,
send away
,
send back
,
send down
,
send to Coventry
,
snub
,
spread
,
spurn
,
switch
,
take back
,
thrust out
,
transfer
,
transfer property
,
transfuse
,
translate
,
translocate
,
transmit
,
transplace
,
transplant
,
transport
,
transpose
,
turn over
put back
collapse
related words >
about ship
,
aggravate
,
back and fill
,
bear away
,
bear off
,
bear to starboard
,
beat
,
beat about
,
beat back
,
beat off
,
block
,
box off
,
break
,
bring about
,
bring back
,
bring round
,
brush off
,
cant
,
cant round
,
cast
,
cast about
,
change course
,
change the heading
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
come about
,
come back
,
come home
,
counter
,
cut
,
damage
,
deteriorate
,
dilapidate
,
dismiss
,
double
,
double a point
,
double back
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
embitter
,
endamage
,
exacerbate
,
extradite
,
fend
,
fend off
,
fetch about
,
give back
,
go about
,
go back
,
go home
,
gybe
,
harm
,
heave round
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold off
,
hurt
,
impair
,
injure
,
irritate
,
jibe
,
jibe all standing
,
keep at bay
,
keep off
,
make worse
,
miss stays
,
obstruct
,
pack off
,
parry
,
place in
,
ply
,
push back
,
put about
,
reactivate
,
rebuff
,
recommit
,
reconstitute
,
reconvert
,
recruit
,
reenact
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reform
,
refuse
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
remand
,
remit
,
repatriate
,
repel
,
replace
,
replenish
,
repulse
,
restore
,
return
,
revest
,
round a point
,
send away
,
send back
,
send off
,
send packing
,
sheer
,
shift
,
slew
,
snub
,
spurn
,
stave off
,
stop
,
swerve
,
swing round
,
swing the stern
,
tack
,
take back
,
throw about
,
thrust back
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
veer
,
ward off
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear ship
,
wind
,
worsen
,
yaw
cringe
collapse
related words >
apple-polish
,
avoid
,
bend
,
bend the knee
,
bend the neck
,
bend to
,
blench
,
blink
,
bootlick
,
bow
,
bow and scrape
,
bow down
,
bow to
,
brown-nose
,
cower
,
crawl
,
creep
,
cringe to
,
croodle
,
crouch
,
crouch before
,
curtsy
,
defer
,
do homage
,
do obeisance
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
duck
,
eat dirt
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fawn
,
flatter
,
flinch
,
funk
,
genuflect
,
get down
,
grovel
,
hang back
,
hunch
,
hunch down
,
jib
,
kneel
,
kneel to
,
knuckle to
,
kowtow
,
lick the dust
,
lickspittle
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quail
,
quiver
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scrouch down
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
skulk
,
slaver
,
slink
,
sneak
,
squat
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stoop
,
swerve
,
toadeat
,
toady
,
tremble
,
truckle
,
truckle to
,
turn aside
,
wallow
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
welter
,
wince
,
withdraw
shilly shally
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
change
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
debate
,
delay
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dillydally
,
dither
,
drag
,
equivocate
,
falter
,
fear
,
flag
,
fluctuate
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang back
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
oscillate
,
pause
,
pendulate
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shift
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
tarry
,
teeter
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
totter
,
trail
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waste time
,
waver
,
withdraw
,
wobble
,
yield
rearward
collapse
direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"
directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"
related words >
a rebours
,
a reculons
,
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
against the grain
,
anticlockwise
,
arear
,
ass-backwards
,
astern
,
away
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backward
,
backwards
,
behind
,
breech
,
counterclockwise
,
fro
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
hindward
,
hindwards
,
in reverse
,
occiput
,
posterior
,
posteriorly
,
postern
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearwards
,
retrad
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
stern
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
tailward
,
tailwards
,
to the rear
,
widdershins
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