ACTIVISING Antonyms

• affording physical or mental rest

• tending to soothe or tranquilize

• remove from active military status or reassign

• make inactive

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)

• characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

• free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound

• (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots

• a period of calm weather

• an untroubled state; free from disturbances

• the absence of sound

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

• not showy or obtrusive

• in a softened tone

• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• become quiet or quieter

• make calm or still

• characterized by dignity and propriety

• dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• bring under control by force or authority

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

• put out of one's consciousness

• lessen to the point of stopping