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ADOPTS Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word adopts. (opposite meanings)
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abandons
verbv
noun

• the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

• a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

verb

• forsake, leave behind

• give up with the intent of never claiming again

• leave behind empty; move out of

• stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

disclaims
verbv
verb

• renounce a legal claim or title to

• make a disclaimer about

disowns
verbv
verb

• prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

• cast off

forsakes
verbv
verb

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

neglects
verbv
noun

• lack of attention and due care

• the state of something that has been unused and neglected

• willful lack of care and attention

• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

verb

• leave undone or leave out

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• fail to attend to

• give little or no attention to

rejects
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

verb

• not accept something given or offered

• not accept as true

• deem wrong or inappropriate

• reject with contempt

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

renounces
verbv
verb

• give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

• turn away from; give up

• cast off

repudiates
verbv
verb

• cast off

• refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

• refuse to recognize or pay

• reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust

shuns
verbv
verb

• avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

• expel from a community or group

spurns
verbv
verb

• reject with contempt

Alternatives for ABANDONS

Alternatives for DISCLAIMS

Alternatives for DISOWNS

Alternatives for FORSAKES

Alternatives for NEGLECTS

Alternatives for REJECTS

Alternatives for RENOUNCES

Alternatives for REPUDIATES

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