COUNTERATTACKING Antonyms

• intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack

• an attitude of defensiveness

• attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

• having or showing a kindly or tender nature

• quiet and soothing

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• easily handled or managed

• having little impact

• marked by moderate steepness

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

• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

• stroke soothingly

• not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness

• someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes

• opposed to war

• lacking in energy or will

• expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb

• the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb

• peacefully resistant in response to injustice

• not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war

• peacefully resistant in response to injustice

• inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

• abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the act of conceding or yielding

• inclined to yield to argument or influence or control

• lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure

• tending to give in or surrender or agree

• Not combative.