DESPOTIC Antonyms

• characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality

• belong to or relating to the Democratic Party

• representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large

• 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

• characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone

• tolerant or lenient

• being favorably inclined

• pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

• lacking in firmness or tension; not taut

• lacking in rigor or strictness

• emptying easily or excessively

• tolerant or lenient

• not strict

• characterized by tolerance and mercy

• tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

• a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

• showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

• having political or social views favoring reform and progress

• given or giving freely

• not literal

• not preventive

• granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline

• showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others

• tolerant and forgiving under provocation

• showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

• able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress

• showing the capacity for endurance