EMBRACES Antonyms

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

• refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with

• avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

• a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

• an instance of driving away or warding off

• reject outright and bluntly

• force or drive back

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

• 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

• cast off

• refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

• refuse to recognize or pay

• reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust

• avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

• expel from a community or group

• reject with contempt