EMBRACING Antonyms

• in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

• deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

• find repugnant

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

• bar from attention or consideration

• cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration

• stop associating with

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave

• declare void

• 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

• 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

• cast off

• refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

• refuse to recognize or pay

• reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust

• reject with contempt