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ENCROACHMENT Antonyms

There are 9 antonyms of the word encroachment. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For ENCROACHMENT

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pullback
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back

• (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)

recede
verbv
verb

• pull back or move away or backward

• retreat

• become faint or more distant

relinquishment
nounn
noun

• a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.

• the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.

resignation
nounn
noun

• acceptance of despair

• the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)

• a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign

retreat
verb, nounv, n
noun

• (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

• a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

• (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

• (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

• an area where you can be alone

• withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

• the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

verb

• pull back or move away or backward

• move away, as for privacy

• move back

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

submission
nounn
noun

• something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)

• the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

• the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else

• the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness

• a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

• an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter

• (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing

surrender
verb, nounv, n
noun

• acceptance of despair

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

verb

• give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

• relinquish possession or control over

withdrawal
nounn
noun

• a retraction of a previously held position

• the act of taking out money or other capital

• the act of withdrawing

• avoiding emotional involvement

• the act of withdrawing blood, tumors, etc.

• the act of ceasing to participate in an activity

• a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation

• formal separation from an alliance or federation

• the termination of drug taking

yielding
adjectiveadj
noun

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the act of conceding or yielding

adjective satellite

• inclined to yield to argument or influence or control

• lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure

• tending to give in or surrender or agree

Alternatives for PULLBACK

Alternatives for RECEDE

Alternatives for RELINQUISHMENT

Alternatives for RESIGNATION

Alternatives for RETREAT

Alternatives for SUBMISSION

Alternatives for SURRENDER

Alternatives for WITHDRAWAL

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