ENVELOPMENT Antonyms

• the speech act of making something evident

• vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain

• the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience

• the disclosure of something secret

• aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces

• the state of being vulnerable or exposed

• the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate

• a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

• the act of exposing film to light

• presentation to view in an open or public manner

• abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)

• the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

• immunity from an obligation or duty

• a state of separation between persons or groups

• a feeling of being disliked and alone

• the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

• a country's withdrawal from international politics

• the act of liberating someone or something

• the attempt to achieve equal rights or status

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• without obstructions to passage or view

• characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive

• willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

• merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)

• the act of liberating someone or something

• a process that liberates or discharges something

• an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• euphemistic expressions for death

• a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation

• a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

• the act of allowing a fluid to escape

• a formal written statement of relinquishment

• (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone

• release, as from one's grip

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• let (something) fall or spill from a container

• prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

• eliminate (a substance)

• generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

• make (information) available for publication

• part with a possession or right

• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

• make (assets) available

• the state of lacking unity

• coming apart

• the distance between things

• sorting one thing from others

• the social act of separating or parting company

• the space where a division or parting occurs

• the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

• (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)

• the act of dividing or disconnecting

• the removal of covering

• the act of discovering something