EXPROPRIATIONS Antonyms

• an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

• the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

• (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations

• the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

• the condition of being (well or ill) preserved

• a process that saves organic substances from decay

• an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

• the activity of protecting someone or something

• a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

• defense against financial failure; financial independence

• the condition of being protected

• kindly endorsement and guidance

• the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition

• payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence

• compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.

• compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury

• (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors

• the act of putting something in working order again

• something done or paid in expiation of a wrong

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• the act of restoring something to its original state

• getting something back again

• the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state

• the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685

• getting something back again

• the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660

• the state of being restored to its former good condition

• some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed

• a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.

• document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

• a coming to or returning home

• the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

• getting something back again

• the act of going back to a prior location

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• happening again (especially at regular intervals)

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

• a reciprocal group action

• a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player

• (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

• the act of someone appearing again

• go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

• give back

• go back to a previous state

• go back to something earlier

• bring back to the point of departure

• return in kind

• make a return

• answer back

• be restored

• pay back

• pass down

• elect again

• be inherited by

• return to a previous position; in mathematics

• give or supply

• submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

• a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

• a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war

• make safe

• escort safely