HOLDBACKS Antonyms

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

• consent to, give permission; permit

• let have

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

• make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

• allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something

• afford possibility

• allow the other (baseball) team to score

• grant as a discount or in exchange

• allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

• spur on

• make easier

• be of use

• increase the likelihood of (a response)

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

• be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

• change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent

• 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 activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

• aiding the cause or policy or interests of

• something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest

• a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

• documentary validation

• the financial means whereby one lives

• supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

• any device that bears the weight of another thing

• financial resources provided to make some project possible

• give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

• support materially or financially

• be behind; approve of

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• adopt as a belief

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• argue or speak in defense of

• play a subordinate role to (another performer)

• be a regular customer or client of

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• release or vent

• release from a leash

• turn loose or free from restraint

• release, as from one's grip

• be relaxed

• grant freedom to