LUBRICITY Antonyms

• the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

• abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

• morality with respect to sexual relations

• sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse

• the absence of heat

• a lack of affection or enthusiasm

• freedom from vanity or conceit

• formality and propriety of manner

• excessive or affected modesty

• the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)

• strictness and austerity in conduct and religion

• formality and propriety of manner

• something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

• an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

• (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions

• a district that is reserved for particular purpose

• armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency

• the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

• hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency

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

• obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance

• arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

• the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

• the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe

• the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

• the property of moving with pain or difficulty

• firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action

• the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

• excessive sternness