OVERKEEPING Antonyms

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

• loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer

• emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

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

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

• anything that is cast aside or discarded

• (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing to follow suit

• getting rid of something that is regarded as useless or undesirable

• throw or cast away

• terminate, end, or take out

• get rid of something

• kill in large numbers

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

• eliminate from the body

• remove from a contest or race

• remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

• make small or insignificant

• represent as less significant or important

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent