PARTICIPATING Antonyms

• deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

• not involved

• showing lack of emotional involvement

• refrain from voting

• choose not to consume

• stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• refrain from doing something

• refrain from certain foods or beverages

• declare invalid

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• free or remove obstruction from

• become free

• the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

• resist doing something

• choose not to consume

• be a spectator in a sports event

• pull back or move away or backward

• withdraw from active participation

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

• cause to be returned

• take back what one has said

• keep away from others

• break from a meeting or gathering

• retire gracefully

• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

• lose interest

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract