PICKUP Antonyms

• the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)

• the event of giving birth

• your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

• the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

• the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it

• recovery or preservation from loss or danger

• the act of delivering a child

• put an end to a state or an activity

• come to or be at an end

• prevent completion

• a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality

• a steep high face of rock

• a change downward

• do without or cease to hold or adhere to

• be earlier in time; go back further

• lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime

• 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

• part with a possession or right

• do without or cease to hold or adhere to

• turn away from; give up

• release, as from one's grip

• acceptance of despair

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

• give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

• relinquish possession or control over

• depart and not take along

• be survived by after one's death

• leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking

• release, as from one's grip

• be relaxed