PRESERVING Antonyms

• the process of becoming spoiled

• the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

• spending resources lavishly and wastefully

• any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

• a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

• the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

• a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

• forsake, leave behind

• give up with the intent of never claiming again

• leave behind empty; move out of

• stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• the process of gradually becoming inferior

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• fall into decay or ruin

• undergo decay or decomposition

• do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

• destroy completely; damage irreparably

• defeat soundly and humiliatingly

• put (an animal) to death

• 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

• lack of attention and due care

• the state of something that has been unused and neglected

• willful lack of care and attention

• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

• leave undone or leave out

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• fail to attend to

• give little or no attention to

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