PUNISHES Antonyms

• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

• behave in a certain manner

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

• (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject

• (of goods or funds) not subject to taxation

• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• grant exemption or release to

• stop blaming or grant forgiveness

• absolve from payment

• not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

• unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

• not held in servitude

• people who are free

• without restraint

• costing nothing

• not occupied or in use

• not fixed in position

• not taken up by scheduled activities

• completely wanting or lacking

• not literal

• grant freedom to; free from confinement

• relieve from

• remove or force out from a position

• grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• make (information) available for publication

• free from obligations or duties

• free or remove obstruction from

• let off the hook

• part with a possession or right

• release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

• make (assets) available

• the act of excusing a mistake or offense

• a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

• the formal act of liberating someone

• accept an excuse for

• grant a pardon to

• 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

• a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

• payment made in return for a service rendered

• an act performed to strengthen approved behavior

• the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property

• benefit resulting from some event or action

• bestow honor or rewards upon

• strengthen and support with rewards

• act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

• an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

• an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle

• a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

• thin and fit

• more than is needed, desired, or required

• not taken up by scheduled activities

• kept in reserve especially for emergency use

• lacking in magnitude or quantity

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• refrain from harming

• save or relieve from an experience or action

• give up what is not strictly needed

• use frugally or carefully