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TEMPTS Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word tempts. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For TEMPTS

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abstains
verbv
verb

• refrain from voting

• choose not to consume

avoids
verbv
verb

• 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

declines
verbv
noun

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

verb

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

dissuades
verbv
verb

• turn away from by persuasion

prevents
verbv
verb

• keep from happening or arising; make impossible

• stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

refrains
nounn
noun

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

verb

• resist doing something

• choose not to consume

repels
verbv
verb

• cause to move back by force or influence

• be repellent to; cause aversion in

• force or drive back

• reject outright and bluntly

• fill with distaste

resists
verbv
verb

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

• express opposition through action or words

• withstand the force of something

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse to comply

spurns
verbv
verb

• reject with contempt

withdraws
verbv
verb

• 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

Alternatives for ABSTAINS

Alternatives for AVOIDS

Alternatives for DECLINES

Alternatives for DISSUADES

Alternatives for PREVENTS

Alternatives for REFRAINS

Alternatives for REPELS

Alternatives for RESISTS

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