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All absorb antonyms

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verb absorb

  • emit — Produce and discharge (something, esp. gas or radiation).
  • give out — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • give off — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • bore — If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
  • abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
  • disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
  • spew — to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit.
  • vomit — to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.
  • misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
  • distract — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
  • dissipate — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
  • miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
  • release — to lease again.
  • reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
  • repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
  • repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
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