All act upon antonyms

verb act upon

• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
• procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
• slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
• leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
• please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
• pull — pull media
• rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
• deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
• disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
• disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
• protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• object — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
• dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
• disobey — Fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority).
• mutiny — revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
• rebel — a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
• forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
• leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.