All admit antonyms
adΒ·mit
A a verb admit
- bar β A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- dispute β to engage in argument or debate.
- repudiate β to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- abstain β If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- sell β to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
- veto β the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- debar β If you are debarred from doing something, you are prevented from doing it by a law or regulation.
- oust β to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
- shut β to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- confute β to prove (a person or thing) wrong, invalid, or mistaken; disprove
- dissent β 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.
- gainsay β to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- disagree β to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- turn away β move further from sth, sb
- dismiss β to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
- repel β to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- conceal β If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide β Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- contradict β If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- invalidate β to render invalid; discredit.
- disapprove β to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- misunderstand β to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- listen β to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- protest β 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.
- object β anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- suppress β to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- withhold β to hold back; restrain or check.
- disown β to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- differ β to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
- argue β If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- secrete β a steel skullcap of the 17th century, worn under a soft hat.
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.