All adventuring antonyms

verb adventuring

• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• run away — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
• design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
• plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
• remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• back up — If someone or something backs up a statement, they supply evidence to suggest that it is true.
• ascend — If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
• rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
• abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
• disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
• calculate — If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
• save — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
• protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
• dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.