All arm-twisting antonyms

verb arm-twisting

• disgust — to cause loathing or nausea in.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
• turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
• 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?
• allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
• placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
• soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.