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All convey antonyms

con·vey
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verb convey

  • dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
  • refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • release — to lease again.
  • refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
  • withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
  • receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
  • take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
  • leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
  • free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • retain — to keep possession of.
  • conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
  • hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
  • suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
  • cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
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