All disciplining antonyms
verb disciplining
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- disobey β Fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority).
- build up β If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- please β (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?
- soothe β 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.
- respect β a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- satisfy β to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- deprive β If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
- discontinue β to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- lessen β to become less.
- repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- starve β to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- dull β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- benefit β The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- preserve β to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- welcome β a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- leave alone β separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- flex β to bend, as a part of the body: He flexed his arms to show off his muscles.
- aggravate β If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
- agitate β If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
- start β to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- strengthen β to make stronger; give strength to.
- arouse β If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
- incite β to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- rouse β to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
- irritate β to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- upset β to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- mend β to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- secret β done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.