alleviate β If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
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?
relieve β to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
allow β If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
free β enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
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.
block β A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
cheque β A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
delay β If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
deter β To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
impede β to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
obstruct β to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
calm β A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
comfort β If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
hearten β to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
incite β to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
inspirit β to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
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.
avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
neglect β to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
disapprove β to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
forget β to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
lose β 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.
miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
abandon β If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.