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All enact antonyms

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verb enact

  • reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
  • direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
  • prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
  • refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • repeal — to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.
  • stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
  • abandon — 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.
  • deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
  • discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
  • dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
  • halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
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