All grant antonyms
grant
G g noun grant
- refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
- disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- forfeit — a fine; penalty.
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- migrant — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
verb grant
- prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- disavow — to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate: He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him.
- refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
- renounce — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- 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.
- fight — a battle or combat.
- disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- 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.
- 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.