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All oppress antonyms

op·press
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verb oppress

  • liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
  • relieve — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
  • aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
  • help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • please — (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 — 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.
  • benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
  • calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
  • compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
  • delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
  • encourage — Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
  • give in — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
  • leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
  • let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
  • release — to lease again.
  • surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
  • yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
  • boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
  • gladden — to make glad.
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