All request antonyms
reΒ·quest
R r verb request
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- feel for β to perceive or examine by touch.
- come to β When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- make good β morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- make a killing β If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- get back to β resume
- commandeer β If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.
- direct β to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- lipped β of or relating to the lips or a lip: lip ointment.
- come again β Some people say 'Come again?' when they want you to repeat what you have just said.
- lipping β either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech.
- arrive at β to reach by traveling
- carry back β to apply (a legally permitted credit, esp an operating loss) to the taxable income of previous years in order to ease the overall tax burden
- obligate β to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- demand β If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- call the tune β to be in control of the proceedings
- make amends β reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- oblige β to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- dictate β If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
noun request
- devoir β duty; obligation
- defense β the act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger
- command β If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
- fiat β an authoritative decree, sanction, or order: a royal fiat. Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- in-junction β Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
- devoirs β compliments or respects; courteous attentions
- encore β Give or call for a repeated or additional performance of (an item) at the end of a concert.
- decretum β the name given to various collections of canon law, esp that made by the monk Gratian in the 12th century, which forms the first part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- cleanup β A cleanup is the removing of dirt, pollution, crime, or corruption from somewhere.
- alibi β If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed.
- adjuration β a solemn charge or command
- copout β an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion: The governor's platform was a cop-out.
- apologetics β the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity
- confutation β the act of confuting
- blow by blow β precisely detailed; describing every minute detail and step: a blow-by-blow account of the tennis match; a blow-by-blow report on the wedding ceremony.
- counteraccusation β An accusation made in reply to another accusation.
- counterargument β A counterargument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
- countercharge β a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
- wordplay β clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
- decree β A decree is an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.
- counterclaim β a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- edict β a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- antiphon β a short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical service
- wittiness β possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression: a witty writer.
- accruement β the action of accruing
- bon mot β A bon mot is a clever, witty remark.
- comeback β If someone such as an entertainer or sports personality makes a comeback, they return to their profession or sport after a period away.
- justification β a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
- counterstatement β a statement made to deny or refute another statement.
- dictum β A dictum is a formal statement made by someone who has authority.