All were antonyms

verb were

• ceased — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
• departed — Departed friends or relatives are people who have died.
• died — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
• discontinued — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
• forsook — a simple past tense of forsake.
• went — Archaic. a simple past tense and past participle of wend.
• halted — Simple past tense and past participle of halt.
• idled — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
• left — of, relating to, or located on or near the side of a person or thing that is turned toward the west when the subject is facing north (opposed to right).
• lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
• passed — having completed the act of passing.
• quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
• rejected — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• stopped — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.