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| Main Entry: |
break with
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | part ways |
| Synonyms: | ditch, drop, jilt, reject, renounce, separate |
| Main Entry: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be disloyal |
| Synonyms: | abandon, be unfaithful, bite the hand that feeds you, blow the whistle, bluff, break faith, break promise, break trust, break with, commit treason, cross, deceive, deliver up, delude, desert, double-cross, finger*, forsake, go back on, inform against, inform on, jilt, knife*, let down, mislead, play Judas, play false, seduce, sell down the river, sell out, stab in the back, take in*, trick, turn in, turn informer, turn state's evidence, walk out on |
| Antonyms: | be faithful, be loyal, defend, protect, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | altercate, attack, battle, brawl, break with, buck, compete, conflict, contend, cross, defend, duel, feud, fight over, gang up on, hassle, knuckle with, lay a finger on, lay out, put on gloves, put up dukes, quarrel, repel, rival, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, sock, square off, strike, struggle, take on, tilt, traverse, vie, withstand, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree |
| Main Entry: | disagree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue; hold differing opinion |
| Synonyms: | altercate, battle, bicker, brawl, break with, bring action, clash, contend, contest, controversialize, controvert, debate, differ, disaccord, discept, discord, dispute, dissent, divide, fall out, feud, fight, go for the jugular, haggle, have words, jump on, lay into, let have it, logomachize, object, oppose, palter, quarrel, quibble, rip, row, scrap, set to, skirmish, spar, spat, sue, take issue, take on, war, wrangle, zap |
| Antonyms: | accept, acquiesce, agree, concur, consent |
| Main Entry: | dissent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
| Synonyms: | argue, balk, break with, buck, contradict, decline, demur, differ, disaccord, discord, divide, fly in the face of, object, oppose, pettifog, protest, put up a fight, put up an argument, refuse, say no way, say not a chance, say nothing doing, shy, stickle, vary, wrangle |
| Notes: | dissent is, literally, 'feel or think differently' and dissident means 'sit apart, disagree' |
| Antonyms: | agree, approve, assent, authorize, concur, consent, endorse, ratify, sanction |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon; ignore |
| Synonyms: | abort, adios, be alienated from, break with, call off, cancel, cast off, cease, desert, discontinue, dismiss, disown, ditch*, divorce, dust off, eighty-six, end, forfeit, forget about, forsake, give up, have done with, interrupt, jilt, kick*, leave, lose, part from, part with, quit, reject, relinquish, remit, renounce, repudiate, resign, sacrifice, scratch*, scrub, separate, shake, stop, terminate, throw over, wash out, waste one, wipe out, write off |
| Antonyms: | continue, do, mount, pursue, take up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | negate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contradict, countermand |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, belie, blackball, break with, cancel, cancel out, controvert, countercheck, cross*, deny, ding, disaffirm, disallow, disprove, dump*, fly in the face of, frustrate, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, kill, negative, neutralize, nullify, oppose, put down, quash, rebut, redress, refute, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, stonewall, traverse, turn down, turn thumbs down, undo, vitiate, void |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, permit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quarrel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
| Synonyms: | altercate, argue, battle, be at loggerheads, bicker, brawl, break with, bump, carp, caterwaul, cavil, charge, clash, collide, complain, contend, contest, cross swords, differ, disapprove, dispute, dissent, divide, embroil, fall out, feud, fight, find fault, get tough with, hassle, have it out, have words, lock horns, mix it up, object to, row, scrap, set to, spar, spat, squabble, strive, struggle, take exception, take on, tangle, vary, war, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, make peace |
| Main Entry: | rebel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refuse to obey |
| Synonyms: | be insubordinate, boycott, break with, censure, combat, come out against, criticize, defy, denounce, disobey, dissent, drop out, fight, get out of line, insurrect, make waves, mutiny, oppose, opt out, overthrow, overturn, remonstrate, renounce, resist, revolt, riot, rise up, rock the boat, run amok, secede, strike, take up arms, turn against, upset |
| Notes: | to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one's own |
| Antonyms: | agree, comply, obey |
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