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Main Entry:
contract [n., adj., and usually for v. kon-trakt; otherwise v. kuhn-trakt]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: condense
Synonyms: abate, abbreviate, abridge, become smaller, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, draw in, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall away, fall off, grow less, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, syncopate, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle
Notes: a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities
Antonyms: amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch
Main Entry: ebb
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: subside; decline
Synonyms: abate, decay, decrease, degenerate, deteriorate, die down, die out, diminish, drop, dwindle, ease off, fade away, fall, fall away, fall back, flag, flow back, go out, languish, lessen, let up, melt, moderate, peter out, recede, relent, retire, retreat, retrocede, shrink, sink, slacken, wane, weaken, withdraw
Antonyms: flow, increase, rise
Main Entry: regress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: return to earlier way of doing things
Synonyms: backslide, degenerate, deteriorate, ebb, fall away, fall back, fall off, go back, lapse, lose ground, recede, relapse, retreat, retrogress, revert, roll back, sink, throw back, turn back
Antonyms: develop, grow, progress
Main Entry: remit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stop, postpone
Synonyms: abate, absolve, alleviate, amnesty, cancel, condone, decrease, defer, delay, desist, diminish, dwindle, ease up, excuse, exonerate, fall away, forbear, forgive, halt, hold off, hold up, intermit, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, pardon, prorogue, put off, reduce, relax, release, repeal, reprieve, rescind, respite, shelve, sink, slack, slacken, soften, stay, suspend, wane, weaken
Antonyms: encourage, forge, forward
Main Entry: sag
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: droop
Synonyms: bag, bend, bow, bulge, cave in, curve, dangle, decline, dip, drop, drop off, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, flag, flap, flop, give way, hang, hang down, languish, lean, settle, sink, slide, slip, slump, swag, wilt
Antonyms: bulge, draw up, tighten
Main Entry: lose ground
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: suffer loss or disadvantage
Synonyms: fall away, fall farther behind, run out of gas, slump
Related Words
Main Entry: contract
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
ad idem, agreed, benami, conventional, innominate, mediatory, negotiable, nominate, under hand and seal
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