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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remembrance |
| Synonyms: | anamnesis, memory, recollection, reminiscence |
| Antonyms: | forgetfulness |
| Main Entry: | recall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, bethink, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, cite, come to one, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, flash, flash on, look back, mind, nail it down, recollect, reestablish, reinstate, reintroduce, remind, reminisce, renew, retain, retrospect, revive, ring a bell, rouse, stir, strike a note, summon, think back, think of, waken |
| Antonyms: | forget |
| Main Entry: | recall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for return of offending thing |
| Synonyms: | abjure, annul, call back, call in, cancel, countermand, discharge, dismantle, dismiss, disqualify, forswear, lift, nullify, palinode, recant, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, suspend, take back, unsay, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | restore |
| Main Entry: | annul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | void an agreement |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, blot out, call off, cancel, countermand, declare, delete, discharge, dissolve, efface, erase, expunge, get off the hook, invalidate, kill, negate, neutralize, nix, nullify, obliterate, quash, recall, render null and void, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub, undo, vacate, vitiate, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | keep, restore, retain, revalidate, validate |
| Main Entry: | annulment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voiding an agreement |
| Synonyms: | abatement, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, breakup, cancellation, countermanding, dedomiciling, deletion, discharge, dissolution, erasing, going phfft, invalidation, negation, neutralization, nullification, obliteration, recall, repeal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retraction, reversal, revocation, split up, split*, undoing, vitiation, voiding |
| Antonyms: | enactment, restoration, retention, validation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cancel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal out |
| Synonyms: | abort, abrogate, annul, balance out, call off, compensate for, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck, countermand, counterpoise, declare invalid, discard, discharge, frustrate, ignore, invalidate, make up for, negate, neutralize, nullify, offset, overthrow, put an end to, recall, recant, redeem, redress, refute, render inert, render null and void, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, revoke, rule out, set aside, suppress, vacate, void |
| Antonyms: | imbalance, tip |
| Main Entry: | cancellation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calling off; erasure |
| Synonyms: | abandoning, abandonment, abolishing, abolition, abrogation, annulment, canceling, deletion, dissolution, dissolving, elimination, invalidating, invalidation, nullification, overruling, quashing, recall, recalling, repeal, repudiation, retirement, retracting, retraction, reversal, reversing, revocation, revoking, undoing, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | allowance, approval, arrangement, establishment, permission |
| Main Entry: | conjure up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to mind |
| Synonyms: | call, contrive, create, evoke, materialize, produce as by magic, recall, recollect, remember, review, summon, urge |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | countermand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annul, cancel a command |
| Synonyms: | override, recall, repeal, rescind, retract, retreat, reverse, revoke |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, permit, sanction |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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