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vouchsafe
[vouch-seyf] 
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vouchsafe
[vouch-seyf]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit |
| Synonyms: | award, bestow, concede, condescend, deign, favor, give, grant, yield |
| Antonyms: | refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | cede |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, surrender |
| Synonyms: | abalienate, abdicate, accord, alien, alienate, allow, capitulate, come across with, communicate, concede, convey, deed, drop, fold*, fork over, give in*, give up, grant, hand over*, leave, make over, part with, relinquish, remise, renounce, resign, sign over, throw in the sponge, throw in the towel, transfer, vouchsafe, waive, yield |
| Antonyms: | defend, fight, gain, guard, take over, win |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condescend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stoop, humble oneself |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, acquiesce, agree, be courteous, bend, come down off high horse, comply, concede, degrade oneself, deign, demean oneself, descend, favor, grant, high hat, lower oneself, oblige, see fit, submit, talk down to, toss a few crumbs, unbend, vouchsafe, yield |
| Antonyms: | rise above |
| Main Entry: | confer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | giving honor, award |
| Synonyms: | accord, allot, award, bestow, donate, gift with, give, grant, lay on, present, provide, sweeten the kitty, vouchsafe |
| Antonyms: | dishonor, taking |
| Main Entry: | deign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower oneself |
| Synonyms: | condescend, consent, deem worthy, patronize, see fit, stoop, think fit, vouchsafe |
| Antonyms: | be proud, hold head high |
| Main Entry: | give |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute, supply, transfer |
| Synonyms: | accord, administer, allow, ante up, award, bequeath, bestow, cede, come across, commit, confer, consign, convey, deed, deliver, dish out, dispense, dispose of, dole out, donate, endow, entrust, fork over, furnish, gift, grant, hand down, hand out, hand over, heap upon, lavish upon, lay upon, lease, let have, make over, parcel out, part with, pass down, pass out, permit, pony up, present, provide, relinquish, remit, sell, shell out, subsidize, throw in, tip, transmit, turn over, vouchsafe, will |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, take |
| Main Entry: | grant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize, allow |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, accord, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, agree to, allocate, allot, assign, assume, avow, award, bestow, bless, cede, come across, come around, come through, concede, confer, consent to, convey, donate, drop, gift with, give, give in, give out, give the nod, give thumbs-up, go along with, impart, invest, own, own up, permit, present, profess, relinquish, shake on, sign off on, sign on, stake, suppose, surrender, transfer, transmit, vouchsafe, yield |
| Antonyms: | condemn, deny, refuse, veto |
| Main Entry: | remunerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate, reward |
| Synonyms: | accord, ante up, award, dish out, do business, grant, guerdon, indemnify, pay, pay off, pay up, post, recompense, redress, reimburse, repay, requite, shell out, spring for, vouchsafe |
| Antonyms: | charge, seize, take, withhold |
| Main Entry: | stoop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condescend; lower oneself to another |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, act beneath oneself, concede, debase oneself, deign, demean oneself, descend, favor, oblige, patronize, relax, resort, sink, thaw, unbend, vouchsafe |
| Antonyms: | rise above |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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