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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display or take public |
| Synonyms: | action for a cause exhibit, fast, lie in, manifest, march, march on, parade, picket, protest, rally, sit in, stage walkout, strike, walkout |
| Main Entry: | departure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, adieu, bow out, congé, decampment, desertion, egress, egression, embarkation, emigration, escape, evacuation, exit, exodus, expatriation, farewell, flight, getaway, going, going away, goodbye*, hegira, migration, parting, passage, powder, quitting, recession, removal, retirement, retreat, sailing, separation, setting forth, setting out, stampede, start, takeoff, taking leave, taking off, vacation, vanishing act, walkout, withdrawal, withdrawing |
| Antonyms: | arrival, coming, entrance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fugitive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person escaping from law or other pursuer |
| Synonyms: | bolter, derelict, deserter, displaced person, dodger, escapee, escaper, evacuee, exile, fly-by-night, hermit, hunted person, outcast, outlaw, recluse, refugee, runagate, runaway, stray, transient, truant, vagabond, waif, walkout, émigré |
| Main Entry: | release |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delivery; dispensation |
| Synonyms: | absolution, acquittal, acquittance, charge, clemency, commute, deliverance, discharge, emancipation, exemption, exoneration, floater, freedom, freeing, let-off, liberation, liberty, lifeboat, lifesaver, manumission, relief, spring, turnout, walkout |
| Antonyms: | check, collection, gathering, hold |
| Main Entry: | sit-in |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | civil disobedience |
| Synonyms: | complaint, demonstration, fast, grievance, love-in, march, passive resistance, peace march, peaceful protest, protest, rally, revolt, riot, sit-down, strike, walkout |
| Main Entry: | stoppage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | halt, curtailment |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, blockage, check, close, closure, cutoff, deduction, discontinuance, down, downtime, hindrance, interruption, layoff, lockout, obstruction, occlusion, shutdown, sit-down, standstill, stopping, walkout |
| Antonyms: | beginning, continuation, go, start |
| Main Entry: | job action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work stoppage |
| Synonyms: | blue flu, industrial action, sick-in, slowdown, stickout, strike, tie-up, walkout |
| Main Entry: | sit-down strike |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refusal to work |
| Synonyms: | called strike, out-law strike, sit-down, walkout, wildcat strike, work stoppage |
| Main Entry: | work stoppage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work cessation |
| Synonyms: | lockout, sit-down strike, strike, walkout |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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