abdicate (v)

to give up formally/resign, as an office, duty, power, or claim

synonym: renounce; antonym: retain

to encourage or assist; especially in wrongdoing

synonym: encourage

antonym: discourage

to regard with horror and loathing, to hate intensely; to detest

synonym: loathe, detest

antonym: cherish

wretched, mean-spirited, base; complete and unrelieved

synonym: hopeless, wretched

to clear/free of guilt or blame

synonym: exonerate

antonym: convict

to close formally; to put off to another time; to suspend/conclude

synonym: conclude, terminate

hostile in purpose or effect; unfavorable

synonym: antagonistic

antonym: favorable; friendly

to speak or argue in favor of; a person who champions a cause

synonym: champion, spokesman

antonym: denounce, opponent

courteous and agreeable in manner; easy to talk to or approach

synonym: amiable, friendly

antonym: testy

to cause hostility or indifference where friendliness formerly existed

synonym: estrange

antonym: befriend

to claim that something is true but without offering any proof

synonym: assert, affirm

to refer to indirectly + literary term: allusion [n] an indirect reference

synonym: insinuate

pervading atmosphere; the tone/spirit of an environment

synonym: milieu

wavering, because of an inability to make a choice

synonym: conflicting, vacillating

antonym: clear-cut

a deviation from what is normal or expected

synonym: oddity, misfit

antonym: normal

lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

synonym: indifference, uninterested, emotionless antonym: keen

to fill with intense horror, fear, or dismay

synonym: horrify, dismay

antonym: elate

to arrest or take into custody; to perceive or understand the meaning of; to look forward to with fear or anxiety

synonym: capture, grasp, comprehend

subject to or determined by one's judgment; random

arrived at by an exercsie of the will, personal preference, or whim, as opposed to being based on reason or judgment; given to willful decisions or demands; tyrannical or dictatorial

synonym: random, tyrannical, dictatorial

antonym: fair