(n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

antonyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure

(v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

antonyms: intensify, aggrevate, exacervate

(n) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

antonyms: splinter group

(n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

antonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation

(v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle

(v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

antonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain

(adj) used so often as to lack freshness or originality

antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original