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Acquisition Synonyms: accumulation, appropriation, obtainment, ownership, proprietorship, attainment; purchase, gain, profit, earning; recovery, redemption Antonyms:

loss, consumption, decrease, exhaustion, depletion, expenditure, forfeiture; squandering, waste; deprivation, relinquishment, expropriation, cession, surrender; disbursement, outgoings, spending Acquittal Synonyms: clearance, exoneration, exculpation, absolution Antonyms: conviction, condemnation, blame, accusation Approval Synonyms: acknowledgment, acceptance, permission, ratification, sanction, concession, toleration, allowance Antonyms: refusal, rejection, disapproval, disapprobation, declination, declension, disclamation, protest, renunciation Authority Synonyms: control, hold, grasp, command, rule, ascendance, government, administration, sovereignty, dominion, dominance, supremacy, jurisdiction, power Antonyms: anarchy, chaos, disorganization, lawlessness, disorder, misrule, mob rule, mobocracy, ochlocracy, licentiousness Commission Commerce Synonyms: business, trade, exchange, dealing, barter, traffic, transaction Commission Synonyms: authorization, charge, mandate, ordination, procuration, delegation, deputation, legalization, trust, warrant; assignment, appointment, employment, nomination, installation, inauguration, investiture, accession

Antonyms: abrogation, repeal, revocation, countermand, annulment, nullification, abolition, dissolution, repudiation, counter-order Compromise Synonyms: bargain, negotiation, settlement, compensation, concession, reciprocal concession, mutual concession, commutation, adjustment Compulsion Synonyms: obligation, enforcement, constraint, coercion, requirement, restraint, pressure, press Consignee Synonyms: employee, trustee, delegate, committee, commissary, nominee, assignee, emissary, envoy, functionary, negotiator, representative; attorney, proctor, secretary, solicitor, underagent Conditions Synonyms: terms, stipulations, provisions, qualifications, grounds, requisites, prerequisites, specifications, obligations, circumstances Freedom Synonyms: liberty, independence, license, self-determination, autonomy, emancipation, absolution, exoneration; exemption, exception, franchise, immunity, prerogative Antonyms: subjection, subordination, dependence, oppression, repression, conquest; employment, service, clientship; constraint, slavery Giving Synonyms: bestowal, presentation, apportionment, portioning, allotment, allocation, appointment; division, sharing; transfer, transmittal, conveyance, transference, transmission, consignment; sale, exchange, payment, deliverance Antonyms: receiving, acceptance, acquisition, receipt, purchase Justice Synonyms: fairness, equity, impartiality

Antonyms: injustice, partiality, unjustness, bias, inequity, prejudice, inclination, favoritism Lawsuit Synonyms: suit, legal action, litigation, case, prosecution, arraignment, indictment Legality Synonyms: legitimacy, lawfulness, constitutionality Antonyms: illegality, illicitness, unlawfulness, illegitimacy, criminality, unconstitutionality Lending Synonyms: loan, credit, advance, accommodation, investment Antonyms: borrowing, debt, due, obligation, liability, pledging, pawning; rent, hire, lease Liberation Synonyms: release, manumission, discharge, dismissal, acquittal, quitclaim Antonyms: restraint, control, constraint, inhibition, restriction, prohibition discipline, moderation, limitation, repression; arrest, apprehension, capture, seizure; confinement, imprisonment, incarceration, impoundment; custody, care, committal, protection, quarantine, ward. Merchandise Synonyms: commodities, goods, wares, articles, stock, supplies, effects, produce Money Synonyms: currency, legal tender, medium of exchange, circulating medium Obedience

Synonyms: compliance, acquiescence, deference, submission, submissiveness, passiveness, observance Antonyms: disobedience, breach, infraction, infringement, violation, transgression, unruliness, insubordination, contumacy, trespass, nonobservance; anarchy, defection, revolt, insurgency, insurrection, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, riot, uprising, secession, sedition, treason; overthrow, revolution Offer Synonyms: presentation, advance, proposal, proposition, motion, invitation, proffer Order Synonyms: charge, command, citation, ordinance, decision, decree, dispensation, declaration, enactment, imperative, law, mandamus, notice, passport, proclamation, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, writ; appointment, injunction, prescription, task Possession Synonyms: property, assets, holdings, belongings, goods, effects, ownership, resources, chattels; claim, demand, interest, stocks Promise Synonyms: assurance, insurance, guarantee, warranty, pledge, obligation, engagement, stipulation, undertaking, vow, affiance; contract, covenant, consent; deposit, security Punishment Synonyms: chastisement, punition, correction, discipline; penalty, fine, price Antonyms: reward, compensation, remuneration, indemnity, acknowledgment Request Synonyms: petition, suit, requisition, plea, prayer, postulation, solicitation, application, invitation, invocation, entreaty

Restitution Synonyms: return, reinstatement, restoration, compensation, indemnification, recovery, redemption Sale Synonyms: selling, vend, auction; market Antonyms: purchase, buying, bargain, emption

absence accept accurate advantage alive always ancient answer approval approached abundant admit advance artificial arrival ascend attack

presence refuse inaccurate disadvantage dead never modern question, query disapproval receded, departed scarce deny retreat, retire natural departure descend defense

attractive attention asleep ally agree bad backward bend beautiful beginning below bent big blunt better best blame bless bitter borrow bravery build bold bright broad clear

repulsive inattention awake enemy disagree good forward, onward straighten ugly ending above straight small, little sharp worse worst praise curse sweet lend cowardice destroy, demolish timid, meek dull narrow vague, cloudy

careful calm capable captivity cellar cheap close clever cold combine clockwise correct conceal come common comfort courage cruel courteous cunning dainty danger dark deep decrease definite

rush, careless troubled incapable freedom, liberty attic dear, expensive distant stupid hot separate anti-clockwise incorrect reveal go rare discomfort cowardice kind discourteous, rude simple clumsy safety light shallow increase indefinite

demand despair disappear disease discourage dismal doctor dry dull dusk early easy ebb East economise encourage entrance employer empty excited end expand expensive export exterior external

supply hope appear health encourage cheerful patient wet clear, bright dawn late difficult flow West waste discourage exit employee full calm beginning contract inexpensive, cheap import interior internal

fail false feeble foolish fast few famous forelegs fat find first freedom fold frequent forget found fresh friend fortunate frank full generous gentle gather glad gloomy

succeed true sturdy, strong, powerful wise slow many unknown hind legs thin lose last captivity unfold seldom remember lost stale enemy unfortunate secretive empty mean rough distribute sorry cheerful

giant granted great guardian guest guilty happy hard harmful hasten hate healthy here heavy height hero hill horizontal hinder honest humble hunger imitation immense imprison include

dwarf, pygmy refused minute, small, little ward host innocent sad, miserable soft harmless dawdle love unhealthy, ill, diseased there light depth coward valley vertical aid, help dishonest proud thirst genuine tiny, minute free exclude

increase inhabited inferior inside intelligent inhale interior interesting internal intentional join junior justice king knowledge laugh lawful lazy land landlord large last lawyer lecturer lender lengthen

decrease uninhabited superior outside unintelligent, stupid exhale exterior, outside uninteresting, dull external accidental separate senior injustice subject ignorance cry unlawful industrious, energetic sea tenant little, small first client student borrower shorten

left less light like likely leader little lofty long loud loss low loyal mad magnetize master mature maximum me merry minority miser misunderstand narrow near neat

right more dark, heavy dislike, unlike unlikely follower large, much, big lowly short soft find, win high disloyal sane demagnetize servant immature minimum you mirthless, sad majority spendthrift understand wide far, distant untidy

new night noisy North obedient odd offer open optimist out parent past patient peace permanent please plentiful poetry possible poverty powerful polite private prudent pretty pure

old day quiet South disobedient even refuse shut pessimist in child present impatient war temporary displease scarce prose impossible wealth feeble, weak impolite, rude public imprudent unsightly, ugly impure

qualified rapid regularly rich right rigid rough satisfactory security scatter serious second-hand sense shopkeeper singular simple slim solid sober speaker sour sorrow sow stand straight strong

unqualified slow irregularly poor wrong, left pliable, soft smooth unsatisfactory insecurity collect trivial new nonsense customer plural complicated thick, stout liquid drunk listener sweet joy reap lie crooked weak

success sunny take tall tame teacher thick tight top transparent truth up vacant valuable victory virtue visible voluntary vowel wax wisdom within

failure cloudy give short wild pupil thin slack, loose bottom opaque untruth, lie down occupied valueless defeat vice invisible compulsory consonant wane folly without

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