Synonyms of the word

abnegate

• v. (transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege,…
• v. (transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.

check

• n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• n. An inspection or examination.
• n. A control; a limit or stop.
• n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
• n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
• n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
• n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
• n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
• n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
• n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
• n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n. A small chink or crack.
• v. To inspect; to examine.
• v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
• v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
• v. To control, limit, or halt.
• v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
• v. To leave in safekeeping.
• v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
• v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
• v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
• v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
• v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
• v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
• v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
• v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
• v. To act as a curb or restraint.
• v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

contain

• v. (transitive) To hold inside.
• v. (transitive) To include as a part.
• v. (transitive) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
• v. (mathematics, of a set etc., transitive) To have as an element or subset.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

control

• v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
• v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
• n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
• n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
• n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
• n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
• n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
• n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
• n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
• n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
• n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
• n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

curb

• n. (Canada, US) A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK).
• n. A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
• n. Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
• n. A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by…
• n. (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with…
• n. A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint,…
• v. (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
• v. (transitive) To rein in.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
• v. (transitive) To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
• v. (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
• v. (transitive) To bend or curve.
• v. (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.

deny

• v. (transitive) To not allow.
• v. (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
• v. (transitive) To disallow.
• v. (transitive) to refuse to give or grant something to someone.
• v. (sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.
• v. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure;…
• v. (obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

moderate

• adj. Not excessive; acting in moderation.
• adj. Mediocre.
• adj. Average priced; standard-deal.
• adj. Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
• adj. (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
• n. One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
• v. (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
• v. (intransitive) To become less excessive.
• v. (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.

relinquish

• v. (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away.
• v. (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
• v. (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
• v. (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.

surrender

• v. (transitive) To give up into the power, control, or possession of another.
• v. (military, by extension, transitive) To yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
• v. (intransitive or reflexive) To give oneself up into the power of another, especially as a prisoner; to…
• v. (transitive) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign.
• v. (reflexive) To yield (oneself) to an influence, emotion, passion, etc.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial…
• n. An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
• n. The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
• n. (law, property law) The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy…