Ant. Straighten, stiffen, direct; resist, break, crush.

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Beneath. Below, under, underneath; unworthy of, unbefitting.

Ant. Above, superior to; over, aloft.

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Benediction. Benison, blessing, beatitude; gratitude, thanks, praise; benefit, grace, boon.

Ant. Curse, censure, execration, ingratitude.

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Benefactor. Patron, supporter, upholder, friend, contributor.

Ant. Destroyer, enemy, oppressor, brute.

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Beneficence. Charity, bounty, liberality, benevolence.

Ant. Malevolence, hatred, stinginess, miserliness, niggardliness.

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Benefit. Boon, service, advantage, profit, favor, blessing.

Ant. Evil, loss, damage, calamity, injury, privation.

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Benevolence. Kindness, humaneness, charitableness, good will, altruism, beneficence, liberality, philanthropy, benignity, bounty, humanity, sympathy, munificence, generosity, unselfishness, kind-heartedness.

Ant. Malevolence, malignity, selfishness, stinginess, unkindness, brutality, churlishness, barbarity, illiberality, self-seeking, niggardliness, harshness.

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Benign. Kind, gracious, amiable, gentle, friendly, benevolent, humane, obliging, good.

Ant. Hateful, harsh, brutal, churlish.

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Bequeath. Will, leave, devise; hand down, transmit, impart.

Ant. Withhold, alienate, disinherit.

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Bereavement. Deprivation, loss, destitution, affliction, forlorn condition, desolation.

Ant. Blessing, compensation, reparation, consolation, restitution, restoration, substitution.

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Bereft. Stripped, despoiled, deprived.

Ant. Endowed, blessed, enriched, compensated.

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Beseech. Beg, implore, pray, ask, solicit, entreat, petition, importune.

Ant. Grant, requite, confer; disdain, defy.

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Beset. Surround, circle, hem in, besiege, beleaguer; embarrass.

Ant. Defend, defy, repel.

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Beside. Near, close together; aside from; out of.

Ant. Far, distant.

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Besides or Beside. Except, save, distinct from; moreover, furthermore, else, beyond that.

Ant. Apart, separate from; exclusively; finally.

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Bestow. Give, present, award, grant, confer; place, stow, store.

Ant. Receive; seize, appropriate, usurp; disperse, throw away.

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Bet. Stake, wager, pledge.

Ant. Plan, calculate, dispose.

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Betide. Happen, bechance, befall, come to pass, occur, take place.

Ant. Result, be destined or doomed.

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Betimes. Seasonably, in good time or season.

Ant. Inopportune, late, tardy, unseasonable.

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Betoken. Signify, denote, indicate, represent, imply, prove, show, augur; presage, prefigure, foretell, portend.

Ant. Mask, hide, mislead, belie, misrepresent.

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Betray. Reveal, expose, divulge, deliver up, deceive; manifest, show, indicate; lure, ensnare, entrap, beguile; seduce, ruin, corrupt.

Ant. Protect, preserve, foster, cherish, conceal, suppress, guard.

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Betrothal. Engagement, plighting, affiancing.

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Better. Amend, ameliorate, improve, correct, advance, reform.

Ant. Make worse, degrade, wreck, weaken, cripple, impair, injure.

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Between. Amid, among, betwixt.

Ant. Outside, beyond, without.

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Bewail. Bemoan, lament, sorrow, grieve.

Ant. Rejoice, joy, exult.

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Beware. Take care, be cautious, be wary, look out, mind.

Ant. Be reckless, careless; neglect, ignore.

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Bewilderment. Confusion, embarrassment, daze, maze, perplexity, mystification.

Ant. Enlightenment, self-possession, calmness, discernment, perspicacity.

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Bewitch. Charm, enchant, fascinate, captivate.

Ant. Repulse, avoid, recoil, annoy, harass.

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Beyond. Over, across, remote, farther than, before; yonder, above, exceeding.

Ant. Beside, near, at hand, close; behind, back; below, less than.

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Bias. Bent, inclination, tendency, leaning, proneness, proclivity, propensity, partiality, predilection.

Ant. Repulsion, reaction, repugnance.

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Bicker. Wrangle, quarrel, dispute, squabble.