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Synonyms and Antonyms: Abandon

Judge, n.--justice, umpire, arbiter, arbitrator, referee, censor, reviewer, critic, connoisseur. Judgment-discrimination, discernment, understanding, perception, appreciation, conclusion, sentence. Justice-right, equity, impartiality, fairness, equal dealing. (Injustice, wrong, partiality, bias.) Justness--accuracy, correctness, precision, nicety, fairness. Keep. See Abandon.

Kill-slay, murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, poison, strangle, garrotte, throttle, choke, stifle, smother, burke.

Kindred-consanguinity, relationship, lineage, connection, alliance, tie, affinity. Knowledge--(see Idea)-cognizance, acquaintance, apprehension, comprehension, erudition, learning, lore, scholarship, science. (Ignorance, nescience, darkness.) Labor, n.-work, toil, moil, exertion, industry, activity, drudgery, sweating. (Idleness, ease, inaction, inactivity.) Lack, n.-(see Default)-need, want, deficiency, shortcoming, fault, scarcity, insufficiency, scant, hiatus, gap. (Plenty, abundance, superfluity.) Lament-mourn, deplore, grieve, bewail, bemoan, condole, weep, whimper, pule, complain, murmur. (Rejoice, sing, carol, exult, chuckle, triumph.) Language-tongue, speech, idiom, dialect, phraseology, expression, accent.) Lascivious (see Prurient)-impure, unclean, immodest, concupiscent, lickerish, rampant, lustful, lewd, lecherous, libidinous, erotic, ruttish, voluptuous, wanton. (Pure, chaste, continent, virtuous, holy, undefiled.) Last, adj. latest, ultimate, final, ending, terminal. (First, primary, initiatory, original.) Laudable-praiseworthy, commendable, estimable, meritorious, creditable, approvable. (Blamable, blameworthy, reprehensible.) Laughable. See Droll, Lawful-legal, legitimate, licit, legalized, constitutional, legislative. Lead (see Command) -direct, guide, conduct, head, superintend, control, preside. (

Follow, obey, respond, comply.) Lean (see Gaunt)-meagre, emaciated, lanky, attenuated, spare, rawboned, lanternjawed. (Fat, plump, round, jolly.) Learned-(see Ignorant) erudite, lettered, instructed, educated, enlightened, savant, well-read. (Uninformed, uncultivated.) Leave, v. See Abandon -n.-liberty, permission, license, freedom, vacation, leisure, furlough. (Prohibition, interdict, embargo, detention.) Life-existence, animation, organization, sensation, spirit, activity, vivacity, vitality, energy. (Death, inertia, inaction, torpidity, numbness.) Lifeless (see Active)-dead, dormant, torpid, lethargic, inert, inanimate. (Brisk, lively, vivacious, stirring.) Lift (see Dignify) erect, raise, heave. (Lower, depress, sink.) Light, adj.-(see Bright and Heavy)-shining, luminous, clear, blond, white, sheeny, fair, cloudless, airy, buoyant. (Dark, obscure, tenebrious, dusky, shadv, murkev, gloomy, heavy, ponderous.) Lightness-levity, buoyancy, volatility, airiness, giddiness, inponderability, springiness. (

Heaviness, gravity, ponderousness, weight, pressure, depression.) Likeness-similitude, resemblance, similarity, semblance, copy, counterpart, effigies, counterfeit, fac-simile. (Contrast, antithesis, dissimilarity, antagonism, opposite.) Linger (see Accelerate)-delay, tarry, lag, loiter, dawdle, wait, hang fire, dally, procrastinate, put off, halt. (Speed, hasten, expedite, hurry, dash.) Little-(see Long)-diminutive, small, petty, tiny, dwarfish, undersized, pigmy. (

Large, tall, long, great, ample, high, spacious.) Livelihood (see Need)-living, subsistence, maintenance, provision, resource, stay, affluence, support. (Want, deprivation, poverty, scant, dearth, famine.) Lively (see Active)-animated, vivacious, brisk, sprightly, jaunty, canty, jocund, merry, sportive, frisky. (Sad, dull, heavy, sombre, torpid, lethargic, slow, sluggish.) Long-(see Little)-lengthy, extensive, longitudinal, protracted, dragging, extended, outstretched. (Short, curt, brief, little, tiny, small.) Look (see Discern)-appear, seem, show, figure, come to view, attend, watch, .egard.