SYN: Fetter, engage, tie, fasten, secure, lace, twine, oblige, compel, restrict, restrain, secure.
ANT: Untie, loose, unfasten, acquit, free, liberate.
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KEY: Binding.
SYN: Restrictive, obligatory, restraining, stringent, styptic, costive, astringent.
ANT: Loosening, opening, enlarging, distending.
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KEY: Birth.
SYN: Parentage, extraction, nativity, family, race, origin, source, rise, lineage, nobility.
ANT: Death, extinction, plebeianism.
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KEY: Bit.
SYN: Morsel, piece, fragment, part.
ANT: Mass, whole.
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KEY: Biting.
SYN: Pungent, censorious, piercing, gnawing, sarcastic, sardonic, trenchant.
ANT: Pleasant, genial, soothing, complacent, flattering.
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KEY: Bitter.
SYN: Harsh, sour, sharp, tart, acrimonious, sarcastic, severe, sad, afflictive, intense, stinging, pungent, acrid, cutting.
ANT: Sweet, mellow, pleasant, affable, kindly, genial, light, mitigated, trivial.
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KEY: Bitterness, [See ANTIPATHY].
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KEY: Blacken.
SYN: Bespatter, befoul, bedaub, defame, decry, calumniate, dishonor, asperse, traduce, vilify, slander, malign.
ANT: Vindicate, clear, eulogize.
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KEY: Blackguard.
SYN: Scoundrel, rascal, rapscallion, blackleg, villain.
ANT: Gentleman.
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KEY: Blame.
SYN: Censure, chide, rebuke, reproach, vituperate, dispraise, disapprove, condemn, reprehend, reprobate, reprove.
ANT: Acquit, exculpate, exonerate, encourage, praise, approve.
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KEY: Blamable, [See BLAMELESS].
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KEY: Blameless.
SYN: Pure, innocent, irresponsible.
ANT: Criminated, implicated, answerable, blameworthy, faulty, guilty, blamable.
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KEY: Blanch.
SYN: Bleach, whiten.
ANT: Darken, color, obfuscate.
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KEY: Bland.
SYN: Soft, mild, gentle, complaisant, courteous, affable, gracious, tender, benign.
ANT: Harsh, abrupt, rough.