Opposite of to select for a given role or responsibility
Opposite of to distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot
Opposite of to assign to a particular class or category
Opposite of to assign to someone or for a particular purpose
Opposite of to assign officially to a job or position
“The Council also has the power to oversee the Leader's work and to dismiss him if he fails to perform his duties properly.”
Opposite of to set apart for a special use
Opposite of to bestow an award or prize for merit or achievement
“To deprive children of this most basic human right is unethical.”
Opposite of to regard something as being caused by
“Pattern evidence was used by forensic scientists to dissociate the involvement of the suspect from the crime.”
Opposite of to assort according to type, category or class
“I rather suspect that in my unique ability to disarrange things, I have succeeded in making a mess of things.”
Opposite of to appoint a person in a given role or position
“He still believes it was unlawful to sack him without allowing the constituency party to reaffirm or deselect him first.”
Opposite of to assign responsibility or attribution to
Opposite of to pass or transfer from one person or entity to another
Opposite of to entrust a personal property or belonging to someone
“After a series of losses, he would withdraw his financial affairs from the investment company.”
Opposite of to assign to a category
“I assimilate everything in my fridge because I do not have the time to sort through my groceries.”
Opposite of to categorize into separate classes or groups
Opposite of to advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club
Opposite of to exert or put to use
“A promise of confidentiality is a duty to maintain the secrecy of the information and not misuse or wrongfully disclose it.”
Opposite of to give a portion or part of something to others
Opposite of to tell or order someone to do something, especially in a formal or official way
Opposite of to issue, establish or apply as a charge, fine or penalty
“The unions hailed the decision as a victory and called on the trusts to abolish the charges permanently.”
Opposite of to put send or confine (someone) to prison or a psychiatric hospital
Opposite of to refer (a matter for decision) to an authority
Opposite of to assign to a specified place for a particular purpose
“As machines continue to displace humans in a range of fields, they may exacerbate our structural problems with job growth.”
Opposite of to assign or regard as belonging to a particular category
“There have been efforts through the years to declassify Pluto as a planet.”
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