N. subtraction, subduction|,
deduction,
retrenchment, removal,
withdrawal,
ablation,
sublation,
abstraction,
garbling,
&c. v,
mutilation,
detruncation,
amputation,
abscission,
excision,
recision,
curtailment,
minuend,
subtrahend, decrease,
abrasion V. subduct,
subtract,
deduct,
deduce,
bate,
retrench, remove,
withdraw, take from, take away,
detract,
garble,
mutilate,
amputate,
detruncate, cut off, cut away, cut out,
abscind,
excise,
pare, thin,
prune,
decimate,
abrade,
scrape,
file,
geld,
castrate,
eliminate, diminish,
curtail, deprive of,
weaken Adv. in deduction, less, short of,
minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of,
barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation, not counting, if one doesn't count
N. absence, inexistence, # nonresidence,
absenteeism, nonattendance,
alibi,
emptiness, void,
vacuum,
vacuity,
vacancy, tabula rasa,
exemption,
hiatus, lipotype|,
truant,
absentee,
nobody, nobody present, nobody on earth, not a soul, ame qui vive
V. be absent, keep away, keep out of the way, play truant, absent oneself, stay away, keep aloof, hold aloof,
withdraw, make oneself scarce,
vacate, go away
Adj. absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home, missing, lost, wanting, omitted, nowhere to be found, inexistence, empty, void,
vacant,
vacuous, untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited, tenantless, barren,
sterile, desert, deserted, devoid, uninhabitable
Adv. without,
minus, nowhere, elsewhere, neither here nor there, in default of, sans, behind one's back
Phr. the bird has flown,
non est inventus, "absence makes the heart grow fonder", "absent in body but present in spirit", absento nemo ne nocuisse velit, "achilles absent was achilles still", aux absents les os, briller par son absence, "conspicuous by his absence", "in the hope to meet shortly again and make our absence sweet"
N. regress,
regression,
retrocession,
retrogression, retrograduation,
retroaction, reculade, retreat,
withdrawal, retirement,
remigration,
recession,
recess, crab-like motion,
refluence,
reflux,
backwater,
regurgitation,
ebb, return, resilience reflection, reflexion (recoil) 277, flip-flop, volte- face, counter motion, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in reverse, counter movement, counter march,
veering,
tergiversation, recidivation|,
backsliding, fall,
deterioration, recidivism, recidivity,
reversal,
relapse, turning point
V. recede,
regrade, return,
revert, retreat, retire,
retrograde,
retrocede, back out, back down,
balk, crawfish*, crawl*,
withdraw, rebound, go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back, lose ground, fall astern, drop astern,
backwater, put about, backtrack, take the back track, veer round, double, wheel,
countermarch,
ebb,
regurgitate,
jib,
shrink,
shy, turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon, retrace one's steps, dance the back step, sound a retreat, beat a retreat, go home
Adj. receding,
retrograde,
retrogressive,
regressive,
refluent,
reflex,
recidivous,
resilient, crab-like,
balky,
reactionary Adv. back, backwards,
reflexively, to the right about, a reculons, a rebours
Phr. revenons a nos moutons, as you were
V. recede, go, move back, move from, retire,
withdraw,
shrink, back off, come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away, depart, retreat, move off, stand off, sheer off, fall back, stand aside, run away, remove,
shunt, distance
Phr. distance oneself from a person
N. departure,
decession,
decampment,
embarkation, outset, start, removal,
exit, exodus,
hejira, flight, leave taking,
valediction,
adieu,
farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista, stirrup cup,
valedictorian, starting point, starting post, point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation, port of embarkation, airport, take-off point, taxiing runway,
runway, launching pad, spaceport
V. depart, go away, take one's departure, set out, set off, march off, put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off, start, issue, march out,
debouch, go forth, sally forth, sally, set forward, be gone, hail from, leave a place,
quit,
vacate,
evacuate,
abandon, go off the stage, make one's exit, retire,
withdraw, remove, vamoose*, vamose*, go one's way, go along, go from home, take flight, take wing, spring, fly,
flit, wing one's flight, fly away, whip away,
embark, go on board, go aboard, set sail' put to sea, go to sea, sail, take ship, hoist blue peter, get under way, weigh anchor, strike tents,
decamp, walk one's chalks, cut one's stick, take leave, say good bye, bid goodbye, disappear,
abscond,
entrain, inspan
Adv. whence, hence, thence, with a foot in the stirrup, on the wing, on the move
Int. begone,
&c. (ejection) 297,
farewell,
adieu, goodbye, good day, au revoir, fare you well, god bless you, god speed, all aboard, auf wiedersehen, au plaisir de vous revoir, bon voyage, gluckliche reise, vive valeque