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Antonyms for backwatering
| Grammar : Verb |
- accelerate
- advance
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- develop
- do
- enact
- encourage
- enforce
- enlarge
- establish
- excite
- expand
- expedite
- extend
- facilitate
- forward
- further
- grow
- help
- increase
- institute
- keep
- legalize
- lengthen
- liberate
- permit
- prolong
- push
- raise
- ratify
- release
- sanction
- strengthen
- support
- uphold
- validate
Definition of backwatering
- As in rescind : verb declare null and void
- As in slow : verb delay, restrict
Synonyms for backwatering
- abate
- abolish
- abrogate
- anchor it
- annul
- back out of
- back-water
- backpedal
- backwater
- bog down
- brake
- call off
- cancel
- check
- choke
- countermand
- crawl out of
- curb
- curtail
- cut back
- cut down
- decelerate
- decrease
- detain
- diminish
- dismantle
- ease off
- ease up
- embog
- forget
- handicap
- hinder
- hit the brakes
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- invalidate
- keep waiting
- lag
- lessen
- let down flaps
- lift
- loiter
- lose speed
- lose steam
- mire
- moderate
- nix
- overturn
- postpone
- procrastinate
- pull the plug
- qualify
- quash
- quiet
- recall
- reduce
- reduce speed
- reef
- regulate
- rein in
- relax
- remove
- renege
- repeal
- retard
- retardate
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- scrub
- set aside
- set back
- slacken
- stall
- stunt
- temper
- void
- wangle out
- weasel out
- wind down
- X-out
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