Antonyms for embraces

Grammar : Verb

Spell : em-breys

Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbreɪs

Definition of embraces

Origin : mid-14c., from Old French embracer (12c., Modern French embrasser) "clasp in the arms, enclose; covet, handle, cope with," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + brace, braz "the arms," from Latin bracchium (neuter plural brachia); see brace (n.). Related: Embraced; embracing; embraceable. Replaced Old English clyppan, also fæðm.

verb hold tightly in one's arms
verb include in one's beliefs; take into account

Example sentences :

And in an ecstasy he overwhelms me again with suffusing sobs and embraces.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

And he falls on me, embraces me, and bathes my cheeks with his tears.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

And Khalid, taking her up by the arm, embraces her and weeps, but says not a 149 word.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

These are the offspring of their embraces, the crystallised dew of their love.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Then the thought of their first embraces brought him back to the narrow path.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

Then came the end, there were embraces, a great noise of wheels, and waving of handkerchiefs.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

Our love goes out to him and embraces him because he did not need it.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

And suddenly, when the pain can be endured no more, He embraces the soul.
Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley

He could defend himself from neither her insults nor her embraces.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

It rather brutalises, unless it becomes so great that it embraces all things.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

Synonyms for embraces

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