Antonyms for stint

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : stint

Phonetic Transcription : stɪnt

Definition of stint

Origin : "to limit, restrain, to be sparing or frugal," Old English styntan "to blunt, make dull," from Proto-Germanic *stuntijanan (cf. Old Norse stuttr "short, scant," Middle High German stunz "blunt, short," German stutzen "to cut short, curtail, stop, hesitate"), from PIE root *(s)teu- "to beat, strike, push, thrust" (see steep (adj.)). Related: Stinted; stinting. The noun is attested from c.1300.

noun period of responsibility
verb economize; hold back

Example sentences :

"Stint it, Humphrey," said the tall squire, with a burst of laughter.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

I want to finish this stint, so as to have the afternoon off.
Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards

There he stopped, not entirely because his "stint" was done, but because what he saw surprised him.
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

With you every path is plain to us, every river passable, and of provisions we shall know no stint.
Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon

Daisy clapped her hands with delight, and did not stint her praise or approval.
Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne

There had been no stint of money, and it was an extremely handsome book.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

We have been for a few days on half-rations, but we have no stint of roast squash.
Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers » by Various

It is sufficient, however, merely to set on record that there was no stint.
Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Henry, no longer so lavish with his money as in Wolsey's days, did not stint for this purpose.
Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard

If this injured his confidence it did not stint his courage.
Extract from : « Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate » by Charles M. Skinner

Synonyms for stint

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