Antonyms for re-assert

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-surt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɜrt

Definition of re-assert

Origin : also also reassert, 1660s, from re- + assert. Related: Reasserted; reasserting; reassertion.

As in declare : verb make known clearly or officially

Example sentences :

The things of the mind on which all nations have co-operated in the past will re-assert their sway.
Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various

On p. 155 the word "reassert" has been changed from "re-assert" to match the spelling elsewhere in the book.
Extract from : « Problems of the Pacific » by Frank Fox

I am glad here to re-assert opinions which it has grieved me to be suspected of having changed.
Extract from : « The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) » by John Ruskin

But the principle for which we contended is bound to re-assert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form.
Extract from : « The Life of Jefferson Davis » by Frank H. Alfriend

For this abandonment of any attempt to re-assert the royal authority he has been generally blamed.
Extract from : « History of Holland » by George Edmundson

Then, by a great effort, he seemed to re-assert control over himself.
Extract from : « Mrs. Bindle » by Hebert Jenkins

For Bbur to re-assert that supremacy by assuming the Khqns style was highly opportune at this moment.
Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

But as the Egyptian church had lost its great champion, the emperor ventured to re-assert his authority.
Extract from : « History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 11 (of 12) » by S. Rappoport

Let mankind be thrown back a hundred times, and a hundred times the better tendencies of evolution will re-assert themselves.
Extract from : « The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 » by Various

But if once more he began to interfere with Lysbeth van Goorl and her relatives, might it not re-assert its power?
Extract from : « Lysbeth » by H. Rider Haggard

Synonyms for re-assert

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