Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.

synonyms: allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve.

Roget 460: be negligent etc. adj.; take no care of etc. (take care of) etc. 459; neglect; let slip, let go; lay aside, set aside, cst aside, put aside; keep out of sight, put out of sight; lose sight of.    overlook, disregard; pass over, pas by; let pass; blink; wink at, connive at; gloss over; take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of; pay no regard to; laisser aller [Fr.].    scamp; trifle, fribble^†; do by halves; cut; slight etc. (despise) 930; play with, trifle with; slur, skim, skim the surface; effleurer [Fr.]; take a cursory view of etc. 457.    slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over; pretermit^†, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink; table [Parl.]; ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to; leave out of one's calculation; not attend to etc. 457, not mind; not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with; forget etc. 506; be caught napping etc. (not expect) 508; leave a loose thread; let the grass grow under one's feet.    render neglectful etc. adj.; put off one's guard, throw off one's guard; distract, divert.    ... show more

Roget 927: violate; break, break through; infringe; set aside, set at naught; encroach upon, trench upon; trample on, trample under foot; slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate; wash one's hands of; escape, transgress, fail.    call to account etc. (disapprobation) 932.    ... show more

Roget 782: relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede; let go, let slip; spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate^†, give away, dispose of, part with; lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf etc. (disuse) 678; set aside, put aside, put away; make away with, cast behind; maroon.    give notice to quit, give warning; supersede; be rid of, get rid of, be quit of, get quit of; eject etc. 297.    rid oneself of, disburden oneself of, divest oneself of, dispossess oneself of; wash one's hands of.    discard, cast off, dismiss; cast away, throw away, pitch away, fling away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogs; cast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the winds; put away, turn away, sweep away; jettison; reject.    quit one's hold, quitclaim.    ... show more

Roget 773: fail, neglect, omit, elude, evade, give the go-by to, set aside, ignore; shut one's eyes to, close one's eyes to.    infringe, transgress, violate, pirate, break, trample under foot, do violence to, drive a coach and six through.    discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and void; cancel etc. (wipe off) 552.    retract, go back from, be off, forfeit, go from one's word, palter; stretch a point, strain a point.    ... show more

Roget 764: refuse, reject, deny, decline, turn down; nill, negative; refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent; shake the head; close the hand, close the purse; grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire; pass (at cards). be deaf to; dismiss, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon; set one's face against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one's hands of, stand aloof, forswear, set aside, cast behind one; not yield an inch etc. (obstinacy) 606.    resist, cross; not grant etc. 762; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn, etc. (repudiate) 610; rescind etc. (revoke) 756; disclaim, protest; dissent etc. 489.    ... show more

Roget 756: abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy etc. 162; abolish; revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; abolitionize^†; overrule, override; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void; disestablish, disendow^†; deconsecrate.    disclaim etc. (deny) 536; ignore, repudiate; recant etc. 607; divest oneself, break off.    countermand, counter order; do away with; sweep away, brush away; throw overboard, throw to the dogs; scatter to the winds, cast behind.    dismiss, discard; cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away; send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business; discharge, get rid of etc. (eject) 297; bounce [U.S.]; fire [Slang], fire out [Slang]; sack [Slang].    cashier; break; oust; unseat, unsaddle; unthrone^†, dethrone, disenthrone^†; depose, uncrown^†; unfrock, strike off the roll; disbar, disbench^†.    be abrogated &c.; receive its quietus; walk the plank.    ... show more

Roget 678: not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve.    lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf, lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with; supersede; discard etc. (eject) 297; dismiss, give warning.    throw aside etc. (relinquish) 782; make away with etc. (destroy) 162; cast overboard, heave overboard, throw overboard; cast to the dogs, cast to the winds; dismantle etc. (Render useless) 645.    lie unemployed, remain unemployed etc. adj. ... show more

Roget 536: deny; contradict, contravene; controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head.    disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow; recant etc. 607; revoke etc. (abrogate) 756.    dispute; impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon; bring in question, call in question etc. (doubt) 485; give the lie in his throat, give one the lie in his throat.    deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely; give the lie to, belie.    repudiate etc. 610; set aside, ignore etc. 460; rebut etc. (confute) 479; qualify etc. 469; refuse etc. 764.    recuse [Law].    ... show more

Roget 185: displace, misplace, displant^†, dislodge, disestablish; exile etc. (seclude) 893; ablegate^†, set aside, remove; take away, cart away; take off, draft off; lade etc. 184.    unload, empty etc. (eject) 297; transfer etc. 270; dispel.    vacate; depart etc. 293.    ... show more

Roget 610: reject; set aside, lay aside; give up; decline etc. (refuse) 764; exclude, except; pluck, spin; cast.    repudiate, scout, set at naught; fling to the winds, fling to the dogs, fling overboard, fling away, cast to the winds, cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw to the winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard, throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the dogs, toss overboard, toss away; send to the right about; disclaim etc. (deny) 536; discard etc. (eject) 297, (have done with) 678.    ... show more

Roget 458: be inattentive etc. adj.; overlook, disregard; pass by etc. (neglect) 460; not observe etc. 457; think little of.    close one's eyes to, shut one's eyes to; pay no attention to; dismiss from one's thoughts, discard from one's thoughts, discharge from one's thoughts, dismiss from one's mind, discard from one's mind, discharge from one's mind; drop the subject, think no more of; set aside, turn aside, put aside; turn away from, turn one's attention from, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon.    abstract oneself, dream, indulge in reverie.    escape notice, escape attention; come in at one ear and go out at the other; forget etc. (have no remembrance) 506.    call off the attention, draw off the attention, call away the attention, divert the attention, distract the mind; put out of one's head; disconcert, discompose; put out, confuse, perplex, bewilder, moider^†, fluster, muddle, dazzle; throw a sop to Cerberus.    ... show more

Make inoperative or stop.

synonym: suspend.

Annul (a legal decision).

Dutch: stopzetten