What are the opposite words for devote to?

The words 'neglect', 'ignore', 'abandon' and 'disregard' can be considered antonyms for the phrase 'devote to'. While 'devote to' signifies a strong commitment or dedication towards someone or something, 'neglect' suggests carelessness or lack of attention towards the same. Similarly, 'ignore' represents a lack of acknowledgement, while 'abandon' indicates complete disinterest or abandonment of the matter at hand. Lastly, 'disregard' signifies a purposeful lack of concern or disregard towards something that might require attention. All of these words represent an opposite sentiment to the act of devoting oneself to a cause or individual, indicating a complete indifference or carelessness towards it.

What are the antonyms for Devote to?

• v.

  • address
  • avoid
  ,
  • cut
  ,
  • disregard
  ,
  • ignore
  ,
  • overlook
  ,
  • pass
  ,
  • shun
  ,
  • slight
  .
  • buckle down
  • be lazy
  ,
  • relax
  .
  • cultivate
  • abandon
  ,
  • block
  ,
  • cease
  ,
  • check
  ,
  • damage
  ,
  • decrease
  ,
  • depress
  ,
  • destroy
  ,
  • diminish
  ,
  • halt
  ,
  • hinder
  ,
  • hurt
  ,
  • impede
  ,
  • injure
  ,
  • learn
  ,
  • neglect
  ,
  • obstruct
  ,
  • oppose
  ,
  • stop
  ,
  • worsen
  .
  • tackle
  • abstain
  ,
  • complete
  ,
  • conclude
  ,
  • dodge
  ,
  • end
  ,
  • finish
  ,
  • forget
  ,
  • idle
  .

Famous quotes with Devote to

• The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours.

  Charles Babbage
• And so, I will be probably, since I am not involved in all the activity, I will have some spare time to devote to document all this busy part of the flight.

  Umberto Guidoni
• If you don't have 30 years to devote to social policy, don't get involved.

  Daniel Patrick Moynihan
• Life is motion, and motion is concerned with what makes man move — which is ambition, power, pleasure. What time a man can devote to morality, he must take by force from the motion of which he is a part. He is compelled to make choices between good and evil sooner or later, because moral conscience demands that from him in order that he can live with himself tomorrow. His moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream.

  William Faulkner
• Let us devote to unselfishness the frenzy we once gave gold and underpants.

  Kurt Vonnegut

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