Demean. Behave, comport, act, conduct one’s self.

Ant. Misbehave.

Demerit. Fault, delinquency, misdeed, failure.

Ant. Credit, merit, worth, excellence, desert.

Democratic. Popular, representative, republican, radical.

Ant. Imperial, aristocratic, regal, oligarchical, autocratic, despotic, tyrannical, constitutional, conservative.

Demolish. Overthrow, destroy, overturn, raze, ruin.

Ant. Restore, repair; build, construct, make.

Demonstration. Exhibition, exemplification; manifestation, illustration; evidence, proof, certainty, conclusion, consequence, induction, inference, deduction.

Ant. Concealment, secrecy; theory, supposition.