Ant. Relaxation, abandonment, remission.

Enfranchise. Endow with franchise or suffrage; free, emancipate, release, qualify, manumit.

Ant. Disenfranchise, disqualify.

Engage. Promise, bind, pledge, commit; plight, affiance, betroth; enlist, induce to serve; attract, allure, gain, win, entertain; arrest, fix, occupy, busy, employ, engross; encounter, attack, fight with, battle with; contend, struggle, contest; involve; stipulate, agree; adopt.

Ant. Decline, refuse, withdraw, extricate, disengage, dismiss, discard; retreat, retract.

Engagement. Promise, stipulation, contract, obligation, assurance, pledge; betrothal, affiancing; employment, occupation, business, vocation; combat, battle, contest, fight, encounter, action, conflict.

Ant. Release, liberation; dismissal; excuse.

Engaging. Attractive, winning, charming, pleasing, interesting, delightful.

Ant. Repulsive, unattractive, disagreeable.

Engender. Beget, generate, create, breed, produce, cause, occasion, propagate.