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undertaking

verb , present participle of undertake

Synonyms and Antonyms of undertaking

to take to or upon oneself

undertook the responsibility of raising the orphaned children as their own

Synonyms of undertaking

accepting, assuming, bearing, shouldering, taking over

Words Related to undertaking

adopting, embracing, taking up

advocating, backing, championing, endorsing (also indorsing), espousing, standing by, supporting, upholding

acceding, acquiescing, agreeing, assenting, consenting

reaccepting, reassuming

Near Antonyms of undertaking

abjuring, recanting, renouncing, retracting, taking back, unsaying, withdrawing

declining, refusing, rejecting, spurning, turning down

abstaining (from), forbearing, refraining (from)

avoiding, bypassing, detouring

abandoning, abnegating, forsaking, giving up, relinquishing, spurning, surrendering

backing down, backing off, backtracking

Antonyms of undertaking

disavowing, disclaiming, disowning, repudiating

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