8
object(verb, support, reject, maintain, oppose)
8
unless(conjunction, save, unconformity, except, upon)
7
besides(adverb, preposition, bar, save, excluding)
7
debar(verb, stop, remove, keep, reject)
7
expostulate(verb, support, reject, maintain, oppose)
7
protest(noun, verb, support, reject, oppose)
7
remonstrate(verb, support, reject, maintain, oppose)
6
ban(verb, stop, remove, reject, dismiss)
6
demur(verb, support, maintain, oppose, criticize)
6
except for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, preposition, conjunction)
6
excuse(noun, verb, free, discharge, dismiss)
6
minus(preposition, bar, failing, without, excluding)
6
save and except(expression, idiom, unconformity, nonaddition subtraction)
6
take out(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
5
absolve(verb, free, discharge, dismiss, spare)
5
bate(noun, verb, stop, remove, reject)
5
free(verb, discharge, dismiss, spare, excuse)
5
if not(expression, idiom, preposition, conjunction, bar)
5
inveigh(verb, support, reject, oppose, leave)
5
kick(verb, phrasal verb, support, maintain, oppose)
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