Antonyms for proceeding
prəˈsi dɪŋpro·ceed·ing

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1. proceedingnoun

   Synonyms:
   step, procedure, measure

2. proceedingnoun

   The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction

   Synonyms:
   measure, procedure, step

3. proceedingnoun

   Progress or movement from one thing to another.

   Synonyms:
   step, procedure, measure

4. proceedingnoun

   A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.

   The proceedings of the high commission. --Macaulay.

   Synonyms:
   step, procedure, measure

5. proceedingnoun

   Plural, see proceedings.

   Synonyms:
   procedure, measure, step

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1. proceedingnoun

   An act is strictly and originally something accomplished by an exercise of power, in which sense it is synonymous with deed or effect. Action is a doing. Act is therefore single, individual, momentary; action a complex of acts, or a process, state, or habit of exerting power. We say a virtuous act, but rather a virtuous course of action. We speak of the action of an acid upon a metal, not of its act. Act is used, also, for the simple exertion of power; as, an act of will. In this sense an act does not necessarily imply an external effect, while an action does. Morally, the act of murder is in the determination to kill; legally, the act is not complete without the striking of the fatal blow. Act and deed are both used for the thing done, but act refers to the power put forth, deed to the result accomplished; as, a voluntary act, a bad deed. In connection with other words act is more usually qualified by the use of another noun, action by an adjective preceding; we may say a kind act, though oftener an act of kindness, but only a kind action, not an action of kindness. As between act and deed, deed is commonly used of great, notable, and impressive acts, as are achievement, exploit, and feat.

   Festus: We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths.

   Bailey Festus, A Country Town, sc. 7.

   A feat exhibits strength, skill, personal power, whether mental or physical, especially the latter; as, a feat of arms, a feat of memory. An exploit is a conspicuous or glorious deed, involving valor or heroism, usually combined with strength, skill, loftiness of thought, and readiness of resource; an achievement is the doing of something great and noteworthy; an exploit is brilliant, but its effect may be transient; an achievement is solid, and its effect enduring. Act and action are both in contrast to all that is merely passive and receptive. The intensest action is easier than passive endurance.

   Antonyms:
   cessation, deliberation, endurance, immobility, inaction, inactivity, inertia, passion (In philosophic sense), quiescence, quiet, repose, rest, suffering, suspension

   Synonyms:
   accomplishment, achievement, act, action, consummation, deed, doing, effect, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, motion, movement, operation, performance, transaction, work

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1. proceeding

   Antonyms:
   abandonment, desistence, deviation, discontinuance, inaction

   Synonyms:
   step, measure, transaction, performance, procedure, conduct, behavior, action, process

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1. proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedingsnoun

   (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

   Synonyms:
   proceedings, legal proceeding, minutes, transactions

How to use proceeding in a sentence?

1. Kim Kye Gwan:

   If the U.S. is trying to drive us into a corner to force our unilateral nuclear abandonment, we will no longer be interested in such dialogue and cannot but reconsider our proceeding to the...summit.

2. Adam Schiff:

   If the only way that we can do our oversight is through an impeachment proceeding, then maybe we have to go down that road.

3. Brandon Judd:

   We're going to have to release( families) under what's called the catch-and-release program, it's impossible to not separate the family unless the catch-and-release policy takes hold again. If we can't hold the children more than 20 days, therefore we can't hold the parents more than 20 days. It takes about six to nine months to see a deportation proceeding from the beginning to the end.

4. Fed Chair Janet Yellen:

   The pace of improvement in the labor market appears to have slowed more recently, suggesting that our cautious approach ... remains appropriate, proceeding cautiously in raising the federal funds rate will allow us to keep the monetary support to economic growth in place while we assess whether growth is returning to a moderate pace, whether the labor market will strengthen further, and whether inflation will continue to make progress.

5. Leo Strine:

   To relegate those kinds of things to an arbitration proceeding, in my view is fundamentally inconsistent with the historical promise of our corporate law. It is not our brand.

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