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full play

NOUN

freedom

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ability exemption flexibility immunity opportunity power privilege right

STRONG

abandon abandonment bent compass discretion facility indulgence latitude laxity leeway liberty margin play prerogative profligacy range rein rope scope sweep swing unrestraint

WEAK

carte blanche elbowroom free rein full swing laissez faire own accord plenty of rope rampancy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impotence inability incompetence responsibility weakness

STRONG

extreme restraint

WEAK

captivity confinement difficulty imprisonment incarceration limitation reserve restriction servitude slavery subjection subordination suppression

NOUN

independency

Synonyms

STRONG

abandon abandonment ability autonomy bent compass discretion exemption facility flexibility immunity independence indulgence latitude laxity leeway liberty margin opportunity play power prerogative privilege profligacy range rein right rope scope self-government sovereignty sweep swing unrestraint

WEAK

carte blanche elbowroom free rein full swing laissez faire own accord plenty of rope rampancy

Antonyms

STRONG

dependence extreme impotence inability incompetence limitation responsibility restraint weakness

NOUN

self-government

Synonyms

STRONGEST

autonomy discretion flexibility immunity independence sovereignty

STRONG

abandon abandonment ability bent compass exemption facility independency indulgence latitude laxity leeway liberty margin opportunity play power prerogative privilege profligacy range rein right rope scope sweep swing unrestraint

WEAK

carte blanche elbowroom free rein full swing laissez faire own accord plenty of rope rampancy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dependence

STRONG

extreme impotence inability incompetence limitation restraint weakness

Example Sentences

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His first full play, goadingly titled The Pope's Wedding, opened in 1962 and explored the banality of rural life and growing isolation.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2024

China is also willing to continue to give full play to the supply advantages of China's automobile industry and continue to develop models adapted to the needs of the Russian market, he said.

From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2023

He lauded “socialist market economic reform,” while also arguing that China’s economy should “give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation.”

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2022

Thibault is easing her and Clark into full play with designs on peaking as a team in August when the playoffs near.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2022

Of course the cords are adjusted to the saw-cuts, and it is better to push them more to the right than to the left, so as to give the left arm full play.

From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul

full play

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