Antonyms for binding


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : bahyn-ding
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaɪn dɪŋ


Definition of binding

Origin :
  • mid-13c., verbal noun from bind (v.). Meaning "thing that binds" is from c.1300; "state of being bound" is from late 14c. Meaning "covering of a book" is recorded from 1640s.
  • adj necessary
  • adj confining
  • noun cover; something which fastens
Example sentences :
  • They were in the wheat-field, busy with the last sheaves; she raking and he binding.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • I would like to know whether you are going to have a binding for Young People.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 » by Various
  • It doesn't mean anything; that is, it is not binding legally, of course.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In name at least you are king, and your signature is binding upon my subjects.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • A Muslim marriage is not binding upon a Christian, and I shall account it no marriage.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • So binding do I count them, that, if I would, I could not now draw back.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The consciousness of trust is of all things most binding on men of integrity.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • Any agreement we may make with you, he will recognise as binding.
  • Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
  • One man did the cradling and another the gathering and the binding into sheaves.
  • Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
  • The format is pleasant, the book-marker voluptuous, the binding Arty-and-Crafty.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

Synonyms for binding

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