Aid and Wasting

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Aid verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Wasting is an antonym for aid.

Nearby Words: aids, aided, aide, aiding, aider

Wasting noun - Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.

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Aid is an antonym for wasting in dwindle topic.

Nearby Words: waste, wasted, wasteful, wastage, waster

In Dagger-Star by Elizabeth Vaughan, Red Gloves follows the teachings of The Twelve, who basically say do good deeds and solve problems on your own instead of wasting time calling on the lazy gods for aid.

Source: Nay-Theist
Similarly, cortisol, the other fight-or-flight hormone, is necessary to aid in metabolism when under short-term stress, but chronic elevation causes muscle wasting, osteoporosis, immune suppression, and cancer.

Source: Explosive Overclocking

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