Decision and Stalemate

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Decision noun - A position arrived at after consideration.

Usage example: after much deliberation, we made a decision about what to have on our pizza

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Stalemate is an antonym for decision.

Nearby Words: decided, decide, decisive, decisively, deciding

Stalemate noun - A point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in.

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Decision is an antonym for stalemate.

Nearby Words: stalemated, stalemating

single	single decision	single stalemate
early	early decision	early stalemate
political	political decision	political stalemate
final	final decision	final stalemate
Other adjectives: mutual, bizarre, eventual, previous, strategic, tactical.

As they could not reach a decision they ended up in a state of mutual stalemate, which allowed the entry of The Roman Republic.

Source: Useful Notes / Macedonian Succession Wars

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