militate against

militate against something

[for something] to work against something. Everything you have said today militates against an early settlement to our disagreement. This really militates against my going to college.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maha	-	Arabic
Garland	GAHR-lənd	English
Gavriilu	-	Old Church Slavic
Nels	-	Danish
Timotha	TIM-ə-thə	English (Rare)
Arseniy	ahr-SYE-nee	Russian