renounce
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(verb) cast off or disown: "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" |
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Synonyms: repudiate |
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Related Words: abjure, apostatise, apostatize, deny, disprove, forswear, rebut, recant, refute, reject, retract, swallow, take back, tergiversate, unsay, withdraw |
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(verb) turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" |
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Synonyms: foreswear, quit, relinquish |
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Related Words: abandon, disclaim, give up |
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(verb) leave voluntarily; of a job, post or position; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant" |
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Synonyms: give up, resign, vacate |
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Related Words: abdicate, leave office, quit, renounce, step down |
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(verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" |
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Synonyms: abdicate |
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Related Words: give up, renounce, resign, vacate |
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