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Exact Match:

renounce: cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

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Related Words:

abdicate collapse: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

cut it out collapse

knock it off collapse

drop it collapse

relinquish collapse

vacate collapse: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"; leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

unsay collapse

resign collapse: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"

give up collapse: allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"

apostatize collapse: abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

eat crow collapse

abort collapse: the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"; terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion; cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"; terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"

quitclaim collapse: act of transferring a title or right or claim to another; document transferring title or right or claim to another

disaffirm collapse

capitulate collapse: surrender under agreed conditions

climb down collapse

disuse collapse

swear off collapse: promise to abstain from; "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether"

not admit collapse

gainsay collapse

kiss good bye collapse

discontinue collapse: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"; come or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31"

desist collapse

quit collapse

disavow collapse: refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

forsake collapse

leave off collapse: stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here"; come to an end, stop or cease; "the road leaves off at the edge of the forest"; "leave off where you started"

not accept collapse

come to terms collapse

part with collapse

brush aside collapse

belay collapse: something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured; fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat; turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him

do without collapse

dispense with collapse: forgo; do or go without

disprove collapse: prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"

stand aside collapse

tergiversate collapse

contemn collapse: look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"

come off collapse

forgo collapse: refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol"

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