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RENOUNCE

Definition:

1. [verb] give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
   Synonyms: abdicate
   
   
2. [verb] leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
   Synonyms: vacate, resign, give up
   
   
3. [verb] turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
   Synonyms: foreswear, quit, relinquish
   
   
4. [verb] cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
   Synonyms: repudiate
   
   

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Related Words:

• abdicate, renounce
• disclaim
• apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate
• abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
• swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw
• refute, rebut
• deny

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