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disinherit, disown

v. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

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cast off

v. make the last row of stitches when knitting

foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

abandon, forsake, desolate, desert

v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

repudiate

v. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"

disavow

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

disclaim

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

condemn

v. appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"

oppose, controvert, contradict

v. be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"

protest, resist, dissent

v. express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"

dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore

v. bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"

neglect, ignore, disregard

v. give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"

traverse, deny

v. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

abdicate, renounce

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

abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

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bequeath, will, leave

v. leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"

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