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foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

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

relinquish, forgo, foreswear, dispense with, waive

v. do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with

v. do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

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surrender, relinquish

v. relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another

vacate, resign, renounce, give up

v. 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"

concede, yield, cede, grant

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

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"

deliver, drive home

v. carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"

abstain, refrain, desist

v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

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"

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"

disinherit, disown

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

abandon, forsake, desolate, desert

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

waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with

v. do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego

v. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

refrain, forbear

v. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

relinquish, forgo, foreswear, dispense with, waive

v. do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"

forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego

v. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

dispense

v. grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task"

claim, take

v. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"

affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

keep, maintain, hold

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

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