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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"

predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

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"

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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"

abstain, refrain, desist

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

shun, eschew

v. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

refrain, forbear

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

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

suffer, endure

v. undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

stand

v. be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"

suffer, meet

v. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

surrender, relinquish

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

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"

give

v. submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse"

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"

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"

abandon, forsake, desolate, desert

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

swear off

v. promise to abstain from; "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether"

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"

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"

default, default on

v. fail to pay up

release, relinquish, resign, free, give up

v. part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

give

v. submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse"

predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

refrain, forbear

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

misplace, mislay, lose

v. place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"

concede, yield, cede, grant

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

dispense

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

postdate, follow

v. be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday"

claim, lay claim, arrogate

v. demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"

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