n. an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title"

n. an appellation signifying nobility; "`your majesty' is the appropriate title to use in addressing a king"

n. the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.; "he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title"; "he refused to give titles to his paintings"; "I can never remember movie titles"

n. a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work; "the novel had chapter titles"

n. an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"

n. a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools"

n. a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"

n. the status of being a champion; "he held the title for two years"

v. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

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

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"

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

v. give a title to

n. a copy of a printed work offered for distribution

n. a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work; "the novel had chapter titles"

n. (newspaper)

n. a periodical dedicated to a particular subject; "he reads the medical journals"

n. the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"

n. medium for written communication; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd"

n. a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast"

n. a copy of a printed work offered for distribution

n. the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.; "he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title"; "he refused to give titles to his paintings"; "I can never remember movie titles"

n. (newspaper)

n. a periodical dedicated to a particular subject; "he reads the medical journals"

n. the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"

n. medium for written communication; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd"

n. a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast"

n. an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"

n. a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"

n. a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"

n. a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

n. an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"

n. an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"

n. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"

n. relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"

n. position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"

n. proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"

v. deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods"

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

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

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

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

v. be in contradiction with

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

v. make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility"

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

v. reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

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

v. declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"

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

v. have no respect for

v. refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"

v. take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

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

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

v. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

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

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

v. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

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

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

v. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

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

v. refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"

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

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

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

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

v. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

v. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

v. rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"

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

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"

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

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

v. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"

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

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

v. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

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

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

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

v. assign a name or title to

v. consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

v. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

v. grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

v. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

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

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

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"