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v. pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"

v. pull away from a source of disgust or fear

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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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"

deliver, drive home

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

foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish

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

reject

v. refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

retire, withdraw

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

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

disclaim

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

revoke

v. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

desert

v. leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"

abandon, forsake, desolate, desert

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

disinherit, disown

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

traverse, deny

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

shun, eschew

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

predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

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

swear off

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

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declare, adjudge, hold

v. declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"

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