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History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
abdicate

to give up a throne, a high office, control or responsibility

give up a right, position, or power

beg

to ask (a person) with sincere and strong feeling

request

contravene

to act in opposition to( a low, a custom)

go against, contradict

counterorder

an offer (of a price) made in reply to an earlier offer

take back; cancel

deny

to say that (something) is not true

disagree, renounce, decline

disallow

to refuse officially to allow or accept (something) as correct

reject, prohibit

discard

to throw away, give up, (something useless or unwanted)

get rid of

disclaim

to say that one does not own for have a connection with (a person, thing, action etc)

deny

disown

to say that one does not know, that one has not or no longer wishes to have, any connection with (a person or thing)

refuse to acknowledge

eschew

to avoid (something)

have nothing to do with

foreswear

forswear

abandon, disavow

forgo

to do without, give up, (something)

give up, do without

forswear

to give up doing or using (something bad)

abandon, disavow

recant

to give up (an opinion, a belief) publicly; admit (a statement) was false

take back something said

renounce

to declare formally that one will no longer have anything to do with (a person, belief etc)

abandon, reject

repudiate

to refuse to accept or acknowledge (something); to refuse to pay (a debt)

reject; turn one's back on

retract

to take back or withdraw (a statement, offer, opinion etc)

take back; renege on

revoke

to cancel, end (a decree, consent, permission etc)

take back; cancel

starve

(to cause a person, animal) to suffer or die from hunger; to feel very hungry

hold back from doing

withdraw

to take (something) out or away; to take back (a statement, an offer); (to cause a person, animal, claw etc) to move back or away

remove something or someone from situation

ABJURE as in Wiktionary
ABJURE as in Wikipedia