to send a person away permanently (from employment)

send away, remove; free

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

to abandon (a person, good behaviour etc)

abandon, turn one's back on

of forsake

abandoned

to abandon, throw away, (what is unwanted)

eject; throw overboard

(of birds) to lose (feathers) before a new growth; (of gods and cats) to lose (hair) in the same way

shed

to put aside, send back, throw away, (something) as not good enough; to refuse to accept (a person, thing)

say no to

to give up (something)

give up, let go

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

abandon, reject

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

reject; turn one's back on

a sheet of cloth spread to catch the wind and move a boat or ship forward; (of a person) (to cause a ship etc) to travel across the sea, a lake etc; (of a ship etc) to travel in water

travel through water, air; glide