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Main Entry:	renounce
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	abandon, reject
Synonyms:	abdicate, abjure, abnegate, arrogate, cast off, decline, defect, deny, desert, disavow, discard, disclaim, disown, drop out, dump, eschew, forgo, forsake, forswear, leave off, opt out, quit, rat, recant, relinquish, repudiate, resign, sell out*, spurn, tergiversate, throw off, throw over, turn, waive, walk out on, abstain from, apostacize, demit, divorce oneself from, give up, leave flat, swear off, take the pledge, tergiverse, toss over, wash hands of
Notes:	renounce often equals abjure but may carry the meaning of disclaim or disown and may imply a sacrifice for a greater end
Antonyms:	allow, approve, condone

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Main Entry:	abandon
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	leave in troubled state
Synonyms:	back out, desert, disown, forsake, jilt, leave, quit, reject, renounce, throw over*, walk out on, leave behind
Antonyms:	adopt, assert, favor, uphold

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Main Entry:	abdicate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	give up a right, position, or power
Synonyms:	abandon, abjure, abnegate, bail out, cede, drop, forgo, leave, leave in the lurch, opt out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, sell out, step down, surrender, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield, bag it, demit, give up, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, quitclaim
Antonyms:	assert, assume, challenge, claim, defend, defy, hold, maintain, remain, retain, treasure, usurp

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Main Entry:	abjure
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	give up
Synonyms:	forswear, recant, renege, renounce, retract, take back, withdraw, abstain from

Main Entry:	abstain
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hold back from doing
Synonyms:	abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold
Antonyms:	indulge, use

Main Entry:	break with
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	part ways
Synonyms:	ditch, drop, jilt, reject, renounce, separate

Main Entry:	cede
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	abandon, surrender
Synonyms:	abdicate, accord, alien, alienate, allow, capitulate, communicate, concede, convey, deed, drop, fold, give in, grant, hand over*, leave, relinquish, renounce, resign, transfer, vouchsafe, waive, yield, abalienate, come across with, fork over, give up, make over, part with, remise, sign over, throw in the sponge, throw in the towel
Antonyms:	defend, fight, gain, guard, win, take over

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Main Entry:	chuck
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	throw aside, throw away, throw out
Synonyms:	abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six*, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, toss, give the heave ho, slough
Antonyms:	keep

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Main Entry:	cop out
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	abandon, quit
Synonyms:	back down, back off, back out, desert, dodge, excuse, rationalize, renege, renounce, revoke, skip, welsh, withdraw, backpedal, give the slip, have alibi, use pretext
Antonyms:	face, ready, take on, be ready

Main Entry:	cut off
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	prevent; interrupt
Synonyms:	block, break in, catch, disconnect, discontinue, halt, insulate, intercept, intersect, intervene, intrude, isolate, obstruct, renounce, segregate, separate, sequester, suspend, bring to end, close off
Antonyms:	allow, encourage, permit

Main Entry:	cut off
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	disinherit in will
Synonyms:	disown, renounce, cut out of will
Antonyms:	give

Main Entry:	decline
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	say no
Synonyms:	abjure, abstain, avoid, balk, beg to be excused, bypass, demur, deny, desist, disapprove, dismiss, don't buy, forbear, forgo, gainsay, nix*, not accept, not hear of, not think of, pass on, refrain, refuse, reject, renounce, reprobate, repudiate, send regrets, shy, spurn, turn down, turn thumbs down
Antonyms:	accept, say yes

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Main Entry:	defect
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	break from belief, faith
Synonyms:	abandon, abscond, back out, break faith, depart, desert, forsake, go, go over, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out*, spurn, tergiversate, turn, walk out on, withdraw, apostatize, change sides, fall away from, go back on, go over the fence, take a walk, tergiverse, turn coat
Antonyms:	come in, join

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Main Entry:	desert
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	abandon, defect
Synonyms:	abscond, bail out, beach, betray, bolt, check out, chuck, cop out, decamp, depart, duck, escape, flee, fly, forsake, go, jilt, leave, leave in the lurch, light, maroon, opt out, pull out, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, split*, strand, take off, tergiversate, throw over, vacate, walk, apostatize, crawl out, give up, go AWOL, go back on, go over the hill, go west, leave high and dry, leave stranded, play truant, run out on, sneak off, take a hike, violate oath
Antonyms:	aid, assist, come back, help, stay, support

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Main Entry:	despair
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	give up hope
Synonyms:	abandon, destroy, drop, flatten, relinquish, renounce, resign, surrender, take down, yield, be hopeless, despond, give way, have heavy heart, let air out, lose faith, lose heart
Antonyms:	anticipate, expect, hope, wish for, have faith

Main Entry:	despise
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	look down on
Synonyms:	abhor, abominate, contemn, deride, detest, disdain, disregard, eschew, execrate, flout, hate, loathe, neglect, put down, reject, renounce, repudiate, revile, scorn, shun, slight, snub, spurn, undervalue, wipe out, allergic to, feel contempt for, have no use for, look down nose at, misprize
Antonyms:	admire, appreciate, cherish, like, love

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Main Entry:	discard
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	get rid of
Synonyms:	abandon, abdicate, abjure, banish, can, cancel, cashier, chuck, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, jettison, junk, oust, protest, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, throw away, throw out, write off, adios, cast aside, deep-six, free of, give up, have done with, part with, put by, sweep away, throw overboard, toss aside
Antonyms:	embrace, keep, retain

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Main Entry:	disclaim
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	deny
Synonyms:	abandon, abjure, abnegate, belittle, contradict, contravene, criticize, decline, deprecate, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, discard, disown, disparage, forswear, gainsay, minimize, negate, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, spurn, traverse, disacknowledge, divorce oneself from, turn back on, wash hands of
Antonyms:	accept, acknowledge, admit, allow, claim, own

Main Entry:	disown
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	refuse to acknowledge
Synonyms:	abandon, abjure, abnegate, cast off, deny, disallow, disavow, discard, disclaim, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, disacknowledge, divorce oneself from, refuse to recognize
Antonyms:	accept, acknowledge, allow, avow, claim

Main Entry:	drop
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	abandon; ignore
Synonyms:	abort, break with, call off, cancel, cast off, cease, desert, discontinue, dismiss, disown, ditch, divorce, eighty-six, end, forfeit, forsake, interrupt, jilt, kick, leave, lose, quit, reject, relinquish, remit, renounce, repudiate, resign, sacrifice, scratch, scrub, separate, shake, stop, terminate, throw over, wipe out, write off, adios, be alienated from, dust off, forget about, give up, have done with, part from, part with, wash out*, waste one
Antonyms:	continue, do, mount, pursue, take up