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111renounce — re·nounce /ri nau̇ns/ vb re·nounced, re·nounc·ing vt 1: to announce one s abandonment or giving up of a right to or interest in: disclaim (1) renounce an inheritance 2: to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further …
112repudiate — re·pu·di·ate /ri pyü dē ˌāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing: to disavow or reject an obligation (as a debt) or duty (as performance under a contract); specif: to indicate an inability or unwillingness to perform as promised under (a contract) re·pu·di·a·tor /… …
113withdraw — with·draw vb drew, drawn, draw·ing vt 1: to remove (money) from a place of deposit or investment 2: to dismiss (a juror) from a jury 3 a: to eliminate from consideration or set outside a category or group withdraw his candidacy b …
114disaffirm — dis·af·firm /ˌdi sə fərm/ vt: cancel rescind used esp. of a contract made by a minor dis·af·fir·mance /ˌdi sə fər məns/ n dis·af·fir·ma·tion /ˌdis ˌa fər mā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …
115abjure — ab·jure /ab ju̇r, əb / vt ab·jured, ab·jur·ing [Latin abjurare, from ab off + jurare to swear]: renounce; specif: to disclaim formally or renounce upon oath solemnly abjure s his allegiance to his former country ab·ju·ra·tion /ˌab jə rā shən/ …
116disannul — I verb abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, countermand, declare null and void, disclaim, disown, dissolve, invalidate, nullify, overrule, quash, recall, recant, renege, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, set aside, vacate,… …
117disavow — I verb abnegate, back down, back out, call back, declare not to be true, decline, deny, deny absolutely, deny connection with, deny emphatically, deny entirely, deny peremptorily, deny responsibility for, deny wholly, diffiteri, disaffirm,… …
118disown — I (deny the validity) verb abjure, abnegate, affirm the contrary, annul, call in question, challenge, confute, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, countermand, demur, deny, deny absolutely, deny peremptorily, deny the possibility, deny… …
119negate — I verb abnegate, abolish, abort, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, confound, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, countermand, counterpoise, declare invalid, declare null and void, defeat, demur, deny, deprive of… …
120tergiversate — I verb apostatize, avoid, be uncertain, be unsure, change one s mind, change sides, desert, dodge, equivocate, evade, hedge, quibble, recant, renege, renounce, shift, straddle, turn renegade, use evasions, use subterfuge, vacillate II index… …
