Synonyms: disown, renounce, repudiate
Definition: cast off
Usage: She renounced her husband; The parents repudiated their son
Similar words: reject
Definition: refuse to accept or acknowledge
Usage: I reject the idea of starting a war; The journal rejected the student's paper
Synonyms: foreswear, relinquish, renounce, quit
Definition: turn away from; give up
Usage: I am foreswearing women forever
Similar words: give up, abandon
Definition: give up with the intent of never claiming again
Usage: Abandon your life to God; She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti; We gave the drowning victim up for dead
Synonyms: give up, resign, renounce, vacate
Definition: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
Usage: She vacated the position when she got pregnant; The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
Similar words: resign, quit, leave office, step down
Definition: give up or retire from a position
Usage: The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month; The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
Definition: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Usage: The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
Similar words: give up, resign, renounce, vacate
Definition: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
Usage: She vacated the position when she got pregnant; The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds