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Disown

To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.

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Abjure 76% connected

To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Apostatize 76% connected

To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has prev…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deny 76% connected

To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forswear 76% connected

To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.

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Rebut 76% connected

To drive or beat back; to repulse.

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Recant 76% connected

To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refute 76% connected

To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Resile 76% connected

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

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Retract 76% connected

To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Swallow 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tergiversate 76% connected

To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.

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Unsay 76% connected

To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said.

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deprive 76% connected

To take away; to put an end; to destroy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reject 76% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disinherit 92% connected

To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Renounce 92% connected

To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Repudiate 92% connected

To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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