nnoun.actthe act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)Synset:forgoing renunciation
Derivationally Related Form:renounceforswear
Hypernyms:rejection
Inherited Hypernyms:renunciationrejectionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:abnegationdenialforsakinggiving upself-abnegationself-denialself-renunciation
Full Hyponyms:abnegationforsaking
vverb.communicationformally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressureSynset:abjure forswear recant resile retract
Examples:- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
Derivationally Related Form:forswearingabjurationretractionabjurerrecantation
Hypernyms:disown renounce repudiate
Inherited Hypernyms:abjuredisownrejectevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s