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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break from belief, faith |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, apostatize, back out, break faith, change sides, depart, desert, fall away from, forsake, go, go back on, go over, go over the fence, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out, spurn, take a walk, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn coat, walk out on, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | come in, join |
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| Main Entry: | renounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, reject |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, abjure, abnegate, abstain from, apostacize, arrogate, cast off, decline, defect, demit, deny, desert, disavow, discard, disclaim, disown, divorce oneself from, drop out, dump*, eschew, forgo, forsake, forswear, give up, leave flat, leave off, opt out, quit, rat, recant, relinquish, repudiate, resign, sell out, spurn, swear off, take the pledge, tergiversate, tergiverse, throw off, throw over, toss over, turn, waive, walk out on, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | repudiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reject; turn one's back on |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, apostatize, banish, be against, break with, cast, cast off, cut off, decline, default, defect, demur, deny, desert, disacknowledge, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, dishonor, disinherit, dismiss, disown, dump, flush*, fly in the face of, forsake, nix, oust, rat, recant, refuse, renounce, repeal, reprobate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, spurn, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, turn down, wash one's hands of |
| Antonyms: | admit, approve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rebel, rise up against |
| Synonyms: | arise, boycott, break, defect, defy, drop out, get out of line, insurrect, make waves, mutiny, oppose, opt out, overthrow, overturn, renounce, resist, riot, rock the boat, strike, take up arms, turn against |
| Notes: | to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one's own |
| Antonyms: | comply, harmonize, obey, submit |
| Main Entry: | tergiversate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon belief |
| Synonyms: | apostatize, defect, equivocate, hedge, renounce, shift, shuffle |
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| Concept: | Blemish. |
| Category: | 2. Discriminative Affections |
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disfigure (injure); speckle.
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| Antonyms: | ornament |
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| Concept: | Blindness. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; perceptions of light |
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be blind; not see; lose sight of; have the eyes bandaged; grope in the dark., not look; close the eyes, shut the eyes, turn away the eyes, avert the eyes; look another way; wink (limited vision); shut the eyes to, be blind to, wink at, blink at., render blind; blind, blindfold; hoodwink, dazzle, put one's eyes out; throw dust into one's eyes; jeter de la poudre aux yeux; screen from sight (hide).
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| Antonyms: | vision |
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| Concept: | Disease. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience |
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be ill; ail, suffer, labor under, be affected with, complain of, have; droop, flag, languish, halt; sicken, peak, pine; gasp., keep one's bed; feign sickness (falsehood)., lay by, lay up; take a disease, catch a disease, catch an infection; break out.
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| Antonyms: | health |
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| Concept: | Imperfection. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience |
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be imperfect; have a defect; lie under a disadvantage; spring a leak., not pass muster, barely pass muster; fall short.
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| Antonyms: | perfection |
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