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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dodge payment |
| Synonyms: | bilk, defraud, dishonor, evade, fail, leave town, meet under arch, neglect, put on the cuff, rat, repudiate, run out on, see in the alley, shirk, skate, skip, skip out on, stiff*, swindle, welch, welsh |
| Antonyms: | pay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | denounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, attack |
| Synonyms: | accuse, adjudicate, arraign, blacklist, blame, boycott, brand, castigate, censure, charge, charge with, criticize, damn, declaim, decry, denunciate, derogate, dress down, excoriate, expose, finger*, hang something on, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, indict, inveigh against, knock, ostracize, proscribe, prosecute, rap, rat, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, reprove, revile, scold, show up, skin*, smear, stigmatize, take to task, threaten, upbraid, vilify, vituperate |
| Antonyms: | approve, commend, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | sing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tattle on someone |
| Synonyms: | betray, blow the whistle, fink, inform, peach, rat, snitch, spill the beans, talk, turn in |
| Antonyms: | conceal |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change one's mind; defect |
| Synonyms: | apostatize, bring round, change sides, desert, go over, influence, persuade, prejudice, prevail upon, rat, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, talk into, tergiversate, tergiverse |
| Main Entry: | blow the whistle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform on |
| Synonyms: | finger, rat, sell down the river, sell out, snitch, spill the beans, squawk, squeal, weasel |
| Main Entry: | sell out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | betray principles |
| Synonyms: | betray, double-cross, play false, rat, sell one's soul, stab in the back |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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