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61relinquish — I verb abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, deliver, demit, desert, disclaim, discontinue, dismiss, do without, drop, eliminate, forgo, forsake, forswear, give over, give up, give up claim to, go without, hand over, jettison, lay… …
62sacrifice — I (forfeiture) noun abandonment, capitulation, cessation, cost, deprivation, destruction, dispensation, expense, giving up, loss, oblation, release, relinquishment, renunciation, resignation, yielding II (victim) noun dupe, immolation, martyr,… …
63abandon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. relinquish, resign, give up, forgo, surrender, discontinue, waive, abdicate; leave, quit, evacuate, withdraw (from); desert, forsake, maroon, discard, drop; let go, throw up, pull out of, have done …
64abjure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. forswear, renounce, repudiate. See negation, nullification. Ant., maintain. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. give up, renounce, forswear, recant, retract, disclaim, take back, renege, disavow,… …
65deny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. contradict, negate; refuse, withhold; doubt, reject; oppose, protest; renounce, doom. See negation, refusal, rejection. Ant., acknowledge, admit. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contradict, dispute,… …
66disclaim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disavow, deny, repudiate; disown, renounce. See nullification, negation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deny] Syn. repudiate, disavow, revoke, retract; see deny , recant . 2. [To disown] Syn. renounce,… …
67forsake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. desert, abandon; renounce, quit, forswear. See relinquishment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To abandon] Syn. desert, leave, quit; see abandon 2 . 2. [To relinquish] Syn. renounce, give up, surrender; see …
68lie — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. prevaricate, falsify, deceive; recline, rest, be situated; extend. See falsehood, deception, location, horizontal. Ant., fact, truth. lie detector II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An intentional… …
69relinquish — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. renounce, surrender, give up; see abandon 1 , waive . See Synonym Study at waive . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [ri LING kwish] to give up, let go or renounce. He will relinquish his office in thirty… …
70Tergiversation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Tergiversation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 change of mind change of mind change of intention change of purpose Sgm: N 1 afterthought afterthought GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 tergiversation tergiversation recantation Sgm: N 2… …
