zříci se — meaning in English

English meaning

• abjure verb To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
• disown verb To refuse to acknowledge someone, especially a family member, as belonging to you anymore.
• renounce verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.

Senses

zříci se is used for these senses in English:

• disown (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
• renounce (transitive) To give up, resign, surrender.
• renounce (transitive) To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
• renounce (intransitive) To surrender formally some right or trust.

abjure — full definition

1. verb To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
2. verb To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw.
3. verb To cause (someone) to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion).
4. verb Especially in abjure the realm: to swear an oath to leave (a place) forever.

disown — full definition

1. verb To refuse to acknowledge someone, especially a family member, as belonging to you anymore.
2. verb To deny any connection with or responsibility for something.

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