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zřeknout se — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • defy verb To openly refuse to obey or comply with something.
  • renounce verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.

Senses

zřeknout se is used for these senses in English:

  • defy (transitive, obsolete) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
  • 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.

defy — full definition

  1. verb To openly refuse to obey or comply with something.
  2. verb To resist or fail to conform to something, as if impossible to overcome.

renounce — full definition

  1. verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.
  2. verb To publicly reject or disown a belief, habit, or association.

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