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zavrhnout — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abjure verb To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
  • censure noun Strong, formal criticism or disapproval.
  • disown verb To refuse to acknowledge someone, especially a family member, as belonging to you anymore.
  • refute verb To prove that a claim or argument is false or wrong.
  • renounce verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.
  • reprobate adj Rejected; cast off as worthless.
  • spurn verb To reject something or someone with contempt or disdain.

Senses

zavrhnout is used for these senses in English:

  • disown (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
  • refute (transitive, proscribed) To deny the truth or correctness of (something).
  • renounce (transitive) To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
  • reprobate To have strong disapproval of something; to reprove; to condemn.
  • spurn (ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.

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.

censure — full definition

  1. noun Strong, formal criticism or disapproval.
  2. verb To criticize or formally reprimand someone.

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