verwerpen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- abhor verb To hate or detest something intensely; to regard it with disgust.
- abnegate verb To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
- deplore verb To express strong disapproval of something.
- discard verb To throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted.
- nix noun Nothing, zero.
- reject verb To refuse to accept, believe, or agree to something.
- reprobate adj Rejected; cast off as worthless.
Senses
verwerpen is used for these senses in English:
- abandon (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
- abhor (transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
- abnegate (transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- deplore (transitive) To condemn; to express strong disapproval of.
- discard (transitive) To throw away, to reject.
- get rid of (transitive, idiom) To rid oneself of; to cause oneself to be free of or released from.
- nix To make something become nothing; to reject or cancel. [from 1903]
- reject (transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
abandon — full definition
- verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
- noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".