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verzaken — 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.
  • abnegate verb To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
  • forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
  • neglect verb To fail to give proper care or attention to someone or something.
  • relinquish verb To give up or hand over a right, position, or possession, often reluctantly.
  • renege verb To break a promise or go back on an agreement.
  • renounce verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.
  • revoke verb To officially cancel or withdraw something, such as a license, law, or permission.
  • waive verb To voluntarily give up a right, claim, or requirement.

Senses

verzaken is used for these senses in English:

  • abjure To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate. [from 15th c.]
  • abnegate (transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
  • forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
  • neglect (transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
  • relinquish (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
  • renege (intransitive, card games) To break one's commitment to follow suit when capable.
  • renounce (intransitive, card games) To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
  • revoke (intransitive) To fail to follow suit in a game of cards when holding a card in that suit.

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.

abnegate — full definition

  1. verb To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
  2. verb To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.

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