saada luopumaan — meaning in English

English meaning

• abjure verb To firmly reject or give up someone or something for good.
• dissuade verb To persuade someone not to do something.

Senses

saada luopumaan is used for these senses in English:

• abjure (historical) To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw. [from 15th c.]
• dissuade (transitive) To convince not to try or do.

abjure — full definition

1. verb To firmly reject or give up someone or something for good.
2. verb To formally give up a belief or opinion by swearing an oath.
3. verb To make someone take back a belief or opinion.
4. verb (especially in 'abjure the realm') To swear a formal oath to leave a place and never return.

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