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torjua — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abnegate verb To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
  • exclude verb To keep someone or something out, or leave it out of consideration.
  • fend verb To look after or provide for oneself, without relying on others.
  • intercept verb To stop or catch something before it reaches its destination.
  • parry verb To block or deflect a blow, attack, or difficult question.
  • rebuff noun A sudden resistance or refusal.
  • rebut verb To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
  • reject verb To refuse to accept, believe, or agree to something.
  • repel verb To drive back or fight off an attack or attacker.
  • repulse verb To drive back an attack or attacker.
  • save verb To rescue someone or something from harm or danger.
  • scorn verb To feel or show strong contempt for someone or something.
  • snub verb To deliberately ignore or treat someone coldly, as an insult.
  • tackle verb To confront and deal with a difficult problem or task head-on.

Senses

torjua is used for these senses in English:

  • abnegate (transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
  • act on To act decisively on the basis of information received or deduced.
  • act on (medicine) To affect something.
  • exclude (transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
  • fend (rare, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).
  • fend off To defend against; to repel with force or effort
  • head off (transitive) To intercept.
  • head off (transitive) To avoid the undesirable consequences of; to prevent.

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.

exclude — full definition

  1. verb To keep someone or something out, or leave it out of consideration.
  2. verb In medicine or investigation, to rule something out as a possibility.

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