renier — meaning in English

English meaning

• backslide verb To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
• disown verb To refuse to acknowledge someone, especially a family member, as belonging to you anymore.
• spurn verb To reject something or someone with contempt or disdain.

Senses

renier is used for these senses in English:

• backslide (transitive) To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
• disown (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
• spurn (ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.

backslide — full definition

1. verb To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
2. verb To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
3. verb To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.

disown — full definition

1. verb To refuse to acknowledge someone, especially a family member, as belonging to you anymore.
2. verb To deny any connection with or responsibility for something.

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