zurückweisen — meaning in English

English meaning

• disavow verb To formally deny responsibility for or support of something.
• disown verb To refuse to acknowledge someone, especially a family member, as belonging to you anymore.
• rebuff noun An unexpected refusal of an offer or request.
• reject verb To refuse to accept, believe, or agree to something.
• repel verb To drive back or fight off an attack or attacker.
• repudiate verb To reject a claim, idea or association firmly and publicly, and to state that you want nothing to do with it.

Senses

zurückweisen is used for these senses in English:

• disavow (transitive) To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.
• disown (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
• rebuff (transitive) To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
• reject (transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
• repel (transitive) To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.). [from 15th c.]
• repudiate (transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
• repudiate (transitive) To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
• turn out (transitive, idiomatic) To refuse service or shelter; to eject or evict.

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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