zurückweisen — meaning in English
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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 A sudden resistance or refusal.
- 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
- verb To refuse to acknowledge someone, especially a family member, as belonging to you anymore.
- verb To deny any connection with or responsibility for something.