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απαρνούμαι — meaning in English

aparnoumai

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English meaning

  • abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  • disown verb To refuse to acknowledge someone, especially a family member, as belonging to you anymore.
  • forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.

Senses

απαρνούμαι is used for these senses in English:

  • abandon (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
  • disown (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
  • forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).

abandon — full definition

  1. verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  2. verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
  3. noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".

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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