αποκηρύσσω — meaning in English
apokirysso
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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.
- recant verb To formally take back a statement or belief you previously expressed, especially in public.
- repudiate verb To reject a claim, idea or association firmly and publicly, and to state that you want nothing to do with it.
Senses
αποκηρύσσω 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).
- recant (ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
- repudiate (transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
abandon — full definition
- verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
- noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".
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.
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