отрека́ться — meaning in English

English meaning

• abdicate verb To formally give up a position of power, especially a throne.
• abjure verb To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
• abnegate verb To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
• 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.
• forswear verb To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
• recant verb To formally take back a statement or belief you previously expressed, especially in public.
• renounce verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.
• repudiate verb To reject a claim, idea or association firmly and publicly, and to state that you want nothing to do with it.

Senses

отрека́ться is used for these senses in English:

• abdicate (intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. [First attested in the early 18th c.]
• abjure (historical) To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw. [from 15th c.]
• abnegate (transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). [First attested in the early 17th century.]
• abnegate (transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
• disavow (transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.
• disown (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
• forswear (transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.
• recant (ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.

abdicate — full definition

1. verb To formally give up a position of power, especially a throne.
2. verb To fail to carry out a duty or responsibility one is expected to fulfill.

abjure — full definition

1. verb To solemnly reject (someone or something); to abandon (someone or something) forever; to disavow, to disclaim, to repudiate.
2. verb To renounce (something) upon oath; to forswear; specifically, to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion); to withdraw.
3. verb To cause (someone) to recant or retract (a heresy or some other opinion).
4. verb Especially in abjure the realm: to swear an oath to leave (a place) forever.

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