vverb.socialgive up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligationsSynset:abdicate
Examples:- The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
Derivationally Related Form:abdicablerenouncementrenunciationabdicationabdicator
Hypernyms:give up renounce resign vacate
Inherited Hypernyms:abdicatevacateleave officeleavechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.socialleave (a job, post, or position) voluntarilySynset:give up resign vacate
Examples:- She vacated the position when she got pregnant
- The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
Derivationally Related Form:resignationvacant
Hypernyms:leave office quit resign step down
Inherited Hypernyms:vacateleave officeleavechange
Direct Hyponyms:abdicaterenounce
Full Troponyms:abdicate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s (apply to: resign, vacate)
vverb.possessionturn away from; give upSynset:foreswear quit relinquish
Examples:- I am foreswearing women forever
Derivationally Related Form:renunciantrelinquishingrelinquishmentrenunciation
Hypernyms:abandon give up
Inherited Hypernyms:foreswearabandon
Direct Hyponyms:disclaim
Full Troponyms:disclaim
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.communicationcast offSynset:disown repudiate
Examples:- She renounced her husband
- The parents repudiated their son
Derivationally Related Form:repudiationrenouncementrenunciation
Hypernyms:reject
Inherited Hypernyms:disownrejectevaluatethink
Direct Hyponyms:abjureapostatiseapostatizedenyforswearrebutrecantrefuteresileretractswallowtake backtergiversateunsaywithdraw
Full Troponyms:abjureabnegateanswerapostatizedemonstratedenykillmutinyopposepicketprotestrebelrefuterevoltstrikeswallowveto
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody