Synonyms of the word

foreswear

• v. Alternative spelling of forswear.

abandon

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of.
• v. (transitive) To give up control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
• v. (transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to…
• v. (transitive) To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
• v. (transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming…
• v. (transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
• n. A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation…
• n. (obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.
• adv. (obsolete, not comparable) Freely; entirely.

forgo

• v. To let pass, to leave alone.
• v. To do without, to abandon.
• v. To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.

quit

• v. (transitive, archaic) To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To repay (someone) for (something).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
• v. (reflexive, archaic) To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).
• v. (transitive, archaic) To carry through; to go through to the end.
• v. (transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to…
• v. (transitive) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
• v. (transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).
• v. (transitive) To leave (a place).
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun).
• v. (transitive, computing) To close (an application).
• n. Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America.

relinquish

• v. (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something. To trade away.
• v. (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
• v. (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
• v. (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.

renounce

• n. (card games) An act of renouncing.
• v. (transitive) To give up, resign, surrender, atsake.
• v. (transitive) To cast off, repudiate.
• v. (transitive) To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
• v. (transitive) To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
• v. (intransitive) To make a renunciation of something.
• v. (intransitive) To surrender formally some right or trust.
• v. (intransitive, card games) To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card…

waive

• v. (obsolete) To outlaw (someone).
• v. (obsolete) To abandon, give up (someone or something).
• v. (transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forego.
• v. (now rare) To put aside, avoid.
• v. (obsolete) To move from side to side; to sway.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To stray, wander.
• n. (obsolete, law) A woman put out of the protection of the law; an outlawed woman.
• n. (obsolete) A waif; a castaway.