defy | reject, despise, disdain, renounce |
deny | disown, disavow, renounce |
detest | renounce, repudiate; or: hate, abhor |
disclaim | disown, repudiate, renounce [connection with] |
fall | desert, forsake, renounce |
forswear | abandon, renounce, reject, give up |
gainsay | deny, renounce, disown |
give | sacrifice, renounce, abandon |
give | give up, renounce |
renege | renounce, refuse, abandon |
swear | renounce, abjure, abandon |
unspeak | retract, renounce, take back |