disavow, abandon, repudiate, foreswear, abjure, forswear, forsake, accept, recant, accede, relinquish, abdicate, declare, surrender, denounce, cede, condemn, rescind, acquiesce, repent, reject, abolish, withdraw, proselytise, abrogate, reprove, consecrate, capitulate, forego, shun, reconsider, forgo, disarm, renege, disown, deny, profanes, reaffirm, uproot, cease, espouse, excommunicate, christianize, affirm, revoke, reconvert, proclaim, sever, shirk, derogate, secularise, defend, recommit, endorse, confess, ostracise, disassociate, extirpate, eschew, renew, subjugate, annul, rethink, embrace, dismantle, christianise, commit, coerce, betray, expel, moralize, jettison, suspend, disobey, shelve, kowtow, counterpose, waive, spurn, apologize, annihilate, liberate, fulfill, disband, sublimate, readmit, emancipate, reassert, relativize, cooperate, countenance, assert, backtrack, redouble, resign, constitutionalize, blaspheme, pursue, reimpose, refuse, demilitarize, remarry

apostatise, apostatize, disclaim, disprove, rebut, refute, retract, swallow, take back, tergiversate, unsay

abnegate, arise, disclaim, martyr, rebel, rise, rise up

give up, leave office, quit, step down, vacate