ESPOUSING Antonyms

• refusal to acknowledge as one's own

• the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)

• characterized by active hostility

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• declare untrue; contradict

• refuse to accept or believe

• refuse to grant, as of a petition or request

• refuse to let have

• deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure

• deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

• refuse to recognize or acknowledge

• refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with

• renounce a legal claim or title to

• make a disclaimer about

• overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

• prove to be false or incorrect

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

• not accept something given or offered

• not accept as true

• deem wrong or inappropriate

• reject with contempt

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

• give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

• turn away from; give up

• cast off

• cast off

• refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

• refuse to recognize or pay

• reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust