v. 25B6; verb (formal) RENOUNCE, relinquish, reject, forgo, disavow, abandon, deny, repudiate, give up, wash one's hands of; eschew, abstain from, refrain from; informal kick, pack in, quit, swear off; Law disaffirm; poetic/literary forsake; formal abjure, abnegate.
adhere to, persist with, take up.