Lesson 12: Releasing and Taking Back

abdicate (trans v)

to relinquish formally / to relinquish high office or responsibility

abnegate (trans v)

to deny to oneself; renounce

absolve (trans v)

to pronounce clear of blame or guilt / to relieve from obligation

catharsis (n)

a purifying or figurative cleaning or release of tension

countermand (trans v)

to cancel or reverse / to recall by contrary order / an order or command reversing another 

recant (trans v)

to make a formal retraction or disavowal of / to make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held belief

recoup (n)

to receive an equivalent for, make up for

renunciation (n)

the act of giving something up, especially by formal announcement

rescind (trans v)

to make void; repeal or annul

waive (trans v) 

to relinquish or give up voluntarily / to refrain from insisting upon or enforcing; dispense with