wash one's hands of
VERB
forsake
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
Antonyms
VERB
give in/give up
Synonyms
WEAK
abandon
back down
bail out
bow out
buckle under
capitulate
cave in
cease
cede
chicken out
collapse
comply
concede
cry uncle
cut out
desist
despair
drop
drop like a hot potato
fold
forswear
hand over
leave off
pull out
quit
relinquish
resign
stop
submit
surrender
take the oath
throw in the towel
waive
walk out on
yield
Antonyms
VERB
repudiate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abandon
break with
disavow
dismiss
disown
forsake
recant
renounce
repeal
rescind
retract
reverse
revoke
spurn
STRONG
abjure
apostatize
banish
cast
decline
default
defect
demur
deny
desert
disapprove
discard
disclaim
dishonor
disinherit
dump
flush
nix
oust
rat
refuse
reprobate
tergiversate
turn
WEAK
Antonyms
Example Sentences
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V. resign; give up, throw up; lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract; deny &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark