English III AP Set 12
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| 101601301 | abdicate | (v) to relinquish formally; to relinquish high office or responsibility | |
| 101601302 | abnegate | (v) to deny to oneself; renounce | |
| 101601303 | absolve | (v) to pronounce clear of blame or guilt; to relieve from obligation; to pardon a sin | |
| 101601304 | catharsis | (n) a purifying or figurative cleansing or release of tension | |
| 101601305 | countermand | (v) to cancel or reverse; to recall by contrary order (n) an order or command reversing another | |
| 101601306 | recant | (v) to make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held belief | |
| 101601307 | recoup | (v) to receive an equivalent for; makeup for | |
| 101601308 | renunciation | (n) to act of giving something up, especially by formal announcement | |
| 101601309 | rescind | (v) to make void; repeal or annul | |
| 101601310 | waive | (v) to relinquish or give up voluntarily; to refrain from insisting upon or enforcing; dispense with |