apostatizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of apostatize
as in renounces

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostatizes
  1. renounces
  2. repudiates
  3. rejects
  4. forsakes
  5. abandons
  6. spurns
  7. abdicates
  8. cuts off
Verb
  • Japan has recently taken steps to expand its defense posture, including lifting its ban on lethal arms exports and mulling changes to Article 9 of its constitution, which renounces war and the maintenance of armed forces.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 31 May 2026
  • Miami will have the ability to use multiple sizable salary cap exceptions if Wiggins opts out or if Wiggins stays but Miami renounces Powell, which remove his cap hold and eliminate his Bird rights.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of renounces
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  • For English readers, whose cultures and histories have largely been defined by the individual, Anedda’s more collective interpretation of an identity repudiates social definitions.
    — Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • To exclude the Ute Indian Tribe from access and recognition where those rights and practices endure compounds historical harm and repudiates the very text of the Agreement the State purports to respect.
    — Shaun Chapoose, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
Definition of repudiates
Verb
  • When a human accepts, rejects or overrides the agent, the organization can reconstruct why—not from a comment field that made sense to the person who wrote it, but from a structured record that holds its meaning after they're gone.
    — Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Israel rejects this, viewing the area as disputed rather than occupied.
    — Pesha Magid Reuters, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of rejects
Verb
  • The difference is the wisdom to recognize that giving away public-trust land and diminishing our quality of life forsakes the permanent greater good for the temporary benefit of a few developers and residents.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Definition of forsakes
Verb
  • First, Verbruggen baits Joao Pedro, who abandons Olivier Boscagli.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The aircraft abandons the familiar tube-and-wing layout used by Boeing and Airbus.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of abandons
Verb
  • Newsom typically spurns laws that make changes to the state budget after those fiscal discussions conclude in the first half of the calendar year.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But when a suspicious blaze kills their mom and dad, Guinevere carries on the legacy Ennis spurns, until the past erupts into the present, revealing terrifying truths about who their parents really were.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
Definition of spurns
Verb
  • When the state abdicates its duty, the people must step in.
    — William Morris, Des Moines Register, 17 Mar. 2026
  • When the federal government abdicates its responsibility for public health, states, localities, and communities of experts can still try to fill the void.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
Definition of abdicates
Verb
  • However, the closure of the National Tunnel cuts off all travelers at the midpoint.
    — Megan Shinn, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Grylls cuts off the animal’s tongue with a knife and boils it over a campfire.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of cuts off
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“Apostatizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostatizes. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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