Definition: (verb) Do without or cease to hold or adhere to.
Synonyms: foreswear, waive, dispense with, relinquish.
Usage: The tortures of the accused did not equal mine; she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom and would not forgo their hold.
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