APOSTATIZED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

apostatized

verb

past tense of apostatize

as in renounced

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Yermolaiev has lived in the glitzy city state on the Mediterranean coast for several years, having left Ukraine and renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019 to become a citizen of Cyprus.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Their virality comes at a time when the very generation that inspired them has largely renounced the label.

— Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of renounced

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Over the years, questions about the evidence against Smith emerged as a witness recanted, Lowden repudiated his earlier statement implicating Smith, and another man claimed responsibility for Hart's killing.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Those local leaders who came in as Democrats five, six, seven years ago wanted to make shoplifting okay, kept the schools closed too long, they got repudiated by voters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of repudiated

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But others have rejected the idea that the system failed Clancy and have been highly critical of her supporters, including conservative commentators Matt Walsh and Megyn Kelly.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Last year, Manchester United were in discussions with him and made a loan bid in the latter stages of the summer transfer window which was rejected.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of rejected

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Offensive chants have not always been drowned out or disowned in the UK, Europe and beyond.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 July 2026
That candidate, Bushra Amiwala, disowned the support and condemned the ad, widely seen as an attempt to siphon voters from another young progressive, Kat Abughazaleh.

— David Daley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of disowned

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Akihito, who abdicated in 2019, tried to bring what was seen as an aloof monarchy closer to the people, an example followed by his son, Naruhito, and his family.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Frogmore is also the resting place of former King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne in 1936 to wed divorcée Wallis Simpson.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of abdicated

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No mob godfather has ever been as terrifying as Roscoe Conkling spurned by Chester Arthur in the back of that carriage.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
Johnson, the East Moline Democrat who spurned membership on the working group, noted it was constituted by lawmakers who had publicly spoken out in support of Welch in the fallout over his handling of the Benton scandal.

— Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of spurned

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And just like that, Rocky Myers is cut off from the world again.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
But in recent years, Romo has been criticized for his preparation, for cutting off Nantz mid-sentence, for fawning over Josh Allen and other quarterbacks and for seeming pollyannish at times.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

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