To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.
To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
contend with: To try to cope with a difficulty or problem.
To surrender formally some right or trust.
To cast off, repudiate.
To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
To make a renunciation of something.
To give up, resign, surrender.
To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
An act of renouncing.