To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction.
To declare freely and openly; to assert.
To confirm or verify, to affirm the validity of.
To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority.
To deny, as a claim; to refuse.
To renounce all claim to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.
To make an admission or warning.
(law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.