To make an admission or warning.
To renounce all claim to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.
To deny, as a claim; to refuse.
(law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.
To hold secure.
To employ by paying a retainer.
To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year.
To keep in one's pay or service.
To keep in possession or use.