1. REPUDIATE   keep alive   disown   approve   cancel   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. RETRACT   reduce in intensity   reject contemptuously   drive away   withdraw   Half-n-half Clue   3. REPEL   weaken gradually   assume power by force   exonerate   drive away   Half-n-half Clue   4. SQUANDER   slander   support   spend wastefully   shorten by cutting off   Half-n-half Clue   5. TRUNCATE   reduce in intensity   shorten by cutting off   assume power by force   keep alive   Half-n-half Clue   6. UNDERMINE   weaken gradually   reduce in intensity   assume power by force   drive away   Half-n-half Clue   7. SPURN   abandon   reject contemptuously   moderate   waver   Half-n-half Clue