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Definition of shedding:
Synonyms:
losing hair, molting, exuviating, exfoliating, desquamation, sloughing, peeling.
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relinquishing (part of speech: verb)
- disowning,
- quitting,
- abdicating,
- resigning,
- surrendering,
- releasing,
- disclaiming,
- giving up,
- waiving,
- capitulating,
- forgoing,
- relinquishing,
- vacating,
- deserting,
- renouncing,
- withdrawing,
- defecting,
- abandoning,
- forsaking
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ridding (part of speech: verb)
- casting off,
- forgoing,
- dropping,
- jettisoning,
- dispelling,
- relinquishing,
- dismissing,
- leaving,
- forsaking,
- rejecting,
- ridding,
- disclaiming,
- venting,
- relegating,
- abandoning,
- parting with,
- deserting,
- waiving,
- releasing,
- discarding,
- capitulating,
- abdicating,
- renouncing,
- surrendering,
- letting go,
- vacating,
- disowning,
- canceling,
- disposing
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rejecting (part of speech: verb)
- seeping,
- discarding,
- checking,
- exuding,
- excising,
- excluding,
- ejecting,
- chopping,
- culling,
- sniping,
- emitting,
- oppugning,
- discharging,
- clipping,
- rejecting,
- venting,
- cropping,
- spewing,
- vomiting,
- jilting,
- disclaiming,
- jettisoning,
- blacklisting,
- shearing,
- cutting,
- curtailing,
- disallowing,
- secreting,
- eliminating,
- blackballing,
- erupting,
- junking,
- lopping,
- exhausting,
- excreting,
- disgorging,
- ejaculating,
- draining,
- abandoning,
- disapproving,
- barring,
- deep-sixing,
- evacuating,
- trashing,
- belching,
- denying
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divesting (part of speech: verb)
- divesting,
- baring,
- stripping,
- exposing,
- peeling,
- unclothing,
- denuding,
- disrobing,
- undressing
Usage examples:
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It was impossible to help laughing, but I was truly thankful that we had so far gained our point as to be allowed to pass without shedding blood.
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Infinite in power, wisdom, and love, he comes wherever there are souls to save, shedding light in every dark spot, bringing life and hope and comfort, and lifting men out of the darkness of sin up to a condition of peace and happiness.
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But she was always shedding tears, either over the baby, or as she sat over her big Bible, " for ever having to wipe her spectacles, and tears running over her nose ridic'lus to behold."