démordre

Meaning

  1. to let go, release (something held in the teeth)
  2. (colloquial) to give up, abandon, renounce (an opinion, plan, etc.)

Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.mɔʁdʁ/
Etymology

From dé- + mordre.

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