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+# παραιτέομαι/paraiteomai
+This word is an action. It is a verb.
+* This word can mean to beg.
+    * Sometimes this word is used to talk about one person begging another person to give them something or to allow them to do something.
+    * Sometimes it is used to talk about one person begging another person to not do something.
+* This word can mean to refuse to do something.
+* This word can mean to reject someone or something.
+* This word can mean to request something.
+* This word can mean to ask another person to be excused from something.