dismiss from a job, sack, fire

lose one's courage

God will tell him

renounce a relation

feeling free to answer, speak boldly immediately, reply quickly

disregard

make a crushing reply or rejoinder, to silence

answer, reply, refuse, dismiss, talk insolently

to approach the hour of death

make a blunt reply

a quick refusal is better than being kept waiting

to be bent on fighting

refuse point-blank

pay in the same coin, give tit for tat

give away, make over (to)

say yes or no, give categorical reply, give clear answer

maim, cripple