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   renounce

   /rɪˈnaʊns/

   verb

   • 1. formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession): "Isabella offered to renounce her son's claim to the French Crown" Similar rejectrefuse to abide byrefuse to recognizerepudiateOpposite acceptabide by
   • ▪ refuse or resign a right or position, especially one as an heir or trustee: "there will be forms enabling the allottee to renounce" Similar give uprelinquishabandonresignabdicatesurrendersign awaywaiveforgodisclaimrare:abnegatedemitOpposite assertreassert
   • ▪ refuse to continue to recognize or abide by: "these agreements were renounced after the fall of the Tsarist regime" Similar rejectrefuse to abide byrefuse to recognizerepudiateOpposite acceptabide by
   • ▪ reject or abandon (a cause, bad habit, or way of life): "they renounced the armed struggle" Similar repudiatedenydiscardrejectgive upforswearabandonwash one's hands ofturn one's back onhave nothing more to do withhave done withdisowncast offcast asidedisinheritcut offthrow offspurnshunarchaic:forsakeabstain fromgive upgo withoutdo withoutdesist fromrefrain fromswear offkeep offeschewrejectcease to indulge ininformal:quitleave offpack inkicklay offOpposite embraceturn to

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French renoncer, from Latin renuntiare ‘protest against’, from re- (expressing reversal) + nuntiare ‘announce’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. renounceable adjective
   • 2. renouncement noun
   • 3. renouncer noun

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