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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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   What does renunciation mean?

   • 聲明放棄, 宣佈放棄, 棄絕… 声明放弃, 宣布放弃, 弃绝… renunciar a, renunciar… renunciar a, renunciar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! RENOUNCE definition: 1. to say formally or publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection….

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   What does renounce mean?

   • Mark well that I do not renounce the pleasure of changing my opinion or of contradicting myself. "A woman will do anything for a man but renounce him," says Lloyd; and she cannot understand this fierce instinct of his. Renounce definition: to give up or put aside voluntarily. See examples of RENOUNCE used in a sentence.

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   What does it mean to renounce a belief?

   • If you renounce a belief or a way of behaving, you decide and declare publicly that you no longer have that belief or will no longer behave in that way. After a period of imprisonment she renounced her life of crime. 5 meanings: 1. to give up (a claim or right), esp by formal announcement 2. to repudiate 3. to give up (some habit, pursuit,....

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   What does renouncement mean?

   • 1. to give up or put aside. 2. to repudiate; disown. 3. to fail to follow the suit led in cards. n. 4. failure to follow in the suit led in cards. re•nounce′ment, n. re•nounc′er, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

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     to say publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in,...

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   To renounce is to officially give up or turn away from. If you decide to become a vegetarian, you will renounce hamburgers and bacon. The transitive verb renounce is a stronger, more formal way of saying that you reject or disown something.

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