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Renounce meaning in English

Meaning of Renounce in English

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Renounce

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Verb

1. abdicate, renounce

give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

Example Sentences:
'The King abdicated when he married a divorcee'

2. give up, renounce, resign, vacate

leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

Example Sentences:
'She vacated the position when she got pregnant'
'The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds'

3. foreswear, quit, relinquish, renounce

turn away from; give up

Example Sentences:
'I am foreswearing women forever'

4. disown, renounce, repudiate

cast off

Example Sentences:
'She renounced her husband'
'The parents repudiated their son'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Renounce

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verb
1. (transitive)
to give up (a claim or right), esp by formal announcement
to renounce a title
2. (transitive)
to repudiate
to renounce Christianity
3. (transitive)
to give up (some habit, pursuit, etc) voluntarily
to renounce smoking
4. (intransitive) cards
to fail to follow suit because one has no cards of the suit led
noun
5. rare
a failure to follow suit in a card game

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Renounce

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verb transitiveWord forms: reˈnounced or reˈnouncing
1. 
to give up (a claim, right, belief, etc.), usually by a formal public statement
2. 
to give up (a pursuit, practice, way of living or feeling, etc.)
3. 
to cast off or disown; refuse further association with; repudiate
to renounce a son
verb intransitive
4.  Law
to give up a right, trust, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Renounce

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v. re·nounced, re·nounc·ing, re·nounc·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To give up (a title or possession, for example), especially by formal announcement.
b. To decide or declare that one will no longer adhere to (a belief or position); reject.
c. To decide or declare that one will no longer engage in (a practice) or use (something): renounce violence. See Synonyms at relinquish.
2. To disclaim one's association with (a person or country, for example).
v.intr.
To give up, relinquish, or reject something.

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