renounce

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An act of [[#Verb|renouncing]]
To give up, resign, surrender
To surrender formally some right or trust
To make a renunciation of something
To decline further association with someone or something, disown
To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led
To cast off, repudiate
To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration
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 terrorism
{v} to disown, disclaim, give up, quit
{n} the act of not following suit
leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
To make renunciation
cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
Act of renouncing
To decline further association with someone or something
To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne
To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters
turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit
{f} abdicate, relinquish by formal declaration; forgo voluntarily; repudiate, forsake, abandon
To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear
An act of renouncing
cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son
If you renounce a claim, rank, or title, you officially give it up. He renounced his claim to the French throne. = give up
renounce a decision
renege a decision, renege on a choice
renounce a right
give up a right
renounce nationality
give up citizenship
renounce one's religion
choose to no longer believe in one's religion
renounce smoking
stop smoking, give up smoking, quit smoking
renouncement
{n} the act of renouncing, hate
To renounce
abrenounce
renounced
past of renounce
renouncement
The act of renouncing
renouncement
The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation
renouncement
an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
renouncement
{i} abdication, relinquishment by formal declaration; act of forgoing voluntarily; repudiation, abandonment
renouncer
One who renounces
renouncer
{i} abdicator, one who relinquishes by formal declaration; one who forgoes voluntarily; repudiator, abandoner
renounces
plural of renounce
renouncing
present participle of renounce
renounce
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