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Definition of Renounce
1. Verb. Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations. "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
Exact synonyms: Abdicate
Generic synonyms: Give Up, Resign, Vacate
Derivative terms: Abdicable, Abdication, Abdication, Abdicator, Renouncement, Renunciation, Renunciation
Generic synonyms: Give Up, Resign, Vacate
Derivative terms: Abdicable, Abdication, Abdication, Abdicator, Renouncement, Renunciation, Renunciation
2. Verb. Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily. "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
Exact synonyms: Give Up, Resign, Vacate
Specialized synonyms: Abdicate
Generic synonyms: Leave Office, Quit, Resign, Step Down
Derivative terms: Resignation, Vacant
Specialized synonyms: Abdicate
Generic synonyms: Leave Office, Quit, Resign, Step Down
Derivative terms: Resignation, Vacant
3. Verb. Turn away from; give up. "I am foreswearing women forever"
Exact synonyms: Foreswear, Quit, Relinquish
Specialized synonyms: Disclaim
Generic synonyms: Abandon, Give Up
Derivative terms: Relinquishing, Relinquishment, Renunciant, Renunciation
Specialized synonyms: Disclaim
Generic synonyms: Abandon, Give Up
Derivative terms: Relinquishing, Relinquishment, Renunciant, Renunciation
4. Verb. Cast off. "The parents repudiated their son"
Exact synonyms: Disown, Repudiate
Generic synonyms: Reject
Specialized synonyms: Apostatise, Apostatize, Tergiversate, Abjure, Forswear, Recant, Resile, Retract, Swallow, Take Back, Unsay, Withdraw, Rebut, Refute, Deny
Derivative terms: Renouncement, Renunciation, Repudiation
Generic synonyms: Reject
Specialized synonyms: Apostatise, Apostatize, Tergiversate, Abjure, Forswear, Recant, Resile, Retract, Swallow, Take Back, Unsay, Withdraw, Rebut, Refute, Deny
Derivative terms: Renouncement, Renunciation, Repudiation
Definition of Renounce
1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. To make renunciation.
3. n. Act of renouncing.
Definition of Renounce
1. to disown [v -NOUNCED, -NOUNCING, -NOUNCES] - See also: disown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Renounce
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