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- DictionaryRe·nounce/rəˈnouns/
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"
The meaning of RENOUNCE is to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration. How to use renounce in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Renounce.
to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures. Synonyms: quit, leave, forswear, forgo, forsake. Antonyms: claim. to give up by formal declaration: to renounce a claim. Synonyms: abdicate, resign. to repudiate; disown: to renounce one's son.
to say publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something: Gandhi renounced the use of violence.
to say publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something: Gandhi renounced the use of violence.
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.
1. ( tr) to give up (a claim or right), esp by formal announcement: to renounce a title. 2. ( tr) to repudiate: to renounce Christianity. 3. ( tr) to give up (some habit, pursuit, etc) voluntarily: to renounce smoking.
Synonyms for RENOUNCE: relinquish, resign, abdicate, cede, deny, surrender, waive, abnegate; Antonyms of RENOUNCE: claim, assume, appropriate, seize, protect, confiscate, defend, arrogate.
Renounce definition: To disclaim one's association with (a person or country, for example).
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.
renounce something to state publicly that you no longer have a particular belief or that you will no longer behave in a particular way. to renounce ideals/principles/beliefs, etc. a joint declaration renouncing the use of violence. Many were executed for refusing to renounce their religion.
