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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" Similar rejectrefuse to abide byrefuse to recognizerepudiateOpposite acceptabide by
- ▪ reject and stop using or consuming: "he renounced drugs and alcohol completely"
- ▪ 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 recognize or abide by any longer: "these agreements were renounced after the fall of the czarist regime" Similar rejectrefuse to abide byrefuse to recognizerepudiateOpposite acceptabide by
- ▪ declare that one will no longer engage in or support: "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
Scrabble Points: 10
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