renounce
to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
to give up by formal declaration: to renounce a claim.
to repudiate; disown: to renounce one's son.
Cards.
to play a card of a different suit from that led.
to abandon or give up a suit led.
to fail to follow the suit led.
Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
Origin of renounce
1synonym study For renounce
Other words for renounce
Opposites for renounce
Other words from renounce
- re·nounce·a·ble, re·nun·ci·a·ble [ruh-nuhn-see-uh-buhl, -shee-], /rəˈnʌn si ə bəl, -ʃi-/, adjective
- re·nounce·ment, noun
- re·nounc·er, noun
- non·re·nounc·ing, adjective
- self-re·nounced, adjective
- self-re·nounce·ment, noun
- self-re·nounc·ing, adjective
- un·re·nounce·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·nounced, adjective
- un·re·nounc·ing, adjective
- un·re·nun·ci·a·ble, adjective
Words that may be confused with renounce
- denounce, renounce
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British Dictionary definitions for renounce
/ (rɪˈnaʊns) /
(tr) to give up (a claim or right), esp by formal announcement: to renounce a title
(tr) to repudiate: to renounce Christianity
(tr) to give up (some habit, pursuit, etc) voluntarily: to renounce smoking
(intr) cards to fail to follow suit because one has no cards of the suit led
rare a failure to follow suit in a card game
Origin of renounce
1Derived forms of renounce
- renouncement, noun
- renouncer, noun
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