renounce
Use Renounce in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
2.
to give up by formal declaration: to renounce a claim.
3.
to repudiate; disown: to renounce one's son.
verb (used without object)
4.
Cards.
a.
to play a card of a different suit from that led.
b.
to abandon or give up a suit led.
c.
to fail to follow the suit led.
noun
5.
Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English renouncen < Middle French renoncer < Latin renūntiāre to bring back word, disclaim, equivalent to re- re- + nūntiāre to announce, derivative of nūntius messenger, news
1325–75; Middle English renouncen < Middle French renoncer < Latin renūntiāre to bring back word, disclaim, equivalent to re- re- + nūntiāre to announce, derivative of nūntius messenger, news
Related forms
si 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
Synonyms
1. forsake, forgo, forswear, leave, quit. See abandon1. 2. resign, abdicate. 3. disclaim, reject, disavow, deny.
1. forsake, forgo, forswear, leave, quit. See abandon1. 2. resign, abdicate. 3. disclaim, reject, disavow, deny.
Antonyms
1. claim. 3. accept.
1. claim. 3. accept.
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renounce (rɪˈnaʊns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 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 |
| 4. | (intr) cards to fail to follow suit because one has no cards of the suit led |
| —n | |
| 5. | rare a failure to follow suit in a card game |
| [C14: from Old French renoncer, from Latin renuntiāre to disclaim, from | |
| re'nouncement | |
| —n | |
| re'nouncer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
renounce
c.1380, from O.Fr. renoncer, from L. renuntiare "proclaim, protest against, renounce," from re- "against" + nuntiare "to report, announce," from nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio).
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Example sentences
If that's not true, then he should renounce his affiliation.
If you do not apply, it will be considered that you renounce your right to administer the estate.
Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world.
Yes, they need to renounce their counter-reality and come back to this one.
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