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re⋅nounce

  [ri-nouns] verb, -nounced, -nounc⋅ing, noun
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; ME renouncen < MF renoncer < L renūntiāre to bring back word, disclaim, equiv. to re- re- + nūntiāre to announce, deriv. of nūntius messenger, news

Related forms:
re⋅nounce⋅a⋅ble, re⋅nun⋅ci⋅a⋅ble  [ruh-nuhn-see-uh-buhl, -shee-] , adjective
re⋅nounce⋅ment, noun
re⋅nounc⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. forsake, forgo, forswear, leave, quit. See abandon 1 . 2. resign, abdicate. 3. disclaim, reject, disavow, deny.

Antonyms:
1. claim. 3. accept.
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re·nounce   (rĭ-nouns')   
v.   re·nounced, re·nounc·ing, re·nounc·es

v.   tr.

  1. To give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement. See Synonyms at relinquish.

  2. To reject; disown.

v.   intr. Games
To revoke in cards.
n.   Games
A revoke in cards.

[Middle English renouncen, from Old French renoncer, from Latin renūntiāre, to report : re-, re- + nūntiāre, to announce (from nūntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots).]
re·nounce'ment n., re·nounc'er n.
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Main Entry: re·nounce
Pronunciation: ri-'nauns
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: re·nounced; re·nounc·ing
transitive verb 1 : to announce one's abandonment or giving up of a right to or interest in : DISCLAIM 1 <renounce an inheritance>
2 : to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further <renounce allegiance to one's country> intransitive verb : to make a renunciation
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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