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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.
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Renounceable
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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
re·nounce·ment, noun
re·nounc·er, noun
non·re·nounc·ing, adjective
self-re·nounced, adjective
EXPANDself-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
COLLAPSESynonyms
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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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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