 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
renounce
verb
1: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or
duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he
married a divorcee" [syn: {abdicate}]
2: leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She
vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman
resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
[syn: {vacate}, {resign}, {give up}]
3: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
[syn: {foreswear}, {quit}, {relinquish}]
4: cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The
parents repudiated their son" [syn: {repudiate}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Renounce \Re*nounce"\ (r[-e]*nouns"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p.
{Renounced} (-nounst"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Renouncing}
(-noun"s?ng).] [F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back
word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re- re- +
nuntiare to announce, fr. nuncius, a messenger. See {Nuncio},
and cf. {Renunciation}.]
1. To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to
refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to
disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.
2. To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss;
to forswear.
This world I do renounce, and in your sights
Shake patiently my great affliction off. --Shak.
3. (Card Playing) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led)
by playing a card of another suit.
{To renounce probate} (Law), to decline to act as the
executor of a will. --Mozley & W.
Syn: To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny; abjure;
recant; abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign;
relinquish; give up; abdicate.
Usage: {Renounce}, {Abjure}, {Recant}. -- To renounce is to
make an affirmative declaration of abandonment. To
abjure is to renounce with, or as with, the solemnity
of an oath. To recant is to renounce or abjure some
proposition previously affirmed and maintained.
From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no
disgrace
Can force me to renounce the honor of my race.
--Dryden.
Either to die the death, or to abjure
Forever the society of man. --Shak.
Ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
--Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Renounce \Re*nounce"\, noun (Card Playing)
Act of renouncing.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Renounce \Re*nounce"\, verb (used without an object)
1. To make renunciation. [Obs.]
He of my sons who fails to make it good,
By one rebellious act renounces to my blood.
--Dryden.
2. (Law) To decline formally, as an executor or a person
entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate
or letters.
Dryden died without a will, and his widow having
renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10.
--W. D.
Christie.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
157 Moby Thesaurus words for "renounce":
abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, abstain from, acknowledge defeat,
assert the contrary, avoid, back down, back out, backwater,
beg a truce, belay, belie, brush aside, cancel, capitulate, cease,
cede, chuck, chuck out, climb down, come off, come to terms,
contemn, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter,
crawfish out, cross, cry pax, cry quits, cut it out, cut out,
decline, demit, deny, desert, desist, desist from, despise,
disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim,
discontinue, discount, disdain, disgorge, dismiss, disown,
dispense with, dispose of, disprove, dispute, disregard, disuse,
do without, drop, drop it, dump, eat crow, eat humble pie, end,
eschew, except, exclude, forgo, forsake, forswear, gainsay,
get along without, get rid of, give away, give over, give up, halt,
hand over, have done with, hold, ignore, implore mercy, impugn,
join issue upon, kiss good-bye, knock it off, lay down, lay off,
leave off, let go, make a sacrifice, nol-pros, not accept,
not admit, not pursue with, nullify, oppose, part with, pass by,
pass up, pray for quarter, push aside, put behind one, quit,
quitclaim, rebuff, recant, refrain, refuse, refuse to admit,
refuse to consider, refute, reject, relinquish, render up, renege,
repel, repudiate, repulse, resign, retract, revoke, sacrifice,
say uncle, scout, scrub, shove away, shun, spare, spurn, stay,
stop, surrender, swallow, swear off, take back, take issue with,
take the pledge, terminate, throw, throw away, throw off,
throw out, throw up, turn, turn away, turn out, unsay, vacate,
waive, withdraw, yield, yield the palm
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