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renounce
[ ri-nouns ]
verb (used with object)
- to give up or put aside voluntarily:
to renounce worldly pleasures.
Synonyms: , , , ,
Antonyms:
- to give up by formal declaration:
to renounce a claim.
Synonyms: ,
- to repudiate; disown:
to renounce one's son.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
verb (used without object)
- 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.
noun
- Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
renounce
/ ɪˈԲʊԲ /
verb
- 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
noun
- rare.a failure to follow suit in a card game
Derived Forms
- ˈԴdzܲԳ, noun
- ˈԴdzܲԳԳ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·ԴdzܲԳa· ·Գܲ··· [r, uh, -, nuhn, -see-, uh, -b, uh, l, -shee-], adjective
- ·ԴdzܲԳmԳ noun
- ·ԴdzܲԳİ noun
- ԴDzr·ԴdzܲԳiԲ adjective
- -·ԴdzܲԳ adjective
- self-·ԴdzܲԳmԳ noun
- -·ԴdzܲԳiԲ adjective
- un·ԴdzܲԳa· adjective
- ܲr·ԴdzܲԳ adjective
- ܲr·ԴdzܲԳiԲ adjective
- ܲr·Գܲc·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of renounce1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
But for Zelensky to renounce Crimea as an indivisible part of Ukraine would be unconscionable.
India has also cancelled some visas held by Pakistanis and ordered holders to leave within two days, while demanding Pakistan renounces "support for cross-border terrorism" - something Islamabad denies.
He was granted Ukrainian citizenship in 2015, renouncing his Georgian citizenship when he became governor of Ukraine's Odesa region.
Fugard couldn’t renounce his identity, but he could scrutinize it with ruthless honesty, subject it to imaginative tests and share his ethical findings.
But in 2002, six months after receiving his conscription notice, Yoo traveled to the United States, became a naturalized American and renounced his South Korean citizenship, instantly exempting him from military duty.
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