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renounce

[ ri-nouns ]

verb (used with object)

renounced, renouncing.
  1. to give up or put aside voluntarily:

    to renounce worldly pleasures.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. to give up by formal declaration:

    to renounce a claim.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. to repudiate; disown:

    to renounce one's son.

    Synonyms: , , ,

    Antonyms:



verb (used without object)

renounced, renouncing.
  1. Cards.
    1. to play a card of a different suit from that led.
    2. to abandon or give up a suit led.
    3. to fail to follow the suit led.

noun

  1. Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.

renounce

/ ɪˈԲʊԲ /

verb

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. rare.
    a failure to follow suit in a card game
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԴdzܲԳ, noun
  • ˈԴdzܲԳ𳾱Գ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ԴdzܲԳa· ·Գܲ··· [r, uh, -, nuhn, -see-, uh, -b, uh, l, -shee-], adjective
  • ·ԴdzܲԳmԳ noun
  • ·ԴdzܲԳİ noun
  • ԴDzr·ԴdzܲԳiԲ adjective
  • -·ԴdzܲԳ adjective
  • self-·ԴdzܲԳmԳ noun
  • -·ԴdzܲԳiԲ adjective
  • un·ԴdzܲԳa· adjective
  • ܲr·ԴdzܲԳ adjective
  • ܲr·ԴdzܲԳiԲ adjective
  • ܲr·Գܲc·· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of renounce1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English renouncen, from Middle French renoncer, from Latin ūԳپ “to bring back word, disclaim,” equivalent to re- re- + ūԳپ “to announce,” derivative of ūԳپܲ “messenger, news”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of renounce1

C14: from Old French renoncer , from Latin ԳܲԳپ to disclaim, from re- + ԳܲԳپ to announce, from nuntius messenger
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Synonym Study

See abandon.
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Example Sentences

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But for Zelensky to renounce Crimea as an indivisible part of Ukraine would be unconscionable.

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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.

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He was granted Ukrainian citizenship in 2015, renouncing his Georgian citizenship when he became governor of Ukraine's Odesa region.

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Fugard couldn’t renounce his identity, but he could scrutinize it with ruthless honesty, subject it to imaginative tests and share his ethical findings.

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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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