Definition for "Renounce"

Etymology

From Latin renuntiare.
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Renounce - (Verb)

phonetic : /riˈnouns/ http://www.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/de/0/renounce.mp3
past participle : renounced
1. Formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession)
  • Isabella offered to renounce her son's claim to the French crown
2. Refuse to recognize or abide by any longer
  • these agreements were renounced after the fall of the czarist regime
3. Declare that one will no longer engage in or support
  • they renounced the armed struggle
4. Reject and stop using or consuming
  • he renounced drugs and alcohol completely
5. Refuse or resign a right or position, esp. one as an heir or trustee
  • there will be forms enabling the allottee to renounce
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abdicate, renounce (give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations) "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
give up (leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily) "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
relinquish (turn away from; give up) "I am foreswearing women forever"
repudiate (cast off) "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
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transitive To give up, resign, surrender.
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transitive To cast off, repudiate.
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transitive To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
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transitive To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
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intransitive To make a renunciation of something.
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intransitive To surrender formally some right or trust.
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intransitive, cards To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
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Renounce - (Noun)

card games An act of [[#Verb|renouncing]].
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Renounce - (General)

1. abdicate: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
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2. vacate: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
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3. foreswear: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
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4. disown: cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
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5. An act of renouncing; To give up, resign, surrender; To cast off, repudiate; To decline further association with someone or something, disown; To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration; To make a renunciation of something; To ...
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6. surrender, abandon, give up, repudiate, disown, withdraw from, refuse recognition, discontinue, forsake, resign right/position, put aside (by own decision), formally consent to …
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7. Disclaim, refuse to have anything to do with.
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8. ترک کرنا ۔ توبہ کرنا
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