'Renounce' definitions:
Definition of 'renounce'
From: WordNet
verb
Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" [syn: abdicate, renounce]
verb
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" [syn: vacate, resign, renounce, give up]
verb
Turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" [syn: foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish]
verb
Definition of 'Renounce'
From: GCIDE
- Renounce \Re*nounce"\ (r[-e]*nouns"), v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear. [1913 Webster]
- This world I do renounce, and in your sights Shake patiently my great affliction off. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Card Playing) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit. [1913 Webster]
- To renounce probate (Law), to decline to act as the executor of a will. --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no disgrace Can force me to renounce the honor of my race. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Either to die the death, or to abjure Forever the society of man. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Renounce'
From: GCIDE
- Renounce \Re*nounce"\, v. i.
- 1. To make renunciation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He of my sons who fails to make it good, By one rebellious act renounces to my blood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters. [1913 Webster]
- Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10. --W. D. Christie. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Renounce'
From: GCIDE
- Renounce \Re*nounce"\, n. (Card Playing) Act of renouncing. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'renounce'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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