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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 yvlog 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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yvlog 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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yvlog 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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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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After the Southern Baptist Union announced in 2000 that they would no longer allow women to become pastors, the former president renounced his membership.

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Prosecutors acknowledged in a sentencing memo that years had passed since the criminal conduct in the case but maintained Rundo “has not renounced the violent extremist ideology that motivated that conduct.”

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