Renounce
11renounce — v. (D; tr.) to renounce for (to renounce wealth for happiness) * * * [rɪ naʊns] (D; tr.) to renounce for (to renounce wealth for happiness) …
12renounce — renounceable, renunciable /reuh nun see euh beuhl, shee /, adj. renouncement, n. renouncer, n. /ri nowns /, v., renounced, renouncing, n. v.t. 1. to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures. 2. to give up by formal… …
13renounce — re|nounce [ rı nauns ] verb transitive FORMAL 1. ) to state formally that you no longer believe in something or support something: No progress will be made until the terrorists renounce violence. Members of the cult are forced to renounce all… …
14renounce — [[t]rɪna͟ʊns[/t]] renounces, renouncing, renounced 1) VERB If you renounce a belief or a way of behaving, you decide and declare publicly that you no longer have that belief or will no longer behave in that way. [V n] After a period of… …
15renounce — verb 1 (T) to publicly say that you will no longer keep something, or stay in an important position, because you no longer have the right to it: The only course left to Nixon was to renounce the presidency. | renounce a claim: James II renounced… …
16renounce — verb (renounced; renouncing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French renuncer, from Latin renuntiare, from re + nuntiare to report, from nuntius messenger Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal… …
17renounce — re|nounce [rıˈnauns] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: renoncer, from Latin renuntiare, from nuntiare to report ] 1.) if you renounce an official position, title, right etc, you publicly say that you will not keep it any more = ↑give… …
18renounce — [c]/rəˈnaʊns / (say ruh nowns) verb (renounced, renouncing) –verb (t) 1. to give up or put aside voluntarily. 2. to give up by formal declaration: to renounce a claim. 3. to repudiate; disown. –verb (i) 4. Cards a. to play a card of a different… …
19renounce — verb Renounce is used with these nouns as the object: ↑belief, ↑citizenship, ↑claim, ↑nationality, ↑power, ↑right, ↑throne, ↑violence …
20renounce — verb 1) Edward renounced his claim to the throne Syn: give up, relinquish, abandon, abdicate, surrender, waive, forego; Law disclaim; formal abnegate Ant: assert 2) Hungary renounced the agreement Syn …
