renounce

re·nounce  (r-nouns)

v. re·nounced, re·nounc·ing, re·nounc·es

v.tr.

1. To give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement. See Synonyms at relinquish.

2. To reject; disown.

v.intr. Games

To revoke in cards.

n. Games

A revoke in cards.

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[Middle English renouncen, from Old French renoncer, from Latin renntire, to report : re-, re- + nntire, to announce (from nntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots).]

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re·nouncement n.

re·nouncer n.

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renounce

Verb

[-nouncing, -nounced]

1. to give up (a belief or habit) voluntarily

2. to give up formally (a claim or right): he would renounce his rights to the throne [Latin renuntiare]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	renounce - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" abdicate resign, vacate, renounce, 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"
	2.	renounce - 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" resign, vacate, give up abdicate, renounce - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" leave office, step down, quit, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
	3.	renounce - turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" foreswear, relinquish, quit disclaim - renounce a legal claim or title to abandon, give up - give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
	4.	renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" repudiate, disown reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" apostatise, apostatize, tergiversate - abandon one's beliefs or allegiances abjure, forswear, recant, retract, resile - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" unsay, withdraw, swallow, take back - take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" rebut, refute - overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" deny - refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"

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renounce

verb 1. disown, reject, abandon, quit, discard, spurn, eschew, leave off, throw off, forsake, retract, repudiate, cast off, abstain from, recant, forswear, abjure, swear off, wash your hands of

verb 2. disclaim, deny, decline, give up, resign, relinquish, waive, renege, forgo, abdicate, abjure, abnegate << OPPOSITE assert

Translations

renounce [rɪˈnauns] vt → renunciar a [+ right, inheritance]; renunciar

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renounce [rɪˈnauns] vt → renoncer à (= disown); renier

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renounce [rɪˈnauns] vt → verzichten auf +acc;

(belief) → aufgeben

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renounce [rɪˈnauns] vt → rinunziare a (= disown); ripudiare