renounce
verb (used with object)
to give up or put aside voluntarily.
am renouncing
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present progressiveof renounce (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In yielding you to the world I am renouncing you; but I love you too well not to sacrifice my happiness to your welfare.
From The Lily of the Valley by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
That beauty for whose sake I am renouncing husband, children, and happiness....
From A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
If I renounce the preachers, I am renouncing some of the greatest artists, and indirectly sanctioning even such art as is worthy only of Holywell Street, and panders to the worst passions.
From Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II by Leslie Stephen
