renounce
verb (used with object)
to give up or put aside voluntarily.
have renounced
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present perfectof renounce.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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People of various political stripes have renounced Trump and joined us.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
The ruling came as Ankara pursues peace with Kurdish PKK militants who have renounced their four-decade armed rebellion and are seeking to engage in a democratic political struggle for Kurdish rights.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
Some SDF commanders question whether former jihadists in the government have renounced their hard-line ideology, allowing Islamic State operatives to move unhindered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
The couple claimed to have renounced their citizenship and did not consider themselves to be "contracted" to the state - in other words, they had withdrawn from society.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024
"No, Countess, my circumstances do not permit it; I have renounced this happiness."
From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Wilhelmine von Hillern
