renounce
verb (used with object)
to give up or put aside voluntarily.
is renouncing
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present progressiveof renounce (3rd 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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Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, the former heir to the throne of Jordan, has said he is renouncing his title of prince.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2022
I asked Ms. Fonda why she says she is renouncing plastic surgery.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2020
The only man convicted for 9/11 is renouncing terrorism.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2020
Let some other newspaper cover how the Metropolitan Museum is renouncing the “outdated taxonomies” of the encyclopedic museum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2020
I.—There is nobody but thinks as you do, and whoever brings his indictment against the order of things, forgets that he is renouncing his own existence.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by John Morley
