renounce

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English renouncen, from Middle French renoncer, from Latin renūntiāre “to bring back word, disclaim,” equivalent to re-re- + nūntiāre “to announce,” derivative of nūntius “messenger, news”

synonym study for renounce

1. See abandon¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM renounce

re·nounce·a·ble, re·nun·ci·a·ble

[ruh-nuhn-see-uh-buhl, -shee-], /rəˈnʌn si ə bəl, -ʃi-/, adjectivere·nounce·ment, nounre·nounc·er, nounnon·re·nounc·ing, adjective

self-re·nounced, adjectiveself-re·nounce·ment, nounself-re·nounc·ing, adjectiveun·re·nounce·a·ble, adjectiveun·re·nounced, adjectiveun·re·nounc·ing, adjectiveun·re·nun·ci·a·ble, adjective

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How to use renounce in a sentence

If people could only renounce their hateful ideas, they could learn to love one another.
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Context: Rumored to be the last words of the French enlightenment writer, when a priest asked him to renounce Satan.
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Unlike her brother, however, Laura does not renounce her love, but determines to hide it from view.
Lillian Smith’s Bombshell Novel About Interracial Love|Nathaniel Rich|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kuzenkov is the only humane Communist Party member in the book, which is another way of saying he must renounce the Party.
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Louis looked at me with a startled air, but recovering himself said kindly, “Of course I renounce the—what is it I must renounce?”
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Renounce the good law of the worshippers of Mazda, and thou shalt gain such a boon as the Murderer gained, the ruler of nations.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
The Dauphin would be perfectly willing to renounce them for himself and for all his descendants.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
From the father of the latter she received thirty thousand francs to renounce her son.
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Mark well that I do not renounce the pleasure of changing my opinion or of contradicting myself.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
"A woman will do anything for a man but renounce him," says Lloyd; and she cannot understand this fierce instinct of his.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for renounce

renounce

/ (rɪˈnaʊns) /

verb

(tr) to give up (a claim or right), esp by formal announcementto renounce a title

(tr) to repudiateto renounce Christianity

(tr) to give up (some habit, pursuit, etc) voluntarilyto renounce smoking

(intr) cards to fail to follow suit because one has no cards of the suit led

noun

rare a failure to follow suit in a card game

Derived forms of renounce

renouncement, nounrenouncer, noun

Word Origin for renounce

C14: from Old French renoncer, from Latin renuntiāre to disclaim, from re- + nuntiāre to announce, from nuntius messenger

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