renounce
[ri-nouns]
- to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- to give up by formal declaration: to renounce a claim.
- to repudiate; disown: to renounce one's son.
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- Cards.
- to play a card of a different suit from that led.
- to abandon or give up a suit led.
- to fail to follow the suit led.
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- Cards. an act or instance of renouncing.
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Origin of renounce
1325–75; Middle English renouncen < Middle French renoncer < Latin renūntiāre to bring back word, disclaim, equivalent to re- re- + nūntiāre to announce, derivative of nūntius messenger, news
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relinquish, quit, deny, spurn, repudiate, waive, disavow, forgo, forswear, eschew, discard, disown, recant, forsake, decline, abdicate, dump, arrogate, abjure, defectExamples from the Web for renounced
Contemporary Examples
They renounced violence, recognized the state of Israel, and embraced a demilitarized Palestinian state.
In 1985, then South African president P.W. Botha offered to let Mandela out of prison if he renounced violence.
Mother Antonia Brenner, a twice-divorced socialite, renounced Hollywood glitz to live as a nun in a Mexican prison.
He converted from Greek Orthodox to the Anglican religion, and renounced his allegiance to the Greek crown.
It seems to me Ryan has renounced Rand's politically incorrect atheism, not her morally bankrupt philosophy of Screw Thy Neighbor.
Historical Examples
For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
He chose his course, knowing all that he renounced, and he chose it wisely.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
He renounced his country; but could not renounce his character.
Gomez AriasJoaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
Why does the whole world, with all its delights, exist if it is sinful and must be renounced?
Father SergiusLeo Tolstoy
She must renounce everything for the man who had renounced everything for her.
The ChristianHall Caine
renounce
- (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
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- rare a failure to follow suit in a card game
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French renoncer, from Latin renuntiāre to disclaim, from re- + nuntiāre to announce, from nuntius messenger
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Word Origin and History for renounced
renounce
v.
late 14c., from Old French renoncier "give up, cede" (12c., Modern French renoncer), from Latin renuntiare "bring back word; proclaim; protest against, renounce," from re- "against" (see re-) + nuntiare "to report, announce," from nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio). Related: Renounced; renouncing.
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