renounce
verb (used with object)
to give up or put aside voluntarily.
renouncement
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a word derived from
renounce.
Example Sentences
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As can renouncing citizenship: In 2014, the fee for renouncement rose 422 percent, to $2,350.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2020
The “Megxit,” involving Prince Harry and his American-born wife Meghan Markle’s renouncement of royalty, has attracted massively more press attention than Brexit.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 23, 2020
He argues that the cuts, and the deterioration of the National Health Service, represent a renouncement of Britain’s historical debts.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2018
A series of communications about renditions is dated after Libya's 2004 renouncement of its weapons program.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2011
Poppy, indeed, was sweet and dewy-looking, as always when she came from her little love-baby, and now the added beauty of courageous renouncement lighted her lilac eyes.
From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Cynthia Stockley
