From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Renounce \Re*nounce"\ (r[-e]*nouns"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Renounced} (-nounst"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Renouncing}
(-noun"s?ng).] [F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back
word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re- re- +
nuntiare to announce, fr. nuncius, a messenger. See {Nuncio},
and cf. {Renunciation}.]
1. To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to
refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to
disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.
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2. To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss;
to forswear.
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This world I do renounce, and in your sights
Shake patiently my great affliction off. --Shak.
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3. (Card Playing) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led)
by playing a card of another suit.
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{To renounce probate} (Law), to decline to act as the
executor of a will. --Mozley & W.
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Syn: To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny; abjure;
recant; abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign;
relinquish; give up; abdicate.
Usage: {Renounce}, {Abjure}, {Recant}. -- To renounce is to
make an affirmative declaration of abandonment. To
abjure is to renounce with, or as with, the solemnity
of an oath. To recant is to renounce or abjure some
proposition previously affirmed and maintained.
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From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no
disgrace
Can force me to renounce the honor of my race.
--Dryden.
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Either to die the death, or to abjure
Forever the society of man. --Shak.
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Ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
--Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Renounce \Re*nounce"\, v. i.
1. To make renunciation. [Obs.]
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He of my sons who fails to make it good,
By one rebellious act renounces to my blood.
--Dryden.
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2. (Law) To decline formally, as an executor or a person
entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate
or letters.
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Dryden died without a will, and his widow having
renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10.
--W. D.
Christie.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Renounce \Re*nounce"\, n. (Card Playing)
Act of renouncing.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
renounce
v 1: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or
duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married
a divorcee" [syn: {abdicate}, {renounce}]
2: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated
the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned
when he was found to have misappropriated funds" [syn:
{vacate}, {resign}, {renounce}, {give up}]
3: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
[syn: {foreswear}, {renounce}, {quit}, {relinquish}]
4: cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents
repudiated their son" [syn: {disown}, {renounce},
{repudiate}]
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