renounce
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renounce
- /ɹɪˈnaʊns/
Rhymes with -aʊns
Where it comes from
From Old French renoncier (French renoncer), from Latin renūntiō. Doublet of renunciate.
noun renounces
- An act of renouncing.
verb renounces · renouncing · renounced
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To give up, resign, surrender.
to renounce a title to land or to a throne
Similar: atsake
- To cast off, repudiate. This world I do renounce, and in your sights Shake patiently my great affliction off.
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To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
Similar: disown, repudiate, abjure, deny, disavow, disclaim, forsay, forswear, renounce, wash one's hands of
- To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration. […] some families renounced the use of a certain praenomen which had been disgraced by one of their name […]
- To make a renunciation of something. He of my sons who fails to make it good, / By one rebellious act renounces to my blood.
- To surrender formally some right or trust. Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10.
- To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: abdicate, relinquish, resign, foreswear, quit, give up, repudiate, vacate, abjure, forswear, renege, abandon, forsake, disown, disclaim, forgo
Translations
Every language
verb abandon, forsake an action
| Deutsch | aufgeben |
|---|---|
| Italiano | abbandonare |
| Română | abandona |
| Русский | отступа́ться otstupátʹsja, отступи́ться otstupítʹsja |
verb give up
| Español | delejar, renunciar, renunciar a, abrenunciar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 放棄 /放弃 fàngqì |
| Deutsch | aufgeben |
| Italiano | rinunciare, abdicare |
| Română | lepăda, renunța |
| Русский | сдава́ть sdavátʹ, сда́ть sdátʹ, отка́зываться от otkázyvatʹsja ot, отказа́ться от otkazátʹsja ot |
| Tiếng Việt | từ bỏ |
verb decline association with
| 中文 | 斷絕 /断绝關係 /关系 duànjué, 断绝关系 duànjué |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | verleugnen, desavouieren, abstreiten, nichts mehr wissen wollen |
| Italiano | ricusare |
| Română | renunța |
| Русский | отрека́ться otrekátʹsja, отре́чься otréčʹsja, отверга́ть otvergátʹ, отве́ргнуть otvérgnutʹ |
| العربية | تَبَرَّأَ مِنْ tabarraʔa min |
verb make renunciation
| Deutsch | verzichten |
|---|---|
| Italiano | rinunciare |
verb surrender a right or trust
| Deutsch | verzichten |
|---|---|
| Italiano | arrendersi |
| Русский | отка́зываться otkázyvatʹsja, отказа́ться otkazátʹsja |
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