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Meaning of 'renounce' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Renounce [ n.]
- Act of renouncing.
2 . Renounce [ v. i.]
- To make renunciation.
- To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
3 . Renounce [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.
- To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.

Meaning of 'renounce' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . renounce [ v]
Meaning (1):
- turn away from; give up
Example in sentence:
  • I am foreswearing women forever
Meaning (2):
- cast off
Example in sentence:
  • She renounced her husband;
  • The parents repudiated their son
Meaning (3):
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
Example in sentence:
  • She vacated the position when she got pregnant;
  • The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
Meaning (4):
- give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Example in sentence:
  • The King abdicated when he married a divorcee

Nearby Words:

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