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Showing words for RENOUNCE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Renounce

renounce

7 Letter Words for Renounce

coenure, enounce

6 Letter Words for Renounce

coneen, conner, conure, cunner, encore, eucone, neuron, renone, rounce, uncore

5 Letter Words for Renounce

cerne, coner, conne, connu, cornu, coure, creen, crone, enorn, eucre, necro, nonce, nunce, oncer, ounce, recon, renne, reune, ronne, rouen, unorn

4 Letter Words for Renounce

cene, cere, cern, cero, cone, conn, core, corn, coue, cour, crue, cuon, cure, curn, econ, ecru, erne, eruc, eure, euro, neer, nene, neon, none, nore, norn, noun, nunc, once, oner, ourn, reen, renn, reno, rone, roue, roun, ruen, rune, unce, unco

3 Letter Words for Renounce

cee, cen, ceo, cer, con, cor, cro, cru, cue, cun, cur, eco, ecu, eec, een, eer, enc, ene, eon, ere, ern, nco, nee, neo, nne, non, nor, nun, nur, oer, one, orc, ore, our, rec, ree, roc, roe, ron, ruc, rue, run, unc, unn, ure, urn

Definitions for Renounce

[1] to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
[2] to give up by formal declaration: to renounce a claim.
[3] to repudiate; disown: to renounce one's son.
[4] 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.
[5] Cards . an act or instance of renouncing.
[6] (tr) to give up (a claim or right), esp by formal announcement to renounce a title
[7] (tr) to repudiate to renounce Christianity
[8] (tr) to give up (some habit, pursuit, etc) voluntarily to renounce smoking
[9] (intr) cards to fail to follow suit because one has no cards of the suit led
[10] rare a failure to follow suit in a card game

Words related to Renounce

relinquish, quit, deny, spurn, repudiate, waive, disavow, forgo, forswear, eschew, discard, disown, recant, forsake, decline, abdicate, dump, arrogate, abjure, defect

Words nearby Renounce

renomegaly, renopathy, renoprival, renosterveld, renotrophic, renounce, renovascular, renovascular hypertension, renovate, renown, renowned

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

Words that may be confused with Renounce

denounce, renounce

Other words from Renounce

re·nounce·a·ble , re·nun·ci·a·ble [ruh -nuhn -see-uh -buh l, -shee-] /rəˈnʌn si ə bəl, -ʃi-/ , adjective
re·nounce·ment , noun
re·nounc·er , noun
non·re·nounc·ing , adjective
self-re·nounced , adjective
self-re·nounce·ment , noun
self-re·nounc·ing , adjective
un·re·nounce·a·ble , adjective
un·re·nounced , adjective
un·re·nounc·ing , adjective
un·re·nun·ci·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Renounce

C14: from Old French renoncer , from Latin renuntiāre to disclaim, from re- + nuntiāre to announce, from nuntius messenger

Synonyms for Renounce

deny, disavow, discard, disown, eschew, forgo, forsake, forswear, give up, quit, recant, relinquish, repudiate, spurn, waive, abdicate, abjure, abnegate, arrogate, decline, defect, desert, disclaim, dump, rat, resign, tergiversate, turn, abstain from, apostacize, cast off, demit, divorce oneself from, drop out, leave flat, leave off, opt out, sell out, swear off, take the pledge, tergiverse, throw off, throw over, toss over, walk out on, wash hands of