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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
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