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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RENOUNCE, v.t. renouns'. [L. renuncio; re and nuncio, to declare, from the root of nomen, name.]
1. To disown; to disclaim; to reject; as a title or claim; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to; as, to renounce a title to land or a claim to reward; to renounce all pretensions to applause.
2. To deny; to cast off; to reject; to disclaim; as an obligation or duty; as, to renounce allegiance.
3. To cast off or reject, as a connection or possession; to forsake; as, to renounce the world and all its cares.
We have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty. 2 Corinthians 4.
RENOUNCE, v.i. renouns'. To declare a renunciation.
He of my sons who falls to make it good, by one rebellious act renounces to my blood. [Not in use.]
RENOUNCE, n. renouns'. The declining to follow suit, when it can be done.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

verb (renounced; renouncing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French renuncer, from Latin renuntiare, from re- + nuntiare to report, from nuntius messenger Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration <renounce his errors> 2. to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further ; repudiate <renounce the authority of the church> intransitive verb 1. to make a renunciation 2. to fail to follow suit in a card game Synonyms: see abdicate, abjure • renouncement noun • renouncer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. consent formally to abandon; surrender; give up (a claim, right, possession, etc.). 2 tr. repudiate; refuse to recognize any longer (renouncing their father's authority). 3 tr. a decline further association or disclaim relationship with (renounced my former friends). b withdraw from; discontinue; forsake. 4 intr. Law refuse or resign a right or position esp. as an heir or trustee. 5 intr. Cards follow with a card of another suit when having no card of the suit led (cf. REVOKE). Phrases and idioms: renounce the world abandon society or material affairs. Derivatives: renounceable adj. renouncement n. renouncer n. Etymology: ME f. OF renoncer f. L renuntiare (as RE-, nuntiare announce)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear. This world I do renounce, and in your sights Shake patiently my great affliction off. --Shak. 3. (Card Playing) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit. To renounce probate (Law), to decline to act as the executor of a will. --Mozley & W. 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. From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no disgrace Can force me to renounce the honor of my race. --Dryden. Either to die the death, or to abjure Forever the society of man. --Shak. Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Renounce Re*nounce", v. i. 1. To make renunciation. [Obs.] He of my sons who fails to make it good, By one rebellious act renounces to my blood. --Dryden. 2. (Law) To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters. Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10. --W. D. Christie.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Renounce Re*nounce", n. (Card Playing) Act of renouncing.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(renounces, renouncing, renounced) 1. If you renounce a belief or a way of behaving, you decide and declare publicly that you no longer have that belief or will no longer behave in that way. After a period of imprisonment she renounced terrorism... VERB: V n 2. If you renounce a claim, rank, or title, you officially give it up. He renounced his claim to the French throne. = give up VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Reject, repudiate, disclaim, disown, disavow, recant, deny, decline, slight, abnegate, neglect, cast off, trample on. 2. Relinquish, abandon, forego, resign, abjure, desert, forsake, forswear, leave, quit, abdicate, drop, lay down, lay aside, give up, cast off, give over, drop all idea of.

Moby Thesaurus

abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, abstain from, acknowledge defeat, assert the contrary, avoid, back down, back out, backwater, beg a truce, belay, belie, brush aside, cancel, capitulate, cease, cede, chuck, chuck out, climb down, come off, come to terms, contemn, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, crawfish out, cross, cry pax, cry quits, cut it out, cut out, decline, demit, deny, desert, desist, desist from, despise, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, discontinue, discount, disdain, disgorge, dismiss, disown, dispense with, dispose of, disprove, dispute, disregard, disuse, do without, drop, drop it, dump, eat crow, eat humble pie, end, eschew, except, exclude, forgo, forsake, forswear, gainsay, get along without, get rid of, give away, give over, give up, halt, hand over, have done with, hold, ignore, implore mercy, impugn, join issue upon, kiss good-bye, knock it off, lay down, lay off, leave off, let go, make a sacrifice, nol-pros, not accept, not admit, not pursue with, nullify, oppose, part with, pass by, pass up, pray for quarter, push aside, put behind one, quit, quitclaim, rebuff, recant, refrain, refuse, refuse to admit, refuse to consider, refute, reject, relinquish, render up, renege, repel, repudiate, repulse, resign, retract, revoke, sacrifice, say uncle, scout, scrub, shove away, shun, spare, spurn, stay, stop, surrender, swallow, swear off, take back, take issue with, take the pledge, terminate, throw, throw away, throw off, throw out, throw up, turn, turn away, turn out, unsay, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield, yield the palm