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re·nounce

(rĭ-nouns′)

v. re·nounced, re·nounc·ing, re·nounc·es

v.tr.

a. To give up (a title or possession, for example), especially by formal announcement.

b. To decide or declare that one will no longer adhere to (a belief or position); reject.

c. To decide or declare that one will no longer engage in (a practice) or use (something): renounce violence. See Synonyms at relinquish.

2. To disclaim one's association with (a person or country, for example).

v.intr.

To give up, relinquish, or reject something.

[Middle English renouncen, from Old French renoncer, from Latin renūntiāre, to report : re-, re- + nūntiāre, to announce (from nūntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots).]

re·nounce′ment n.

re·nounc′er n.

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renounce

(rɪˈnaʊns)

1. (tr) to give up (a claim or right), esp by formal announcement: to renounce a title.

2. (tr) to repudiate: to renounce Christianity.

3. (tr) to give up (some habit, pursuit, etc) voluntarily: to renounce smoking.

4. (Card Games) (intr) cards to fail to follow suit because one has no cards of the suit led

(Card Games) rare a failure to follow suit in a card game

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

reˈnouncement n

reˈnouncer n

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re•nounce

(rɪˈnaʊns)

v. -nounced, -nounc•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to give up or put aside.

2. to repudiate; disown.

v.i.

3. to fail to follow the suit led in cards.

4. failure to follow in the suit led in cards.

[1325–75; Middle English < Middle French renoncer < Latin renūntiāre to bring back word, disclaim =re- re- + nūntiāre to announce, derivative of nūntius messenger, news]

re•nounce′a•ble, re•nun′ci•a•ble (-ˈnʌn si ə bəl, -ʃi ə-) adj.

re•nounce′ment, n.

re•nounc′er, n.

renounce

Past participle: renounced
Gerund: renouncing

Imperative
renounce
renounce

Present
I renounce
you renounce
he/she/it renounces
we renounce
you renounce
they renounce

Preterite
I renounced
you renounced
he/she/it renounced
we renounced
you renounced
they renounced

Present Continuous
I am renouncing
you are renouncing
he/she/it is renouncing
we are renouncing
you are renouncing
they are renouncing

Present Perfect
I have renounced
you have renounced
he/she/it has renounced
we have renounced
you have renounced
they have renounced

Past Continuous
I was renouncing
you were renouncing
he/she/it was renouncing
we were renouncing
you were renouncing
they were renouncing

Past Perfect
I had renounced
you had renounced
he/she/it had renounced
we had renounced
you had renounced
they had renounced

Future
I will renounce
you will renounce
he/she/it will renounce
we will renounce
you will renounce
they will renounce

Future Perfect
I will have renounced
you will have renounced
he/she/it will have renounced
we will have renounced
you will have renounced
they will have renounced

Future Continuous
I will be renouncing
you will be renouncing
he/she/it will be renouncing
we will be renouncing
you will be renouncing
they will be renouncing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been renouncing
you have been renouncing
he/she/it has been renouncing
we have been renouncing
you have been renouncing
they have been renouncing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been renouncing
you will have been renouncing
he/she/it will have been renouncing
we will have been renouncing
you will have been renouncing
they will have been renouncing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been renouncing
you had been renouncing
he/she/it had been renouncing
we had been renouncing
you had been renouncing
they had been renouncing

Conditional
I would renounce
you would renounce
he/she/it would renounce
we would renounce
you would renounce
they would renounce

Past Conditional
I would have renounced
you would have renounced
he/she/it would have renounced
we would have renounced
you would have renounced
they would have renounced

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Verb	1.	renounce - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" abdicate resign, vacate, renounce, give up - 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"
	2.	renounce - 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" resign, vacate, give up abdicate, renounce - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" leave office, step down, quit, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
	3.	renounce - turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" foreswear, relinquish, quit disclaim - renounce a legal claim or title to abandon, give up - give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
	4.	renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" repudiate, disown reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" apostatise, apostatize, tergiversate - abandon one's beliefs or allegiances abjure, forswear, recant, retract, resile - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" unsay, withdraw, swallow, take back - take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" rebut, refute - overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" deny - refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"

renounce

verb

1. disown, reject, abandon, quit, discard, spurn, eschew, leave off, throw off, forsake, retract, repudiate, cast off, abstain from, recant, forswear, abjure, swear off, wash your hands of She renounced terrorism.

2. disclaim, deny, decline, give up, resign, relinquish, waive, renege, forgo, abdicate, abjure, abnegate He renounced his claim to the throne.
disclaim claim, maintain, assert, reassert, avow

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renounce

verb

1. To give up a possession, claim, or right:

abandon, abdicate, cede, demit, forswear, hand over, quitclaim, relinquish, render, resign, surrender, waive, yield.

2. To refuse to recognize or acknowledge:

deny, disacknowledge, disavow, disclaim, disown, reject, repudiate.

Idiom: turn one's back on.

Translations

يَتَخَلّى عن، يَتَنازَليَنْقَطِع

odříci sivzdát se

afsværgefrasige siggive afkald på

verzichten sich lossagen von

απαρνιέμαι

abandonar abdicar

abandonner abjurer livrer renoncer renoncer à

afneitafalla frá; afsala sér

rinunciare rinunziare

atsižadėjimas

atteikties

opgeven verzaken

forsakefrasigi avkalloppgirenonsere

отказываться отрекаться

bırakmak vazgeçmek

与...脱离关系声明放弃宣布抛弃宣布放弃宣布断绝与…的关系

renounce

[rɪˈnaʊns]

A. VT [+ right, inheritance, offer etc] → renunciar; [+ plan, post, the world etc] → renunciar a

B. VI (Cards) → renunciar

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renounce

[rɪˈnaʊns] vt

(= give up) [+ violence, terrorism] → renoncer à; [+ claim, right, title] → renoncer à
We have renounced the use of force to settle our disputes → Nous avons renoncé à utiliser la force pour régler nos différends.

(= disown) → renier

renounce

vt title, right, violence → verzichten auf (+acc), → aufgeben; terrorism, religion, devil, faith → abschwören (+dat); (Rel) world → entsagen (+dat); opinions, cause, treaty → leugnen, abschwören (+dat); friend → verleugnen; to renounce the throne → auf den Thron verzichten

vi (Cards) → renoncieren

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renounce

[rɪˈnaʊns] vt (right, claim, title) → rinunciare a; (violence, terrorism) → abbandonare
to renounce one's faith → abiurare la fede

renounce

(riˈnauns) verb

1. to give up (a title, claim, intention etc) especially formally or publicly. He renounced his claim to the throne.

2. to say especially formally or publicly that one will no longer have anything to do with (something). I have renounced alcohol.

renunciation (rinansiˈeiʃən) noun

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we must renounce for ever seeing our country, our friends, our relations again?"

But to renounce that unendurable worldly yoke which men believe to be liberty is not perhaps so painful as you think."

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And you are ready to renounce all belief in your good sense, in your knowledge, in your fidelity, in what you thought till then was the best in you, giving you the daily bread of life and the moral support of other men's confidence.

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It seemed so, for at the beginning of November, Jonathan Burge, finding it impossible to replace Adam, had at last made up his mind to offer him a share in the business, without further condition than that he should continue to give his energies to it and renounce all thought of having a separate business of his own.

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D'Artagnan fancied himself very cunning when advising Milady to renounce, by pardoning De Wardes, the furious projects she had formed.

He wished to subdue this woman in his own name; and as this vengeance appeared to him to have a certain sweetness in it, he could not make up his mind to renounce it.

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Then, letting her hand fall on the table, she said in another tone--"Yet what miserable men find such things, and work at them, and sell them!" She paused again, and Celia thought that her sister was going to renounce the ornaments, as in consistency she ought to do.

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We can only choose whether we will indulge ourselves in the present moment, or whether we will renounce that, for the sake of obeying the divine voice within us,--for the sake of being true to all the motives that sanctify our lives.

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"She could, nevertheless, make up her mind to renounce the world, sir, since it is only about a year ago that she herself proposed entering a convent."

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'I cannot renounce what is dearer than life,' she muttered, in a low, hurried tone.

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Go to him, then, and tell him that Gurth the son of Beowulph renounces his service.''

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On another point, Minister Ngaka advised children born between locals and foreigners to renounce either of their citizenships at the age of 21.