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to say publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something: Gandhi renounced the use of violence.
The meaning of RENOUNCE is to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration. How to use renounce in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Renounce.
to say publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something: Gandhi renounced the use of violence.
verb (used with object) , re·nounced, re·nounc·ing. to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures. Synonyms: quit, leave, forswear, forgo, forsake. Antonyms: claim. to give up by formal declaration: to renounce a claim. Synonyms: abdicate, resign.
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 her life of crime.
To renounce is to officially give up or turn away from. If you decide to become a vegetarian, you will renounce hamburgers and bacon. The transitive verb renounce is a stronger, more formal way of saying that you reject or disown something.
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. n.
Definition of renounce verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Renounce definition: To disclaim one's association with (a person or country, for example).
renounce. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English re‧nounce /rɪˈnaʊns/ verb [ transitive] 1 if you renounce an official position, title, right etc, you publicly say that you will not keep it anymore SYN give up Edward renounced his claim to the French throne.
