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- Dictionaryre·nounce/rəˈnouns/
verb
- 1. formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession): "Isabella offered to renounce her son's claim to the French Crown" Similar Opposite
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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.
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.
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.
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.
to say publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something: Gandhi renounced the use of violence.
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.
renounce something to state publicly that you no longer have a particular belief or that you will no longer behave in a particular way. to renounce ideals/principles/beliefs, etc. a joint declaration renouncing the use of violence. Many were executed for refusing to renounce their religion.
RENOUNCE meaning: 1 : to say especially in a formal or official way that you will no longer have or accept (something) to formally give up (something); 2 : to say in a formal or definite way that you refuse to follow, obey, or support (someone or something) any longer.
What does the verb renounce mean? There are 17 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb renounce, eight of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. renounce has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
