renounce

Meaning

Noun

An act of renouncing.

Verb

1. (transitive) To give up, resign, surrender.
2. (transitive) To cast off, repudiate.
3. (transitive) To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
4. (transitive) To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
5. (intransitive) To make a renunciation of something.
6. (intransitive) To surrender formally some right or trust.
7. (intransitive) To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.

Synonyms

give up

abandon

relinquish

resign

abjure

repudiate

abdicate

quit

disavow

forsake

disown

abnegate

disclaim

waive

reject

forswear

deny

leave

vacate

forgo

swear off

discard

desert

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foreswear

refuse

recant

surrender

deny oneself

cede

yield

throw away

abstain from

omit

sacrifice

cast off

divest

drop

drop out

exclude

fail

fame

forego

furnish

gainsay

give

give way

grant

humiliate

ignore

interrupt

jilt

lapse

leak

let oneself go

obstinate

open up

overlook

overturn

part with

protest

provide

purvey

put away

rebuff

remonstrate

remove

renege

renunciation

repeal

reprobate

repulse

reputation

retire

revoke

rule out

scratch

secede

separate

shun

sign away

slip off

snitch

split

split up

step down

strand

strip

stubborn

supply

take off

tergiversate

throw up

turn down

undo

unmake

vary

vote out

apostatise

dig one’s heels in

escape from

give over

go back on one’s word

have done with

redline

send packing

stop short

throw down

distance oneself from

turn one’s back on

discerp

divorce

relinguish

retire from

detach one’s heart

leave office

renunciate

part

renounce upon oath

abandonment

abbreviate

abolish

abstinence

accommodate

annul

apostatize

assign

avoid

back down

back off

back out

backtrack

bow out

break

break up

cashier

cut short

deliver

denounce

desolate

differ

disaccord

disaffirm

disapprove

disassociate

disclaimer

dishonour

dismiss

dispense with

dispute

disqualify

ditch

diverge

Translations

renunciar

renoncer

verzichten

opgeven

uitvallen

abandonner

abjurer

résigner

verzaken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈnaʊns/

Etymology

From Old French renoncier (French renoncer), from Latin renūntiō.