Definition of renounce Renounce

/ɹɪnawˈns/ - [rinawns] - re•nounce

We found 22 definitions of renounce from 6 different sources.

What does renounce mean?

WordNet

Verb
renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
		disown, repudiate
		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, resile, retract formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
		unsay, take back, swallow, withdraw cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days"
		rebut, refute prove to be false or incorrect
		deny declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"
renounce - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
		abdicate
		vacate, renounce, resign, give up leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
renounce - turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
		foreswear, quit, relinquish
		abandon, give up stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
		disclaim make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility"
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"
		vacate, resign, give up
		leave office, step down, resign, quit give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
		abdicate, renounce give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

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Wiktionary

renounce (Noun)
An act of renouncing.
renounce (Verb)
To give up , resign, surrender.
renounce (Verb)
To cast off , repudiate.
renounce (Verb)
To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
renounce (Verb)
To abandon, forsake, discontinue an action, habit, intention, etc, sometimes by open declaration.
renounce (Verb)
To make a renunciation of something.
renounce (Verb)
To surrender formally some right or trust.
renounce (Verb)
Cards To fail to follow suit ; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

renounce (v. t.)
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.
renounce (v. t.)
To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.
renounce (v. t.)
To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.
renounce (v. i.)
To make renunciation.
renounce (v. i.)
To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
renounce (n.)
Act of renouncing.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

renounce
To give up from a job or position.
renounce
To renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, in a formal manner.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

renounce
rē-nowns′, v.t. to disclaim: to disown: to reject publicly and finally: to forsake.—v.i. to fail to follow suit at cards.—n. a failure to follow suit at cards.—ns. Renounce′ment, act of renouncing, disclaiming, or rejecting; Renoun′cer. [O. Fr.,—L. renuntiāre—re-, away, nuntiāre, -ātum, to announce—nuntius, a messenger.]