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1renounce — renounceable, renunciable /reuh nun see euh beuhl, shee /, adj. renouncement, n. renouncer, n. /ri nowns /, v., renounced, renouncing, n. v.t. 1. to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures. 2. to give up by formal… …
2renounce — [[t]rɪna͟ʊns[/t]] renounces, renouncing, renounced 1) VERB 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. [V n] After a period of… …
3renounce — UK [rɪˈnaʊns] / US verb [transitive] Word forms renounce : present tense I/you/we/they renounce he/she/it renounces present participle renouncing past tense renounced past participle renounced formal 1) to state formally that you no longer… …
4renounce — re|nounce [ rı nauns ] verb transitive FORMAL 1. ) to state formally that you no longer believe in something or support something: No progress will be made until the terrorists renounce violence. Members of the cult are forced to renounce all… …
5renounce — verb 1 (T) to publicly say that you will no longer keep something, or stay in an important position, because you no longer have the right to it: The only course left to Nixon was to renounce the presidency. | renounce a claim: James II renounced… …
6renounce — [c]/rəˈnaʊns / (say ruh nowns) verb (renounced, renouncing) –verb (t) 1. to give up or put aside voluntarily. 2. to give up by formal declaration: to renounce a claim. 3. to repudiate; disown. –verb (i) 4. Cards a. to play a card of a different… …
7renounce — re·nounce /ri nau̇ns/ vb re·nounced, re·nounc·ing vt 1: to announce one s abandonment or giving up of a right to or interest in: disclaim (1) renounce an inheritance 2: to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further …
8claim — vb *demand, exact, require Analogous words: *maintain, assert, defend, vindicate, justify: allege, *adduce, advance Antonyms: disclaim: renounce Contrasted words: disavow, disown, dis acknowledge (see affirmative verbs at ACKNOWLEDGE): reject,… …
9renounce claim to — index cede, forgo Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10renounce — [ri nouns′] vt. renounced, renouncing [ME renouncen < OFr renoncer < L renuntiare < re , back + nuntiare, to tell < nuntius, messenger: see NUNCIO] 1. to give up (a claim, right, belief, etc.), usually by a formal public statement 2.… …
