Renounce

Noun

 * 1)  An act of renouncing.

Related terms

 * renunciation

Verb

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

Derived terms

 * renounceable
 * renouncement
 * renouncer

Related terms

 * announce
 * denounce
 * pronounce

Adverbs for Renounce
dogmatically; courageously; boldly; rashly; lawfully; faithlessly; virtually; eternally; voluntarily; passionately; shamelessly; explicitly; frankly.

Thesaurus
abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, abstain from, acknowledge defeat, assert the contrary, avoid, back down, back out, backwater, beg a truce, belay, belie, brush aside, cancel, capitulate, cease, cede, chuck, chuck out, climb down, come off, come to terms, contemn, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, crawfish out, cross, cry pax, cry quits, cut it out, cut out, decline, demit, deny, desert, desist, desist from, despise, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, discontinue, discount, disdain, disgorge, dismiss, disown, dispense with, dispose of, disprove, dispute, disregard, disuse, do without, drop, drop it, dump, eat crow, eat humble pie, end, eschew, except, exclude, forgo, forsake, forswear, gainsay, get along without, get rid of, give away, give over, give up, halt, hand over, have done with, hold, ignore, implore mercy, impugn, join issue upon, kiss good-bye, knock it off, lay down, lay off, leave off, let go, make a sacrifice, nol-pros, not accept, not admit, not pursue with, nullify, oppose, part with, pass by, pass up, pray for quarter, push aside, put behind one, quit, quitclaim, rebuff, recant, refrain, refuse, refuse to admit, refuse to consider, refute, reject, relinquish, render up, renege, repel, repudiate, repulse, resign, retract, revoke, sacrifice, say uncle, scout, scrub, shove away, shun, spare, spurn, stay, stop, surrender, swallow, swear off, take back, take issue with, take the pledge, terminate, throw, throw away, throw off, throw out, throw up, turn, turn away, turn out, unsay, vacate, waive, withdraw, yield, yield the palm

Etymology
From Latin renuntiare.

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 放弃
 * Czech: vzdát se
 * Dutch:


 * Norwegian: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: сдаваться
 * Serbo-Croatian: odustati


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 断绝关系
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: lahti ütlema


 * Norwegian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian: otkazati


 * Irish:
 * Old Irish:
 * Norwegian: ,


 * Russian: отступаться
 * Serbo-Croatian: napustiti, dići ruke


 * Danish: give afkald


 * Dutch: verzaken (aan) (4)


 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Russian:


 * Serbo-Croatian: odustati, predati se


 * Dutch:


 * : rezigni