renounce.
An act of renouncing.
Meaning & usage
An act of renouncing.
Where this word comes from
From Old French renoncier (French renoncer), from Latin renūntiō. Doublet of renunciate.
To give up, resign, surrender.
to renounce a title to land or to a throne
To cast off, repudiate.
To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
To make a renunciation of something.
To surrender formally some right or trust.
To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
Where this word comes from
From Old French renoncier (French renoncer), from Latin renūntiō. Doublet of renunciate.
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