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1. renounce
verb. ['rɪˈnaʊns'] cast off.
Synonyms
- take back
- recant
- swallow
- disown
- apostatize
- repudiate
- forswear
- abjure
- apostatise
- deny
- rebut
- unsay
- tergiversate
- reject
- retract
- refute
- withdraw
Antonyms
- give
- abstain
- disbelieve
- bequeath
Etymology
- renuntiare (Latin)
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Words that Rhyme with Renounce
- mispronounce
- pronounce
- denounce
- trounce
- flounce
- crounse
- announce
- younce
- pounce
- mounce
- counce
- bounce
Example sentences of the word renounce
1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
This is not the case if you renounce the gift.
2. Verb, base form
A beneficiary can also renounce a gift or bequest made to her in a will.
Quotes containing the word renounce
1. as soon as we renounce fiction and illusion, we lose reality itself; the moment we subtract fictions from reality, reality itself loses its discursive-logical consistency.
- Slavoj Žižek, Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of Ideology
2. renounce
verb. ['rɪˈnaʊns'] give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations.
Synonyms
- give up
- vacate
- resign
Antonyms
- repel
- pack
- dock
- burden
Etymology
- renuntiare (Latin)
3. renounce
verb. ['rɪˈnaʊns'] turn away from; give up.
Synonyms
- give up
- abandon
- quit
- relinquish
- disclaim
Antonyms
- admit
- avow
- lose
- allow
Etymology
- renuntiare (Latin)
4. renounce
verb. ['rɪˈnaʊns'] leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily.
Synonyms
- give up
- step down
- leave office
- quit
- vacate
- resign
Antonyms
- prove
- approbate
- believe
- honor
Etymology
- renuntiare (Latin)