Thesaurus: renounce

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1. 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.
2. v. t. To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.
3. v. t. To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.
4. v. i. To make renunciation.
5. v. i. To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
6. n. Act of renouncing.
7. v. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
8. v. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
9. v. turn away from; give up
10. v. cast off
11. To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a cardof another suit. To renounce probate (Law), to decline to act as theexecutor of a will. Mozley & W.