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

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