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Definition of Renounce

Renounce 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. To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear. To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit. To make renunciation. To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters. Act of renouncing. Related Definitions: Acknowledge, Act, Administration, Against, An, Another, As, Belonging, By, Card, Cast, Declare, Decline, Deliberately, Disclaim, Dismiss, Disown, Entitled, Executor, Formally, Forswear, Having, Land, Led, Make, Of, Off, One, Or, Out, Own, Person, Playing, Probate, Refuse, Reject, Renounce, Renouncing, Renunciation, Suit, Take, The, Throne, Title, To

Renounce Quotations Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age. Ambrose Bierce I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded. Simone Weil You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve. King Edward VIII Great dislike to the Bible was shown by those who conversed with me about it, and several have remarked to me, at different times, that if it were not for that book, Catholics would never be led to renounce their own faith. Maria Monk In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day. Jean Rostand

Renounce Translations renounce in Dutch is opgeven, uitvallen, afstand doen van renounce in Finnish is alistua renounce in German is verzichten, verzichtest renounce in Hungarian is renonsz renounce in Spanish is renunciar, desistir

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