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The synonyms of “Renounce” are: abdicate, give up, resign, vacate, disown, repudiate, foreswear, quit, relinquish, reject, refuse to abide by, refuse to recognize, abandon, surrender, sign away, waive, forgo, deny, discard, forswear, wash one's hands of, turn one's back on, have nothing more to do with, have done with, abstain from, go without, do without, desist from, refrain from, swear off, keep off, eschew, cease to indulge in
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “renounce” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| abandon | Condemn someone or something to (a specified fate) by ceasing to take an interest in them. They abandoned themselves to despair. |
| abdicate | Fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty. The King abdicated when he married a divorcee. |
| abstain from | Choose not to consume. |
| cease to indulge in | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. |
| deny | Deny formally an allegation of fact by the opposing party in a legal suit. Both firms deny any responsibility for the tragedy. |
| desist from | Choose not to consume. |
| discard | Throw or cast away. West led a heart and East was able to discard his club loser. |
| disown | Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting. Lovell s rich family had disowned him because of his marriage. |
| do without | Travel or traverse (a distance. |
| eschew | Deliberately avoid using; abstain from. He appealed to the crowd to eschew violence. |
| foreswear | Turn away from; give up. I am foreswearing women forever. |
| forgo | Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime. She wanted to forgo the tea and leave while they could. |
| forswear | Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. I swore that I would lead us safely home and I do not mean to be forsworn. |
| give up | Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow. |
| go without | Pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action. |
| have done with | Go through (mental or physical states or experiences. |
| have nothing more to do with | Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses. |
| keep off | Maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger. |
| quit | Put an end to a state or an activity. Quit yourselves like men and fight. |
| refrain from | Resist doing something. |
| refuse to abide by | Refuse entrance or membership. |
| refuse to recognize | Refuse entrance or membership. |
| reject | Reject with contempt. The journal rejected the student s paper. |
| relinquish | Part with a possession or right. Relinquish the old ideas. |
| repudiate | Reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust. Breach of a condition gives the other party the right to repudiate a contract. |
| resign | Give up or retire from a position. He seems resigned to a shortened career. |
| sign away | Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation. |
| surrender | (in sport) lose (a point, game, or advantage) to an opponent. In 1815 Denmark surrendered Norway to Sweden. |
| swear off | Make a deposition; declare under oath. |
| turn one's back on | Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form. |
| vacate | Cancel or annul (a judgement, contract, or charge. You must vacate your office by tonight. |
| waive | Refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim. Her tuition fees would be waived. |
| wash one's hands of | Admit to testing or proof. |
| abandonment | The act of giving something up. She had a feeling of utter abandonment and loneliness. |
| abdicate | (of a monarch) renounce one’s throne. Ferdinand abdicated the throne in favour of the emperor s brother. |
| abjure | Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. MPs were urged to abjure their Jacobite allegiance. |
| accuser | A person who claims that someone has committed an offence or done something wrong. Hero faints before her three accusers leave. |
| cancel | A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. Cancel the dinner party. |
| capitulate | Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; yield. The patriots had to capitulate to the enemy forces. |
| deny | Deny oneself something restrain especially from indulging in some pleasure. There was no way that I was going to deny myself ice cream. |
| disavow | Deny any responsibility or support for. The union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket line violence. |
| disavowal | Denial of any connection with or knowledge of. They know this despite their disavowals. |
| disclaim | Make a disclaimer about. The earl disclaimed his title. |
| disinherit | Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting. The Duke is seeking to disinherit his eldest son. |
| disown | Refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with. Lovell s rich family had disowned him because of his marriage. |
| foreswear | Do without or cease to hold or adhere to. I am foreswearing women forever. |
| forgo | Refrain from. We forgo any comparison between the two men. |
| forswear | Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. The country has not forsworn nuclear weapons. |
| heresy | Opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted. The doctrine was denounced as a heresy by the Pope. |
| negate | Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. This action will negate the effect of my efforts. |
| quit | Put an end to a state or an activity. He quit as manager of the struggling Third Division team. |
| recant | Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. Galileo was forced to recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun. |
| refute | Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof. His voice challenging his audience to rise and refute him. |
| reject | Reject with contempt. His body could begin to reject the implanted heart. |
| relinquish | Turn away from; give up. He relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive. |
| renunciation | An act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned. The life of the Spirit required renunciation of marriage. |
| repudiate | Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid. Repudiate a debt. |
| resign | End a game by conceding defeat without being checkmated. She resigned herself to a lengthy session. |
| retract | Withdraw (a statement or accusation) as untrue or unjustified. The tentacle retracted quickly. |
| retreat | Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. The army was in retreat. |
| surrender | The action of surrendering a lease or life insurance policy. Over 140 rebels surrendered to the authorities. |
| waive | Refrain from demanding compliance with (a rule or fee. Her tuition fees would be waived. |
| withdraw | Withdraw from active participation. Both countries agreed to withdraw their troops. |
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