verb🔗ShareTo give up, resign, surrender, atsake."to renounce a title to land or to a throne"politicslawgovernmentsocietyrightactionstatemoralphilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cast off, repudiate."The student renounced the idea of cheating on the exam. "politicsgovernmentlawmoralphilosophyreligionsocietystatevalueworldactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb🔗ShareTo abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration."After years of smoking, he finally renounced the habit for his health. "actionstatepoliticsreligionmoralphilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make a renunciation of something."After years of struggling with alcohol, he finally renounced drinking altogether. "politicsgovernmentlawreligionstatesocietymoralphilosophyactionvalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo surrender formally some right or trust."After much consideration, she renounced her claim to the family inheritance. "rightlawgovernmentpoliticsstateactionmoralvalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led."During the bridge game, Sarah renounced spades because she had none in her hand, playing a heart instead. "gamesportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading