RENOUNCE


Meaning of RENOUNCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪnaʊns ]

( renounces, renouncing, renounced)

1.

If you renounce a belief or a way of behaving, you decide and declare publicly that you no longer have that belief or will no longer behave in that way.

After a period of imprisonment she renounced terrorism...

VERB : V n

2.

If you renounce a claim, rank, or title, you officially give it up.

He renounced his claim to the French throne.

= give up

VERB : V n

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