(~s, renouncing, ~d)
1.
If you ~ 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 ~d terrorism...
VERB: V n
2.
If you ~ a claim, rank, or title, you officially give it up.
He ~d his claim to the French throne.
= give up
VERB: V n