v. 25B6; verb
Edward renounced his claim to the throne : GIVE UP, relinquish, abandon, abdicate, surrender, waive, forego; Law disclaim; formal abnegate.
Hungary renounced the agreement : REJECT, refuse to abide by, repudiate.
she renounced her family : REPUDIATE, deny, reject, abandon, wash one's hands of, turn one's back on, disown, spurn, shun; poetic/literary forsake.
he renounced alcohol : ABSTAIN FROM, give up, desist from, refrain from, keep off, eschew; informal quit, pack in, lay off; formal forswear.
assert, accept.
25A0; renounce the world BECOME A RECLUSE, turn one's back on society, cloister oneself, hide oneself away.