RENOUNCE

verb (~d; renouncing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French renuncer, from Latin renuntiare, from re- + nuntiare to report, from nuntius messenger Date: 14th century transitive verb to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration , to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further ; repudiate , intransitive verb to make a renunciation, to fail to follow suit in a card game, see: abdicate ~ment noun ~r noun