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English verb: renounce

1. renounce (social) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations


SamplesThe King abdicated when he married a divorcee.


Synonymsabdicate


Pattern of useSomebody ----s


Broader (hypernym)give up, renounce, resign, vacate

2. renounce (social) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily


SamplesShe vacated the position when she got pregnant.
The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds.


Synonymsgive up, resign, vacate


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something


Broader (hypernym)leave office, quit, resign, step down


Narrower (hyponym)abdicate, renounce

3. renounce (possession) turn away from; give up


SamplesI am foreswearing women forever.


Synonymsforeswear, quit, relinquish


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody


Broader (hypernym)abandon, give up


Narrower (hyponym)disclaim

4. renounce (communication) cast off


SamplesShe renounced her husband.
The parents repudiated their son.


Synonymsdisown, repudiate


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody


Broader (hypernym)reject


Narrower (hyponym)abjure, apostatise, apostatize, deny, forswear, rebut, recant, refute, resile, retract, swallow, take back, tergiversate, unsay, withdraw









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