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English verb: renounce | |||
| 1. | renounce (social) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations | ||
| Samples | The King abdicated when he married a divorcee. | ||
| Synonyms | abdicate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | give up, renounce, resign, vacate | ||
| 2. | renounce (social) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | ||
| Samples | She vacated the position when she got pregnant. The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds. | ||
| Synonyms | give up, resign, vacate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | leave office, quit, resign, step down | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abdicate, renounce | ||
| 3. | renounce (possession) turn away from; give up | ||
| Samples | I am foreswearing women forever. | ||
| Synonyms | foreswear, quit, relinquish | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abandon, give up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | disclaim | ||
| 4. | renounce (communication) cast off | ||
| Samples | She renounced her husband. The parents repudiated their son. | ||
| Synonyms | disown, repudiate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----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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