RENOUNCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does renounce mean?
• RENOUNCE (verb)
The verb RENOUNCE has 4 senses:
1. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
2. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
3. turn away from; give up
4. cast off or disown
Familiarity information: RENOUNCE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RENOUNCE (verb)
Meaning:
Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
abdicate; renounce
Context example:
The King abdicated when he married a divorcee
Hypernyms (to "renounce" is one way to...):
give up; renounce; resign; vacate (leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
vacate; resign; renounce; give up
Context examples:
She vacated the position when she got pregnant / The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
Hypernyms (to "renounce" is one way to...):
leave office; quit; resign; step down (give up or retire from a position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "renounce"):
abdicate; renounce (give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Turn away from; give up
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
foreswear; renounce; quit; relinquish
Context example:
I am foreswearing women forever
Hypernyms (to "renounce" is one way to...):
abandon; give up (give up with the intent of never claiming again)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "renounce"):
disclaim (renounce a legal claim or title to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cast off or disown
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
repudiate; renounce
Context examples:
She renounced her husband / The parents repudiated their son
Hypernyms (to "renounce" is one way to...):
reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "renounce"):
apostatise; apostatize; tergiversate (abandon one's beliefs or allegiances)
abjure; forswear; recant; resile; retract (formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure)
swallow; take back; unsay; withdraw (take back what one has said)
rebut; refute (overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof)
deny (refuse to accept or believe)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
