Dictionary entries for 'renounce'

Synonyms

abandon
abdicate
cede
demit
forswear
hand over
quitclaim
relinquish
render
resign
surrender
waive
yield
deny
disacknowledge
disavow
disclaim
disown
reject
repudiate

re·nounce (rĭ-nounś)

[Middle English renouncen, from Old French renoncer, from Latin renūntiāre, to report, re-, re-, + nūntiāre, to announce (from nūntius, messenger; see neu-).]

verb: -nounced, -nounc·ing, -nounc·es.

transitive verb

To give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement. See synonyms at relinquish
To reject; disown.

intransitive verb Games

To revoke in cards.

noun

Games

A revoke in cards.

derivatives

re·nouncément: noun
re·nounćer: noun

verb: -nounced, -nounc·ing, -nounc·es.

transitive verb

intransitive verb

noun

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition