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renouncere‧nounce /rɪˈnaʊns/ verb [transitive] renounceOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French renoncer, from Latin renuntiare, from nuntiare ‘to report’ VERB TABLErenounce |
Present | I, you, we, they | renounce | | he, she, it | renounces | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | renounced | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have renounced | | he, she, it | has renounced | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had renounced | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will renounce | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have renounced |
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Present | I | am renouncing | | he, she, it | is renouncing | | you, we, they | are renouncing | Past | I, he, she, it | was renouncing | | you, we, they | were renouncing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been renouncing | | he, she, it | has been renouncing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been renouncing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be renouncing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been renouncing |
- Rudolph voluntarily renounced his U.S. citizenship.
- We absolutely renounce all forms of terrorism.
- Bernard and Ellen went to visit Belinda, who had renounced her separatist tendencies sufficiently to marry a graphics designer.
- Edward reportedly surrendered and abdicated, whereupon the estates renounced their homage to him and then returned to inform parliament.
- I admire the way he has virtually renounced ancestral claims to deification.
- I reminded him of my advice that he should not have renounced the Upper House so speedily.
- It demands insight into the necessity of growing old, and the courage to renounce what is no longer compatible with it.
- With admirable diligence it worked away, renouncing its authority over one territory after another.
NOUN► claim· In the summer he crushed Geoffrey's rebellion and compelled him to renounce his claim.· I admire the way he has virtually renounced ancestral claims to deification. ► world· Eliot was unable to renounce the world he knew.· Ceolwulf may genuinely have wished to renounce the world. 1if you renounce an official position, title, right etc, you publicly say that you will not keep it anymore SYN give up: Edward renounced his claim to the French throne. She renounced her citizenship.2to publicly say or show that you no longer believe in something, or will no longer behave in a particular way SYN reject → renunciation: These groups must renounce violence if there is to be progress towards peace. Young people renounced capitalism in favour of peace and love. |