单词 | renounce |
释义 | renounce —renounceable, renunciable /reuh nun"see euh beuhl, -shee-/, adj. —renouncement, n. —renouncer, n. /ri nowns"/, v. , renounced, renouncing, n. v.t. 1. to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures. 2. to give up by formal declaration: to renounce a claim. 3. to repudiate; disown: to renounce one's son. v.i. 4. Cards. a. to play a card of a different suit from that led. b. to abandon or give up a suit led. c. to fail to follow the suit led. n. 5. Cards. an act or instance of renouncing. [1325-75; ME renouncen < MF renoncer < L renuntiare to bring back word, disclaim, equiv. to re- RE- + nuntiare to announce, deriv. of nuntius messenger, news] Syn. 1. forsake, forgo, forswear, leave, quit. See abandon1. 2. resign, abdicate. 3. disclaim, reject, disavow, deny. Ant. 1. claim. 3. accept. |
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