单词 | renounce |
释义 | renounce v.   1. tr. consent formally to abandon; surrender; give up (a claim, right, possession, etc.).   2. tr. repudiate; refuse to recognize any longer (renouncing their father's authority).   3. tr. a decline further association or disclaim relationship with (renounced my former friends). b withdraw from; discontinue; forsake.   4. intr. Law refuse or resign a right or position esp. as an heir or trustee.   5. intr. Cards follow with a card of another suit when having no card of the suit led (cf. REVOKE). Phrases and idioms renounce the world abandon society or material affairs. Derivatives renounceable adj. renouncement n. renouncer n. Etymology: ME f. OF renoncer f. L renuntiare (as RE-, nuntiare announce) |
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