Question 1 · Quick check
renounce
CEFRC1
/ɹɪˈnaʊns/
verb · noun
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To give up a right, belief, or claim formally.
- 02
verb
Extra detailTo cast off, repudiate.
Examples
I renounce everything as long as I can be with you.
She wanted to renounce her U.S. citizenship.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo give up, resign, surrender.
To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
noun
Extra meaningAn act of renouncing.
More examples
In contextto renounce a title to land or to a throne
This world I do renounce, and in your sights Shake patiently my great affliction off.
It is terrible to think of the power of the world even in a redeemed soul. Here was a maid who had drunk of the well of grace and tasted of God's mercies, and yet there were moments when she was ready to renounce her hope.
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Origin
verb
From Old French renoncier (French renoncer), from Latin renūntiō. Doublet of renunciate.