Renounced

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Renounce \Re*nounce"\ (r[-e]*nouns"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Renounced} (-nounst"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Renouncing}
     (-noun"s?ng).] [F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back
     word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re- re- +
     nuntiare to announce, fr. nuncius, a messenger. See {Nuncio},
     and cf. {Renunciation}.]


     1. To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to
        refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to
        disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.
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     2. To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss;
        to forswear.
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              This world I do renounce, and in your sights
              Shake patiently my great affliction off. --Shak.
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     3. (Card Playing) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led)
        by playing a card of another suit.
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     {To renounce probate} (Law), to decline to act as the
        executor of a will. --Mozley & W.
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     Syn: To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny; abjure;
          recant; abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign;
          relinquish; give up; abdicate.
  
     Usage: {Renounce}, {Abjure}, {Recant}. -- To renounce is to
            make an affirmative declaration of abandonment. To
            abjure is to renounce with, or as with, the solemnity
            of an oath. To recant is to renounce or abjure some
            proposition previously affirmed and maintained.
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                  From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no
                  disgrace
                  Can force me to renounce the honor of my race.
                                                    --Dryden.
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                  Either to die the death, or to abjure
                  Forever the society of man.       --Shak.
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                  Ease would recant
                  Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
                                                    --Milton.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "renounced":
     abandoned, abjured, antiquated, antique, archaic, ceded, contemned,
     declined, declined with thanks, denied, deserted, despised,
     disapproved, discarded, discontinued, discounted, disdained,
     dismissed, disowned, dispensed with, disposed of, disused,
     done with, excepted, excluded, forgone, forsworn, ignored,
     not considered, not worth saving, obsolescent, obsolete, old,
     old-fashioned, on the shelf, out, out of use, out-of-date,
     outdated, outmoded, outworn, past use, pensioned off, rebuffed,
     recanted, refused, rejected, released, relinquished, repudiated,
     repulsed, resigned, retired, retracted, sacrificed, scouted,
     spurned, superannuate, superannuated, superseded, surrendered,
     waived, worn-out, yielded