ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsRrenounce
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renounce
Meaning: to formally give up
renounce in a sentence
How renounce is used in real sentences:
She renounced her claim to the property.
She renounced her claim to the property.
“When a publisher demanded that she renounce her labor politics in writing, she refused the contract.”
— from the passage Writing at the Edges
Synonyms for renounce
Other words for renounce — forsake, relinquish and abandon — carry the same meaning.
- forsake
- relinquish
- abandon
Antonyms of renounce
Words that mean the opposite of renounce:
- claim
- embrace
Where it comes from
From Latin renuntiare 'to report back'
Memory hook
RENOUNCE — anNOUNCEs RE-jection.