Syn.
— To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny; abjure; recant;
abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign; relinquish; give up;
abdicate.
— 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.
From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no disgrace Can force me to
renounce the honor of my race. Dryden.
Either to die the death, or to abjure Forever the society of man.
Shak.
Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void. Milton.
RENOUNCE
Re*nounce", v. i.
1. To make renunciation. [Obs.] He of my sons who fails to make it good, By one rebellious act renounces to my blood. Dryden.
2. (Law)
Defn: To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to
letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son
Charles administered on June 10. W. D. Christie.
RENOUNCE
Re*nounce", n. (Card Playing)
Defn: Act of renouncing.
RENOUNCEMENT
Re*nounce"ment (-ment), n. Etym: [Cf. F. renoncement.]
Defn: The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. Shak.
RENOUNCER
Re*noun"cer (r-noun"sr), n.