Renounced

The Japanese people have renounced war.

He renounced the ownership of the land.

He renounced smoking and drinking.

They renounced their son.

Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto neither their subtlety nor the ardor of their hearts has been able to create a higher ideal of man and of virtue than the ideal given by Christ.

I can't believe he renounced his U.S. citizenship.

Russia guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine, and her borders, following the treaty of nineteen ninety-four, whereby Ukraine, in exchange, renounced her nuclear arsenal.

In 1896, Einstein renounced his German citizenship. He was not a citizen of any country until 1901 when he became a citizen of Switzerland.

Mary renounced her moral values and became a nihilist.

She was silent, and he went on with increasing vehemence: “I am still that Edgar Ravenswood who, for your affection, renounced the dear ties by which injured honour bound him to seek vengeance. I am that Ravenswood who, for your sake, forgave, nay, clasped hands in friendship with, the oppressor and pillager of his house, the traducer and murderer of his father.”