Joan of Arc refused to renounce her belief that the voice she heard was from God and none other.
Source: tatoeba (1975)
Renounce
/ɹɪˈnaʊns/
Synonyms for "renounce" (300 found)
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Closest matches (60)
Verb(19 words)
abandonabdicateabjureabortabstain fromacknowledge defeatapostatizeassert the contraryavoidback downback outbackwaterbeg a trucebelaybeliebreakbrush asidecancelcapitulatecease
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cedechuckchuck outclimbclimb downcome offcome to termscontemncontestcontradictcontravenecontrovertcountercrawfish outcross
Strong matches (90)
Verb(31 words)
Noun(11 words)
Related words (150)
Verb(32 words)
gainsayget along withoutget rid ofgivegive awaygive overgive uphalthand overhave done withholdignoreimplore mercyimpugnjoin issue uponkisskiss good byekiss good-byeknock it offlay down
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lay offleaveleave offlet gomake a sacrificenol-prosnot acceptnot admitnot pursue withnullifyopposepartpart withpasspass bypass uppray for quarterpush asideput behind onequitquitclaimratrebuffrecantrefrainrefuserefuse to admitrefuse to considerrefuterejectrelinquishrenderrender uprenegerepelrepudiaterepulseresignretractreverserevokerevoltridsacrificesay unclescoutscrubshove awayshunsparespurnstaystopsurrenderswallowswearswear offtake backtake issue withtake the pledgetergiversateterminatethrowthrow awaythrow offthrow outthrow overthrow upturnturn awayturn outunsayvacatewaivewithdrawyieldyield the palm
Noun(18 words)
jiltingjiltsp wave energy releasedpartsrecantingreleasesrelinquishingrenegadingrenegingrepentingrepudiatingretreatsacrificessacrificingspurningunsayingunword a claimwaiving
Adjective(3 words)
Related word relations
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More general
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6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesrenounce a claimrenounce a thronerenounce allegiancerenounce beliefrenounce citizenshiprenounce violence
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- изоставям verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Finnish
2 entries- hylätä verb (abandon, forsake an action)
- luopua verb (abandon, forsake an action)
German
1 entries- aufgeben verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Hungarian
4 entries- abbahagy verb (abandon, forsake an action)
- elhagy verb (abandon, forsake an action)
- felad verb (abandon, forsake an action)
- felhagy verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Irish
1 entries- tréig verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Italian
1 entries- abbandonare verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Norwegian
2 entries- gi avkall verb (abandon, forsake an action)
- renonsere verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Old Irish
1 entries- do·beir druimm fri verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Romanian
1 entries- abandona verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Russian
2 entries- отступа́ться verb (abandon, forsake an action)
- отступи́ться verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Sanskrit
1 entries- जहाति verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dići ruke verb (abandon, forsake an action)
- napustiti verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Tamil
1 entries- துற verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ār- verb (abandon, forsake an action)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I do plainly and ingenuously confess that I am guilty of corruption, and do renounce all defense. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.
Source: tatoeba (892740)
Everybody knows the line “The boy didn't crack under interrogation”, but nowadays many people don’t know the continuation: it is a verse about a boy who died, having refused to renounce his Komsomol membership.
Source: tatoeba (1525481)
Instead of being esteemed for these discoveries, he was sentenced to renounce them, or the opinions resulting from them, as a damnable heresy.
Source: tatoeba (1530020)
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