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renounce

(r/I/'n/AU/ns )

give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations(verb.social)

Synonym:
abdicate

source: wordnet30
leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily(verb.social)

Synonym:
give up, resign, vacate

source: wordnet30
turn away from; give up(verb.possession)

Synonym:
foreswear, quit, relinquish

source: wordnet30
cast off(verb.communication)

Example:
She renounced her husband.

Synonym:
disown, repudiate

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make renunciation.(verb)

source: webster1913

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