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Meanings of renounce in English

Portuguese
resignar
Spanish
dimitir

To give up from a job or position.

resignar
Portuguese
renunciar
Spanish
despedirse

Turn away from; give up.

renunciar
Synonyms
Examples for "relinquish"
Examples for "relinquish"
1
I hope we hold on to that power and don't relinquish it.
Ebony
2
We've been taught to relinquish our authority from a very young age.
Feminist dot com
3
Marcos will not relinquish his hold even if martial law is ended.
The new yorker
4
And then imagine what would lead me to voluntarily relinquish that honour.
The Guardian
5
The three men regrouped to decide whether or not to relinquish hunting.
From dawn to deceit
1
Surely I cannot foreswear myself in God's house.
The pretender's crown
2
First, though, I want you to foreswear the oath I gave you and revoke my obligations.
A Day Dark as Night
3
Hamas is regarded in the West as a terrorist organisation which refuses to recognise Israel and foreswear violence.
Reuters
4
They said an IAEA resolution passed on Thursday, urging all Middle East nations to foreswear atomic bombs, included Israel and made Friday's proposal unnecessary.
Reuters
5
"I'll foreswear pebbles if you'll abolish the sand habit."
Grace Harlowe's Problem
Portuguese
renunciar
Catalan
repudiar
Spanish
repudiar

Cast off.

renunciar
Portuguese
resignar

Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations.

resignar
Usage of renounce in English
1
The LTTE must also renounce terrorism and violence permanently, the statement said.
Reuters
2
The United States has said the Maoists need to finally renounce violence.
Reuters
3
Israel and its allies shun Hamas for its refusal to renounce violence.
Reuters
4
The Taliban had refused to renounce violence while the talks were underway.
Reuters
5
My lord Duke offers you a million crowns to renounce your claim.
The lady elizabeth
6
Eszterhas also said he hoped Gibson would renounce his own alleged attitudes.
The Guardian
7
I would not for the world renounce my humble share in music.
The Pleasures of Life
8
On the contrary, it must renounce its magnificent dogmatical pretensions in philosophy.
The Critique of Pure Reason
9
And to him, too, came the free will to renounce; and understanding.
The House of Toys
10
I have tasted the pleasures of command, and I cannot renounce it.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 02
11
The republic would renounce its commerce with more than half the world.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
12
These conditions are our birthright -we renounce them at our peril.
Futures 1
13
I want what I don't want and renounce what I don't have.
The book of disquiet
14
Going, sit with him thyself, and renounce the path of the gods.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)
15
She remembered how difficult it had once been thus to renounce him.
The Helpmate
16
You must renounce the place you have held in your child's heart.
How It All Came Round
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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