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Meanings of renounce in inglés

portugués
resignar
español
dimitir

To give up from a job or position.

      dimitir
      portugués
      renunciar
      español
      despedirse

      Turn away from; give up.

            despedirse
            portugués
            renunciar
            catalán
            repudiar
            español
            repudiar

            Cast off.

                  repudiar
                  portugués
                  resignar

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

                        resignar
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                        Examples for "repudiate"
                        Examples for "repudiate"
                        1
                        Yet Zia felt he could not afford to repudiate his religious ally.
                        Ghost wars
                        2
                        You expel beauty, Monsieur Choulette; you repudiate her, nude and in tears.
                        The Red Lily — Volume 02
                        3
                        They often want to repudiate one kind of life to try another.
                        The new yorker
                        4
                        Good men are trying to believe what in their hearts they repudiate.
                        Love's Final Victory / Ultimate Universal Salvation on the Basis...
                        5
                        There's a mixture of idiocy in it the Devil might fairly repudiate.
                        Hard Cash
                        1
                        My parents wouldn't disown me, but it would certainly change our relationship.
                        The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
                        2
                        Ironic distance -you disown what you say to a certain extent.
                        The Guardian
                        3
                        Do we disown our family, friends and neighbours when they embarrass us?
                        The Irish Times
                        4
                        If he did not intend this, let Mr Deasy now disown it.
                        The Irish Times
                        5
                        I will disown you-andmy curse shall be your inheritance; remember this.
                        Frederick the Great and His Court
                        Usage of renounce in inglés
                        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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