Definition of renounce
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to
dismiss; to forswear.
- v. t. - To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing
a card of another suit.
- v. i. - To make renunciation.
- v. i. - To decline formally, as an executor or a person
entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
- n. - Act of renouncing.