Renounce
To give up or reject (a claim, right, or position); to abandon.
verbRenounce
To give up or reject (a claim, right, or position); to abandon.
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Imagine This
During World War II, a city in France has suffered a lot of casualties and is giving up. However, the Germans didn't acknowledge their surrender and kept on bombarding the city. The French kept on re-announcing with a loudspeaker that they were surrendering.
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Sounds Like
ri-NOUNCE (sounds like 're-announce')
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Looks Like
re-announce
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Remember This
Renounce is often used in formal contexts to indicate a deliberate abandonment of a claim, belief, or allegiance (e.g., renouncing citizenship or a throne).
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Other Forms
renouncesverb
renouncedverb
renouncingverb
renouncernoun
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Connect With
disown, forsake, recant, abjure, abdicate, renunciation
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Note
Don't confuse renounce with renown, which means well known and honored.