| VERB | social | renounce, abdicate | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations |
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| social | renounce, vacate, resign, give up | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | |
| possession | renounce, foreswear, quit, relinquish | turn away from | |
| communication | renounce, disown, repudiate | cast off |
| Sounds | rihnaw'ns | |
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| Rhymes | announce ... trounce: 10 rhymes with awns... | |
| Meaning | Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | abdicate | |
| Broader | vacate, resign, renounce, give up | Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily |
| Spanish | abdicar, renegar, renunciar, resignar | |
| Catalan | abdicar, renegar, renunciar a, renunciar | |
| Nouns | renunciation | the act of renouncing / renouncing |
| renunciation, renouncement | an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned | |
| Meaning | Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | vacate, resign, give up | |
| Narrower | abdicate, renounce | Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations |
| Broader | leave office, quit, step down, resign | Give up or retire from a position |
| Spanish | dimitir, renegar, renunciar, resignar | |
| Catalan | dimitir, renegar, renunciar | |
| Meaning | turn away from; give up. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | foreswear, quit, relinquish | |
| Narrower | disclaim | renounce a legal claim or title to |
| Broader | abandon, give up | Give up with the intent of never / never claiming again |
| Spanish | despedirse, relinquir, renunciar | |
| Adjectives | renunciant | used especially of behavior |
| Nouns | renunciation | an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned |
| Meaning | Cast off. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "She renounced her husband" | |
| Synonyms | disown, repudiate | |
| Narrower | abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
| apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate | abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | |
| deny | refuse / refuse to accept or believe | |
| refute, rebut | overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof | |
| swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw | take back what one has said | |
| Broader | reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge |
| Spanish | abandonar, renegar, renunciar, repudiar | |
| Catalan | renegar, renunciar, repudiar | |
| Nouns | renouncement | an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned |
| renunciation | rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid | |
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