renounce (verb) renounce: abandon, reject
Detalii: renounce often equals abjure but may carry the meaning of disclaim or disown and may imply a sacrifice for a greater end
Sinonime: abdicate,
abjure, abnegate, abstain from, apostacize, arrogate, cast off,
decline,
defect, demit,
deny,
desert, disavow,
discard, disclaim, disown, divorce oneself from, drop out,
dump*,
eschew,
forgo,
forsake, forswear,
give up, leave flat, leave off, opt out,
quit, rat,
recant,
relinquish,
repudiate,
resign, sell out,
spurn, swear off, take the pledge, tergiversate, tergiverse, throw off, throw over, toss over,
turn,
waive, walk out on, wash hands of
Antonime: allow,
approve,
condone