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renounce

🇬🇧 UK/ri'nauns/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

v.

To formally give up or surrender a right, claim, or belief; to reject or disown someone or something.

放弃;宣布放弃;否认

n.

An act of renouncing.

放弃;声明放弃

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
nounceannounce, proclaim, declare
=renounce

Common Collocations

  • 1.renounce citizenship放弃国籍
  • 2.renounce violence放弃暴力
  • 3.renounce a claim放弃权利主张
  • 4.renounce one's faith放弃信仰

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He renounced his citizenship to protest the government's policies.

  • 2.

    The former cult member publicly renounced her past beliefs.

  • 3.

    She renounced her claim to the inheritance in favor of her siblings.

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