renounce
🇬🇧 UK/ri'nauns/🇺🇸 US
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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-derivedCommon 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.