Re*nounce" , n. (Card Playing) Act of renouncing.
Re*nounce" , v. i. 1. To
make renunciation. [Obs.]
He of my sons who fails to make it good,
By one rebellious act renounces to my blood.
Dryden. 2. (Law)
To decline formally, as an executor or a person
entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10.
W. D. Christie.
Re*nounce" (r&esl;*nouns"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Renounced (-nounst"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Renouncing (-noun"s?ng).]
[F. renoncer, L. renuntiare to bring back word, announce, revoke, retract, renounce; pref. re- re- + nuntiare to announce, fr. nuncius, a messenger. See Nuncio, and cf. Renunciation.] 1. To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to
own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.
2. To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to
dismiss; to forswear.
This world I
do renounce, and in your
sights
Shake patiently my great affliction off.
Shak. 3.
(Card Playing)
To disclaim having a card
of (the suit
led) by playing a card of another suit.
To renounce probate (Law), to decline to
act as the executor of a
will. Mozley & W.
Syn. -- To cast off; disavow; disown; disclaim; deny; abjure; recant; abandon; forsake; quit; forego; resign; relinquish; give up; abdicate. -- Renounce, Abjure,
Recant. -- To renounce is to make an affirmative declaration of abandonment. To abjure is to renounce with, or as with, the solemnity of an oath. To
recant is to renounce or abjure some proposition previously affirmed and
maintained.
From Thebes my birth I own; . . . since no disgrace
Can force me
to renounce the honor of
my race.
Dryden. Either to die the death, or to
abjure
Forever
the society of man.
Shak.
Ease would
recant
Vows made
in pain, as
violent and void.
Milton.
Hear it pronounced