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renounce verb [ rɪˈnaʊns ]

• formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession).
• "Isabella offered to renounce her son's claim to the French Crown"
Similar: reject, refuse to abide by, refuse to recognize, repudiate,
Opposite: accept, abide by,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French renoncer, from Latin renuntiare ‘protest against’, from re- (expressing reversal) + nuntiare ‘announce’.

renounce the world

• completely withdraw from society in order to lead a more spiritually fulfilling life.
"she renounced the world and went to work in a leper colony"



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