renounce

1. (transitive) To give up, resign, surrender.Examples: "to renounce a title to land or to a throne"; "It is terrible to think of the power of the world even in a redeemed soul. Here was a maid who had drunk of the well of grace and tasted of God's mercies, and yet there were moments when she was ready to renounce her hope."Synonyms: atsaketransitive

2. (transitive) To cast off, repudiate.Examples: "This world I do renounce, and in your sights Shake patiently my great affliction off."transitive

3. (transitive) To decline further association with someone or something, disown.Synonyms: disown, repudiate, abjure, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, forsaytransitive

4. (transitive) To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.Examples: "[…] some families renounced the use of a certain praenomen which had been disgraced by one of their name […]"; "His son Sidhartha had renounced material life and gone forth in search of enlightment. He received enlightment under a Bodhi tree at Gaya and became Buddha. Ashoka visited Gaya along with Upagupta and had darshan of Sambodhi."; "Time is running out, so I renounce a spin on a Class 387 for a fast run to Paddington on another Class 800 - a shame as the weather was perfect for pictures. Even so, it's enjoyable - boy, can those trains shift under the wires."transitive

5. (intransitive) To make a renunciation of something.Examples: "He of my sons who fails to make it good, / By one rebellious act renounces to my blood."intransitive

6. (intransitive) To surrender formally some right or trust.Examples: "Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10."intransitive