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Renounce [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

renouns'. The declining to follow suit, when it can be done.

Renounce [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. renouns'. To declare a renunciation.

2. He of my sons who falls to make it good, by one rebellious act renounces to my blood. [Not in use.]

Renounce [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. renouns'. [Latin renuncio; re and nuncio, to declare, from the root of nomen, name.]

2. To disown; to disclaim; to reject; as a title or claim; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to; as, to renounce a title to land or a claim to reward; to renounce all pretensions to applause.

3. To deny; to cast off; to reject; to disclaim; as an obligation or duty; as, to renounce allegiance.

4. To cast off or reject, as a connection or possession; to forsake; as, to renounce the world and all its cares.

5. We have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty. 2 Corinthians 4:2 .

Renounce [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Act of renouncing.

Renounce [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To make renunciation.

2. To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.

Renounce [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

3. To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.

Renounced [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Disowned; denied; rejected; disclaimed.

Renounced [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Renounce

Renouncement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

renouns'ment. The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation.

Renouncement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation.

Renouncer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who disowns or disclaims.

Renouncer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who renounces.

Tergiversation Roget’s Thesaurus §607

N. change of mind, change of intention, change of purpose, afterthought, tergiversation, recantation, palinode, palinody, renunciation, abjuration, abjurement, defection, going over, apostasy, retraction, retractation, withdrawal, disavowal, revocation, revokement, reversal, repentance - redintegratio amoris, coquetry, vacillation, backsliding, volte-face, turn coat, turn tippet|, rat, apostate, renegade, convert, pervert, proselyte, deserter, backslider, blackleg, crawfish, scab*, mugwump, recidivist, time server, time pleaser, timist|, vicar of bray, trimmer, ambidexter, weathercock, janus

V. change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note, abjure, renounce, withdraw from, waver, vacillate, wheel round, turn round, veer round, turn a pirouette, go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another, go to the rightabout, box the compass, shift one's ground, go upon another tack, apostatize, change sides, go over, rat, recant, retract, revoke, rescind, recall, forswear, unsay, come over, come round to an opinion, crawfish *, crawl*, draw in one's horns, eat one's words, eat the leek, swallow the leek, swerve, flinch, back out of, retrace one's steps, think better of it, come back return to one's first love, turn over a new leaf, trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be on the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds, nager entre deux eaux, wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see how the wind blows

Adj. changeful, irresolute, ductile, slippery as an eel, trimming, ambidextrous, timeserving, coquetting, revocatory, reactionary

Phr. "a change came o'er the spirit of my dream"

Relinquishment Roget’s Thesaurus §624

N. relinquishment, abandonment, desertion, defection, secession, withdrawal, cave of adullam, nolle prosequi, discontinuance, renunciation, abrogation, resignation, desuetude, cession

V. relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch, go back on, depart from, secede from, withdraw from, back out of, leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell, vacate, renounce, forego, have done with, drop, disuse, discard, wash one's hands of, drop all idea of, break off, leave off, desist, stop, hold one's hand, stay one's hand, quit one's hold, give over, shut up shop, throw up the game, throw up the cards, give up the point, give up the argument, pass to the order of the day, move to the previous question

Adj. unpursued, relinquished, relinquishing

Phr. aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben, entbehre gern was du nicht hast

Int. avast, &c. (stop) 142

Resignation Roget’s Thesaurus §757

N. resignation, retirement, abdication, # renunciation, abjuration, abandonment, relinquishment

V. resign, give up, throw up, lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of, abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract, deny, abrogate, desert, get rid of, abdicate, vacate, vacate one's seat, accept the stewardship of the chiltern hundreds, retire, tender one's resignation

Adj. abdicant

Phr. "othello's occupation's gone"

Relinquishment Roget’s Thesaurus §782

N. relinquishment, abandonment, renunciation, expropriation|, dereliction, cession, surrender, dispensation, quitclaim deed, resignation, riddance, derelict, foundling, jetsam, waif, discards, culls, rejects, garbage, refuse, rubbish

V. relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede, let go, let slip, spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate|, give away, dispose of, part with, lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf, set aside, put aside, put away, make away with, cast behind, maroon, give notice to quit, give warning, supersede, be rid of, get rid of, be quit of, get quit of, eject, rid oneself of, disburden oneself of, divest oneself of, dispossess oneself of, wash one's hands of, discard, cast off, dismiss, cast away, throw away, pitch away, fling away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogs, cast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the winds, put away, turn away, sweep away, jettison, reject, quit one's hold, quitclaim

Adj. relinquished, cast off, derelict, unowned, unappropriated, unculled, left

Int. away with, 2, transfer of property

Dereliction of Duty Roget’s Thesaurus §927

N. dereliction of duty, fault, sin, non-observance, non-performance, neglect, relaxation, infraction, violation, transgression, failure, evasion, dead letter

V. violate, break, break through, infringe, set aside, set at naught, encroach upon, trench upon, trample on, trample under foot, slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate, wash one's hands of, escape, transgress, fail, call to account