Meaning & use
renounce
To formally give up a right, title, belief, or course of action, usually in a public way.
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The prince renounced his claim to the throne to marry a commoner.
After years of activism, she renounced violence entirely as a means of protest.
A note on using this word
Renounce implies a deliberate, often public, break with something previously held; it is stronger and more formal than simply stop or quit.
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