Renounce is defined as to give up a claim, belief, a practice or to refuse further association with someone.
(verb)See renounce in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb renounced, renouncing
Origin: ME renouncen < OFr renoncer < L renuntiare < re-, back + nuntiare, to tell < nuntius, messenger: see nuncio
intransitive verb
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verb re·nounced, re·nounc·ing, re·nounc·es verb, transitive
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Origin: Middle English renouncen
Origin: , from Old French renoncer
Origin: , from Latin renūntiāre, to report
Origin: : re-, re-
Origin: + nūntiāre, to announce (from nūntius, messenger; see neu- in Indo-European roots)
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