renounce
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Shortly after the pope stopped speaking, an unidentified woman yelled: "Repudiate the doctrine of discovery! Renounce the papal bulls!"
From Reuters • Jul. 25, 2022
“Why Won’t Mandela Renounce Violence?” asked a June 21, 1990, op-ed by congressional aide David G. Sanders.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2019
There is, they believe, a pathway to freedom: Renounce these contracts or otherwise assert your sovereignty.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2019
"Renounce the money and have some principles," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2016
You that unto your mistress’ eyes Your hearts do sacrifice, And offer sighs or tears at Love’s rich shrine, Renounce with me Th’ idolatry,5 Nor this infernal power esteem divine!
From Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, A List of Editions, An Appendis of Translation, and a Portrait. by Stanley, Thomas
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