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renounce

[ri-nauns] / rɪˈnaʊns /


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"Along with our vow to renounce war, I reaffirmed our determination to continue fulfilling our responsibility to uphold Japan's postwar path as a peaceful nation," he added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

It read: "I have this afternoon issued a letter signed by Jeffrey Donaldson to the Cabinet Office indicating a request to renounce and forfeit his knighthood."

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

The U.S. doesn’t hold a grudge against those who renounce citizenship.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Draining a few isn’t enough to make them renounce their loyalty to his congregation, known as the Beautiful Unwell.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

I Robert James Fischer do hereby irrevocably and permanently renounce my U.S. citizenship and all the supposed rights and privileges of United States citizenship.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Japan's constitution renounces offensive military force, and successive governments have maintained a decades-old pledge not to possess nuclear weapons, produce them or permit their introduction into the country.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

Senior US official Dan Negrea said the US delegation would continue to make similar stands until France "renounces their condescending and disrespectful rhetoric".

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

A disclaimer is a legal document in which someone renounces an asset that was set to be inherited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

When Elisabeta is killed, he renounces God and sets off on his quest for his love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

Henry VIII. renounces authority of the Pope, § 139, 4.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz

He renounced the prosperity gospel he once had preached, wrote a raw and wrenching biography about his missteps and vowed to work with the needy and most vulnerable when he was released.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Piker later renounced the statement, saying it was wrong, but the fact that he said it once still continues to be brought up, again and again, in El-Sayed’s race.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

There have been eight female emperors on the Chrysanthemum Throne in Japan's imperial family, whose divine status was renounced after World War II.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

The businessman, who made his money in cognac and real estate, had renounced his Ukrainian citizenship some years ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Many of its most ardent supporters, having developed a convenient collective amnesia about their roles in encouraging the German eugenicists, renounced the movement altogether.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It was recently announced that the cost of renouncing U.S. citizenship has been reduced from $2,350 to $450.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

At a White House summit in August 2025, Trump brokered an agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan that saw the two countries commit to renouncing claims on each other's territory and refrain from using force.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

In 2020, she ran for president, renouncing her anti-LGBTQ views and apologizing for her earlier stance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

By week’s end he had withdrawn the threats, without formally renouncing the goal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

One of the ways he thought the deportation might be prevented, or at least delayed, was for him to become stateless by legally renouncing his citizenship.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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