Thesaurus / renounce
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Confused thoughts rushed through his soul, he must renounce his love, but at least he would see her again.
LEGENDS OF THE RHINEWILHELM RULAND
Let us renounce and throw off forever the yoke of a tyranny more oppressive than any in the annals of the world.
ELSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL LITERATURE, BOOK FOUR.WILLIAM H. ELSON
To renounce one in particular, is no subject for sorrow, so long as many remain in that very class equal or superior.
THE UNCOLLECTED WRITINGS OF THOMAS DE QUINCEY--VOL. 1THOMAS DE QUINCEY
You see that I have loved, and nevertheless had strength to renounce.
THE DAUGHTER OF AN EMPRESSLOUISE MUHLBACH
Her father, by whom she was greatly beloved, visited her in prison and endeavored to persuade her to renounce Christianity.
WOMEN OF EARLY CHRISTIANITYALFRED BRITTAIN
But he never was able to renounce them; I must strike them down one by one—now he is gone.
JOYCE OF THE NORTH WOODSHARRIET T. COMSTOCK
Then again--Oliver must renounce and throw away all that is implied in family memories and traditions.
THE TESTING OF DIANA MALLORYMRS. HUMPHRY WARD
Heaven commands me to renounce my fatal passion for you, but oh!
THE LOVE LETTERS OF ABELARD AND HELOISEPETER ABELARD
Without disgust with the evil being of sin we cannot renounce the devil and all his works and all his ways.
A CHRISTMAS GIFTN. P. GRAVENGAARD
Must we demand no help from the understandings of others, unless we submit to renounce all use of our own?
THE WANDERER (VOLUME 3 OF 5)FANNY BURNEY
WORDS RELATED TO RENOUNCE
- abandon
- abscond
- apostatize
- back out
- break faith
- change sides
- depart
- desert
- fall away from
- forsake
- go
- go back on
- go over
- go over the fence
- lapse
- leave
- pull out
- quit
- rat
- rebel
- reject
- renege
- renounce
- revolt
- run out
- schism
- sell out
- spurn
- take a walk
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- turn
- turn coat
- walk out on
- withdraw
- abandon
- abscond
- apostatize
- back out
- break faith
- change sides
- depart
- desert
- fall away from
- forsake
- go
- go back on
- go over
- go over the fence
- lapse
- leave
- pull out
- quit
- rat
- rebel
- reject
- renege
- renounce
- revolt
- run out
- schism
- sell out
- spurn
- take a walk
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- turn
- turn coat
- walk out on
- withdraw
- abandon
- abscond
- apostatize
- back out
- break faith
- change sides
- depart
- desert
- fall away from
- forsake
- go
- go back on
- go over
- go over the fence
- lapse
- leave
- pull out
- quit
- rat
- rebel
- reject
- renege
- renounce
- revolt
- run out
- schism
- sell out
- spurn
- take a walk
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- turn
- turn coat
- walk out on
- withdraw
- abscond
- apostatize
- bail out
- beach
- betray
- bolt
- check out
- chuck
- cop out
- crawl out
- decamp
- depart
- duck
- escape
- flee
- fly
- forsake
- give up
- go
- go AWOL
- go back on
- go over the hill
- go west
- jilt
- leave
- leave high and dry
- leave in the lurch
- leave stranded
- light
- maroon
- opt out
- play truant
- pull out
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- resign
- run out on
- sneak off
- split
- strand
- take a hike
- take off
- tergiversate
- throw over
- vacate
- violate oath
- walk
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