Thesaurus / renounce
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Renounce the good law of the worshippers of Mazda, and thou shalt gain such a boon as the Murderer gained, the ruler of nations.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYThe Dauphin would be perfectly willing to renounce them for himself and for all his descendants.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYFrom the father of the latter she received thirty thousand francs to renounce her son.
REPERTORY OF THE COMEDIE HUMAINE, COMPLETE, A -- ZANATOLE CERFBERR AND JULES FRANOIS CHRISTOPHEMark well that I do not renounce the pleasure of changing my opinion or of contradicting myself.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, HIS LIFETHOPHILE GAUTIER"A woman will do anything for a man but renounce him," says Lloyd; and she cannot understand this fierce instinct of his.
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIRThis alliance was invented by Spain, which will never renounce its project of destroying the boundary of the Pyrenees.
CATHERINE DE' MEDICIHONORE DE BALZACAccordingly, the bishop and the nobles had been forced to renounce their habits of violence and rapine.
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL OR FERGAN THE QUARRYMANEUGNE SUETo him he discovers himself; he orders him to renounce the worship of his fathers, and embrace a new religion.
LETTERS TO EUGENIAPAUL HENRI THIRY HOLBACHConnecticut could not renounce her last hope of securing a part of Narragansett Bay.
A SHORT HISTORY OF RHODE ISLANDGEORGE WASHINGTON GREENENeither of these two classes was willing to renounce the right to resist by violence what they regarded as evil.
MY RELIGIONLEO TOLSTOYWORDS RELATED TO RENOUNCE
- abandons
- abdicates
- abnegates
- back down
- casts
- casts off
- cedes
- cuts loose
- deserts
- discards
- ditches
- drops
- drops like hot potato
- drops out
- dumps
- forbears
- forgoes
- forsakes
- forswears
- hands over
- kicks
- kisses good-bye
- leaves
- lies aside
- opts out
- quits
- quits cold turkey
- releases
- renounces
- repudiates
- resigns
- retires from
- sacrifices
- sheds
- stands down
- surrenders
- swears off
- takes the oath
- takes the pledge
- vacates
- waives
- withdraws
- yields
- abandon
- abjure
- apostatize
- banish
- be against
- break with
- cast
- cast off
- cut off
- decline
- default
- defect
- demur
- deny
- desert
- disacknowledge
- disapprove
- disavow
- discard
- disclaim
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dismiss
- disown
- dump
- flush
- fly in the face of
- forsake
- nix
- oust
- rat
- recant
- refuse
- renounce
- repeal
- reprobate
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- spurn
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- turn
- turn down
- wash one's hands of
- abandon
- abdicate
- bail out
- bow out
- capitulate
- cease work
- cede
- demit
- divorce oneself from
- drop
- drop out
- end service
- fold
- forgo
- forsake
- give notice
- give up the ship
- hand in resignation
- hand over
- hang it up
- leave
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- retire
- secede
- separate oneself from
- sign off
- stand aside
- stand down
- step down
- surrender
- terminate
- throw in the towel
- turn over
- vacate
- waive
- walk out
- wash hands of
- yield
- abjure
- back
- back down
- back off
- back out of
- call off
- cancel
- change one's mind
- countermand
- deny
- disavow
- disclaim
- disown
- draw in
- eat one's words
- eliminate
- exclude
- fall back
- forget it
- forswear
- go back on
- have change of heart
- pull back
- pull in
- recall
- recant
- recede
- reel in
- renege
- renounce
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- revoke
- rule out
- sheathe
- suspend
- take back
- take in
- unsay
- withdraw
- abjure
- abolish
- abrogate
- annul
- back out of
- backpedal
- call back
- call off
- countermand
- counterorder
- declare null and void
- deny
- disclaim
- dismantle
- dismiss
- disown
- erase
- expunge
- forswear
- invalidate
- lift
- negate
- nix
- nullify
- obliterate
- quash
- recall
- recant
- remove
- renounce
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- rub out
- scrub
- set aside
- vacate
- void
- wipe out
- withdraw
- abjured
- abolished
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- annulled
- back out of
- backpedaled
- called back
- called off
- countermanded
- counterordered
- declared null and void
- denied
- disclaimed
- dismantled
- dismissed
- disowned
- erased
- expunged
- forswore
- invalidated
- lifted
- negated
- nixed
- nullified
- obliterated
- quashed
- recalled
- recanted
- removed
- renounced
- repealed
- repudiated
- rescinded
- retracted
- reversed
- rubbed out
- scrubbed
- set aside
- vacated
- voided
- wiped out
- withdrew
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