renounce

Example Sentences

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Although she renounced some of her past conspiratorial views, the House voted to remove her from her committee assignments shortly after she took office.

From BBC

His administration's landmark Nuclear Posture Review, issued a year ago, reaffirmed rather than renounced that option.

From Salon

In addition, the government's decision to prosecute polygamists amid growing criticism of the church's "plural marriages" crippled the region's economy until Latter-day Saint leaders renounced the practice in 1890.

From Salon

Italy has long sought the extradition of the former guerrillas, who had been given refuge in France on condition they renounced violence following the so-called "Years of Lead" from the late 1960s to the 1980s.

From Reuters

China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the option of using force to take the island under its control, and claims a large part of the South China Sea.

From Reuters