Front | renounce |
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Pron | [rɪ'naʊns] |
Back | 【renounce】 v.放弃 The prince renounced his right to the throne. 王子放弃王位继承权。 |
Vocab | renounceturn away from; give up
To renounce is to officially give up or turn away from. People on a diet usually renounce pizza and chocolate cake, for example. The transitive verb renounce is a stronger, more formal way of saying that you reject or disown something. A prince who's tired of the royal life could renounce his title and become a commoner, or a senator who wanted to become an independent would have to renounce his political party ties. You'd be wise to heed the wisdom of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who said: “To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.” All forms of 'renounce' will appear on average once every 455 pages. renounce renouncement renunciant renunciation self-renunciation |
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