Antonyms for renounce
rɪˈnaʊnsre·nounce

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1. renounce

   Abjure, discard, forswear, recall, recant, renounce, retract, and revoke, like abandon, imply some previous connection. Renounce (Latin re, back, and nuntio, bear a message) is to declare against and give up formally and definitively; as, to renounce the pomps and vanities of the world. Recant (Latin re, back, and canto, sing) is to take back or deny formally and publicly, as a belief that one has held or professed. Retract (Latin re, back, and traho, draw) is to take back something that one has said as not true or as what one is not ready to maintain; as, to retract a charge or accusation; one recants what was especially his own, he retracts what was directed against another. Repudiate (Latin re, back, or away, and pudeo, feel shame) is primarily to renounce as shameful, hence to divorce, as a wife; thus in general to put away with emphatic and determined repulsion; as, to repudiate a debt. To deny is to affirm to be not true or not binding; as, to deny a statement or a relationship; or to refuse to grant as something requested; as, his mother could not deny him what he desired. To discard is to cast away as useless or worthless; thus, one discards a worn garment; a coquette discards a lover. Revoke (Latin re, back, and voco, call), etymologically the exact equivalent of the English recall, is to take back something given or granted; as, to revoke a command, a will, or a grant; recall may be used in the exact sense of revoke, but is often applied to persons, as revoke is not; we recall a messenger and revoke the order with which he was charged. Abjure (Latin ab, away, and juro, swear) is etymologically the exact equivalent of the Saxon forswear, signifying to put away formally and under oath, as an error, heresy, or evil practise, or a condemned and detested person. A man abjures his religion, recants his belief, abjures or renounces his allegiance, repudiates another's claim, renounces his own, retracts a false statement. A person may deny, disavow, disclaim, disown what has been truly or falsely imputed to him or supposed to be his. He may deny his signature, disavow the act of his agent, disown his child; he may repudiate a just claim or a base suggestion. A native of the United States can not abjure or renounce allegiance to the Queen of England, but will promptly deny or repudiate it. Compare ABANDON.

   Antonyms:
   acknowledge, advocate, assert, avow, cherish, claim, defend, hold, maintain, own, proclaim, retain, uphold, vindicate

   Synonyms:
   abandon, abjure, deny, disavow, discard, disclaim, disown, forswear, recall, recant, refuse, reject, repudiate, retract, revoke

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. renounce

   Antonyms:
   acknowledge, recognize, claim, maintain, assert, propound, own, vindicate, avow, profess, hold, retain, defend

   Synonyms:
   reject, abjure, disclaim, disown, forego, disavow, deny, quit, resign, abandon, recant, relinquish, repudiate

Matched Categories

1. • Quit
   • Resign

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abdicate, renounceverb

   give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

   "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

   Synonyms:
   give up, resign, quit, repudiate, foreswear, vacate, relinquish, disown, abdicate

2. vacate, resign, renounce, give upverb

   leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

   "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

   Synonyms:
   empty, allow, abandon, forfeit, abdicate, cede, annul, release, resign, forgo, spare, kick, throw in, lift, surrender, stop, fall by the wayside, rescind, lay off, waive, throw overboard, reconcile, disown, throw in the towel, give up, overturn, repeal, leave office, repudiate, relinquish, step down, deliver, cease, chuck up the sponge, reverse, discontinue, revoke, drop out, free, submit, part with, vacate, forego, quit, dispense with, countermand, foreswear, drop by the wayside

3. foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquishverb

   turn away from; give up

   "I am foreswearing women forever"

   Synonyms:
   drop by the wayside, discontinue, foreswear, throw in, disown, chuck up the sponge, leave office, fall by the wayside, cease, vacate, let go of, lay off, dispense with, drop out, step down, take leave, forego, give up, waive, let go, release, resign, forgo, depart, free, relinquish, stop, throw in the towel, abdicate, quit, repudiate

4. disown, renounce, repudiateverb

   cast off

   "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

   Synonyms:
   quit, give up, resign, repudiate, foreswear, vacate, disown, disinherit, relinquish, abdicate

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1. renounceverb

   Synonyms:
   disclaim, disown, repudiate, reject, forswear, abjure, forsake

How to use renounce in a sentence?

1. Chris Christie:

   We need to renounce the conspiracy theorists and the truth deniers. The ones who know better and the ones who are just plain nuts, we need to give our supporters facts that will help them put all those fantasies to rest.

2. David McCormick:

   Voters can't trust Mehmet Oz, renounce your Turkish citizenship now.

3. Joseph Wu:

   As Taiwan decision makers, we can not take any chances, we have to be prepared, when the Chinese government is saying they would not renounce the use of force, and they conduct military exercises around Taiwan, we would rather believe that it is real.

4. Jean Jacques Rousseau:

   To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For he who renounces everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with man's nature to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all morality from his acts.

5. William of Baskerville:

   So, rather than appear foolish afterward, I renounce seeming clever now.

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