renounce

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
verb leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
verb turn away from; give up

From Old French renoncier (French renoncer), from Latin renūntiō. Doublet of renunciate.

But I have renounced the world. — The Idiot, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
I renounce the triumphs of the bar. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
I renounce it with the greatest regret! — The rose of old St. Louis, Mary (Mary C. Johnson) Dillon

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