Meaning Of Renounce

v. t.

To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.
v. t.

To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.
v. t.

To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.
v. i.

To make renunciation.
v. i.

To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
n.

Act of renouncing.