renounce, v.
(renounced, renounces, renouncing)
(renounced, renounces, renouncing)
cast off
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
disown renounce repudiate
sample sentences
"She renounced her husband""The parents repudiated their son"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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turn away from; give up
<verb.possession>
foreswear quit relinquish renounce
sample sentences
"I am foreswearing women forever"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
give up renounce resign vacate
sample sentences
"She vacated the position when she got pregnant""The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
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give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
<verb.social>
abdicate renounce
sample sentences
"The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"verb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
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