renounce

  • 21renounce — To waive or relinquish; as, to renounce a right. The term as used in the Uniform Limited Partnership Act providing that a person erroneously believing himself to be a limited partner is not liable as a general partner provided that on… …

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  • 22renounce — v. 1 tr. consent formally to abandon; surrender; give up (a claim, right, possession, etc.). 2 tr. repudiate; refuse to recognize any longer (renouncing their father s authority). 3 tr. a decline further association or disclaim relationship with… …

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  • 23renounce citizenship — index expatriate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 24renounce claim to — index cede, forgo Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 25renounce rights of citizenship — index expatriate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 26renounce the world — you can t just renounce the world Syn: become a recluse, turn one s back on society, cloister oneself, hide oneself away …

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  • 27renounce the world — BECOME A RECLUSE, turn one s back on society, cloister oneself, hide oneself away. → renounce * * * completely withdraw from society or material affairs in order to lead a life considered to be more spiritually fulfilling …

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  • 28renounce — 1. noun An act of renouncing. See Also: renunciation 2. verb a) To give up, resign, surrender. b) To cast off …

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  • 29renounce — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, abstain from, acknowledge defeat, assert the contrary, avoid, back down, back out, backwater, beg a truce, belay, belie, brush aside, cancel, capitulate, cease, cede, chuck, chuck out …

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  • 30renounce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. abjure, disclaim, disown, repudiate, reject, give up, abandon, surrender. See rejection. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To abandon] Syn. relinquish, forswear, forsake, quit; see abandon 1 . 2. [To… …

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