renounce
nomverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- //ɹɪˈnaʊns//
An act of renouncing.
nom
- 1
An act of renouncing.
Étymologie
From Old French renoncier (French renoncer), from Latin renūntiō. Doublet of renunciate.
verbe
- 1
To give up, resign, surrender.
to renounce a title to land or to a throne
It is terrible to think of the power of the world even in a redeemed soul. Here was a maid who had drunk of the well of grace and tasted of God's mercies, and yet there were moments when she was ready to renounce her hope.
- 2
To cast off, repudiate.
This world I do renounce, and in your sights Shake patiently my great affliction off.
- 3
To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
- 4
To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
[…] some families renounced the use of a certain praenomen which had been disgraced by one of their name […]
His son Sidhartha had renounced material life and gone forth in search of enlightment. He received enlightment under a Bodhi tree at Gaya and became Buddha. Ashoka visited Gaya along with Upagupta and had darshan of Sambodhi.
Time is running out, so I renounce a spin on a Class 387 for a fast run to Paddington on another Class 800 - a shame as the weather was perfect for pictures. Even so, it's enjoyable - boy, can those trains shift under the wires.
- 5
To make a renunciation of something.
He of my sons who fails to make it good, / By one rebellious act renounces to my blood.
- 6
To surrender formally some right or trust.
Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10.
- 7
To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
Formes
- pluriel
- renounces
- passé
- renounced
- participe passé
- renounced
- participe présent
- renouncing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- renounces