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# renounce

«renounce» in Mova's school dictionary: **To say officially or publicly that you give up a right…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (renounce, renounces, renounced, renouncing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To say officially or publicly that you give up a right, title or claim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renounce/#m1)

2) To stop believing in or supporting something: «renounce violence». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renounce/#m2)

3) (church) To reject evil and sin; in baptism Christians are asked «Do you renounce evil?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renounce/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history, kings renounced the throne; in news, groups renounce violence. In church, at a baptism, parents and godparents renounce evil for the child. In stories, a hero renounces riches to help others. Phrases: «renounce the throne», «renounce violence», «renounce your citizenship».

### examples

- The king renounced the throne to marry the woman he loved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renounce/#x1)
- The group promised to renounce violence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renounce/#x2)
- At the baptism, the godparents renounced evil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renounce/#x3)
- She renounced her share of the money and gave it to charity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renounce/#x4)
- Monks renounce worldly possessions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renounce/#x5)
- He renounced his old bad habits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renounce/#x6)

### note

Regular verb. Noun «renunciation» (spelling change). Formal; everyday words: «give up», «reject». Different from «announce» and «pronounce».

### In the corpora

- [Proverbs 28:13: "Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/82-trust-that-breaks-and-takes-long-to-mend/14/)
- ["Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy" (Proverbs 28:13).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/89-owning-up-the-broken-vase-and-the-lost-library-book/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «renounce» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/renounce/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.