What does renounce mean?

renounce means "give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in renounce?

renounce has 2 syllables: re-nounce. The stress falls on "nounce". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈnaʊns/.

What is another word for renounce?

Close synonyms include abdicate, vacate, resign, give up, foreswear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is renounce a common word?

renounce is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with renounce?

4 words rhyme with renounce. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Renounce — meaning and how to say it: ri-NOWNS

verb

4 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
“The King abdicated when he married a divorcee”
Synonymsabdicate
Broadervacate
2.
leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
“She vacated the position when she got pregnant”
“The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds”
Synonymsvacate resign give up
Broaderleave office
Narrowerabdicate
3.
turn away from; give up
“I am foreswearing women forever”
Synonymsforeswear quit relinquish
Broaderabandon
Narrowerdisclaim
4.
cast off
“She renounced her husband”
“The parents repudiated their son”
Synonymsdisown repudiate
Broaderreject
Narrowerapostatize abjure swallow refute deny

Other forms of renounce

past tense: renounced·
present participle: renouncing·
third person: renounces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about renounce

What does renounce mean?: renounce means "give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in renounce?: renounce has 2 syllables: re-nounce. The stress falls on "nounce". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈnaʊns/.
What is another word for renounce?: Close synonyms include abdicate, vacate, resign, give up, foreswear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is renounce a common word?: renounce is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with renounce?: 4 words rhyme with renounce. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for renounce come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

verb

4 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
“The King abdicated when he married a divorcee”
Synonymsabdicate
Broadervacate
2.
leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
“She vacated the position when she got pregnant”
“The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds”
Synonymsvacate resign give up
Broaderleave office
Narrowerabdicate
3.
turn away from; give up
“I am foreswearing women forever”
Synonymsforeswear quit relinquish
Broaderabandon
Narrowerdisclaim
4.
cast off
“She renounced her husband”
“The parents repudiated their son”
Synonymsdisown repudiate
Broaderreject
Narrowerapostatize abjure swallow refute deny

Other forms of renounce

past tense: renounced·
present participle: renouncing·
third person: renounces·

Questions about renounce

What does renounce mean?: renounce means "give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in renounce?: renounce has 2 syllables: re-nounce. The stress falls on "nounce". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈnaʊns/.
What is another word for renounce?: Close synonyms include abdicate, vacate, resign, give up, foreswear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is renounce a common word?: renounce is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with renounce?: 4 words rhyme with renounce. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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