re|nounce´ment

re|nounce´ment
re|nounce «rih NOWNS», verb, -nounced, -nounc|ing.
–v.t.
1. to declare that one gives up; give up entirely; give up: »

He renounces his claim to the money. The shipwrecked sailor renounced all hope of rescue.

 SYNONYM(S): forego, forsake, relinquish.
2. to cast off; refuse to recognize as one's own: »

He renounced his wicked son.

SYNONYM(S): repudiate, disown.
3. to give up, surrender, or resign by a greater or lesser sacrifice of one's own wishes or feelings: »

The mind which renounces, once and for all, a futile hope, has its compensations in ever-growing calm (George Gissing).

4. to play (a suit of cards) different from that led, having no card of the suit led.
–v.i.
1. to make formal surrender.
2. to play a card of a different suit from that led.
╂[< Old French renoncer, learned borrowing from Latin renūntiāre < re- back + nūntiāre to announce < nūntius messenger]
–re|nounce´ment, noun.
–re|nounc´er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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