To disown; to disclaim; to reject; as a title or claim; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to; as, to renounce a title to land or a claim to reward; to renounce all pretensions to applause.

To deny; to cast off; to reject; to disclaim; as an obligation or duty; as, to renounce allegiance.

To cast off or reject, as a connection or possession; to forsake; as, to renounce the world and all its cares. We have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty. 2 Corinthians 4:2.

renouns’. To declare a renunciation. He of my sons who falls to make it good, by one rebellious act renounces to my blood.

renouns’. The declining to follow suit, when it can be done.