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 →

2) To stop believing in or supporting something: «renounce violence». tree →

3) (church) To reject evil and sin; in baptism Christians are asked «Do you renounce evil?» tree →

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 →
• The group promised to renounce violence. tree →
• At the baptism, the godparents renounced evil. tree →
• She renounced her share of the money and gave it to charity. tree →
• Monks renounce worldly possessions. tree →
• He renounced his old bad habits. tree →

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."
• "Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy" (Proverbs 28:13).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «renounce» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.