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• As a result, Amirull has renounced his radical beliefs in armed jihad and the use of violence.2023 May 3, “Update on Terrorism-Related Case Under Internal Security Act”, in Internal Security Department (Singapore), archived from the…. From the entry jihad
• Critical theory in trying to restore the public sphere must not renounce its theoreticity.1991, Ben Agger, “Introduction: Critical Theory Goes Public”, in A Critical Theory of Public Life: Knowledge, Discourse and Politics in an…. From the entry theoreticity
• Sullivan might renounce the whole enterprise if he knew their man was the pedicant.1989, Christopher Bram, Hold Tight, New York: Plume, page 147. From the entry pedicant
• The more intensely the super-ego seeks to renounce the murderous impulse, the more cruel the psychic mechanism becomes.2021, Judith Butler, The Force of Nonviolence. From the entry superegoic
• At that time, however, the Carta was a short-lived agreement that was renounced only a few months later.2020, Karolina M. Milewicz, Constitutionalizing World Politics: The Logic of Democratic Power and the Unintended Consequences of…. From the entry Carta
• She only renounced such claims when a judge anagramized "Dame Eleanor Davies" into "Never so mad a ladie."1990, Robert Hendrickson, British literary anecdotes, page 80. From the entry anagramize
• Renounce all personal pleasures and personal profit.1981, The Little Lamp - Volumes 21-23, page 57. From the entry wooden nickel
• Lean hard on his promises and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you as to whether, when and how to renounce your gangstership.2015, J. R. Woodgates, Daily Light on the Prisoner's Path. From the entry gangstership
• But, the being that chooses to renounce the needs of the self for the benefit of the whole should reap much fruit.2014, Aleph Alpha, "Words of Tomorrow". From the entry deperish
• At this point it might be noted that Copenhagenists are sometimes characterized as hard-nosed positivists who renounce all physical ontologies for QT except sense data.2009, Salvator Cannavo, Quantum Theory: A Philosopher's Overview, page 53. From the entry Copenhagenist
• The revamp was instigated by Justice League artist Mike Sekowsky, who had Wonder Woman renounce her powers so she could stay on Earth.2007, Christopher Knowles, “The Amazons”, in Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes, San Francisco, Calif.: Weiser…. From the entry revamp
• Renounce slander and envy of others.1963, M. Arthur Macauliffe, The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, page 7. From the entry falsehood
• You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.2011, Bible (New International Version), Biblica, Inc., Revelation 2:13. From the entry Antipas
• The “thoroughgoingness” which he later identified as perhaps his most characteristic trait, led him in this case to renounce everything that did not benefit others, including sleep.1958, Philosophical Sources of the Japanese Tradition, Columbia University Press, page 820. From the entry thoroughgoingness
• There may be nothing noble in renouncing one's country, in abandoning one's home, in forsaking one's people; but is there not something remarkable in this great move one makes?1910 January 12, Ameen Rihani, The Book of Khalid, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published October 1911, →OCLC, book the first…. From the entry forsake
• The boys resist the Japanese names by which the obasans of the camp address them as willfully as they renounce any identification with the fragmented body of the aged grandfather.2001, David L. Eng, Racial Castration: Managing Masculinity in Asian America, Durham, N.C.; London: Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 120. From the entry obasan
• It is a silly world, an idiotic world, and Tarzan of the Apes was a fool to renounce the freedom and the happiness of his jungle to come into it.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 17. From the entry supinely

Meaning of renounce

1. noun An act of renouncing.
2. verb To give up, resign, surrender.
3. verb To cast off, repudiate.

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How do you use renounce in a sentence?

Renounce is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Here was a maid who had drunk of the well of grace and tasted of God's mercies, and yet there were moments when she was ready to renounce her hope.”

What is a short sentence with renounce?

“Renounce slander and envy of others.”

What does renounce mean?

Renounce means an act of renouncing.