[rɪˈnaʊns], (Verb)

Definitions:
- formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession)
(e.g: Isabella offered to renounce her son's claim to the French Crown)


Phrases:
- renounce the world

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French renoncer, from Latin renuntiare ‘protest against’, from re- (expressing reversal) + nuntiare ‘announce’