Renounce

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Act of renouncing.

II. Renounce ·vi To make renunciation.

III. Renounce ·vt To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.

IV. Renounce ·vi To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.

V. Renounce ·vt To cast off or reject deliberately; to Disown; to Dismiss; to Forswear.

VI. Renounce ·vt To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to Disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.