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  • 11renounce — 1 *abdicate, resign Analogous words: sacrifice, abnegate, *forgo, forbear, eschew Antonyms: arrogate: covet (sense 2) Contrasted words: usurp, preempt, appropriate (see ARROGATE) 2 *abjure, forswear, recant, retract …

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  • 12renounce — ► VERB 1) formally declare one s abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession). 2) refuse to recognize any longer. 3) abandon (a cause, bad habit, or way of life). DERIVATIVES renounceable adjective renouncement noun renouncer noun …

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  • 13claim — I n. 1) to enter, file, lodge, make, put forward, put in, submit; establish; press; substantiate a claim (she filed a claim for compensation) 2) to lay claim to; to stake, stake out a claim to 3) (esp. AE) to jump ( steal ) smb. s claim 4) to… …

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  • 14claim — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 statement saying that sth is true ADJECTIVE ▪ dubious, false, unfounded, unsubstantiated ▪ conflicting ▪ There are conflicting claims about the cause of the fire …

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  • 15claim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. ask, demand, requisition, require; lay claim to; informal, contend, allege, assert. n. demand, requisition, requirement, prerogative; lien, hold; plea, counterclaim; title. See affirmation, command …

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  • 16renounce — re|nounce [rıˈnauns] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: renoncer, from Latin renuntiare, from nuntiare to report ] 1.) if you renounce an official position, title, right etc, you publicly say that you will not keep it any more = ↑give… …

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  • 17renounce — verb Renounce is used with these nouns as the object: ↑belief, ↑citizenship, ↑claim, ↑nationality, ↑power, ↑right, ↑throne, ↑violence …

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  • 18renounce — verb 1) Edward renounced his claim to the throne Syn: give up, relinquish, abandon, abdicate, surrender, waive, forego; Law disclaim; formal abnegate Ant: assert 2) Hungary renounced the agreement Syn …

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  • 19renounce — To waive or relinquish; as, to renounce a right. The term as used in the Uniform Limited Partnership Act providing that a person erroneously believing himself to be a limited partner is not liable as a general partner provided that on… …

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  • 20renounce — v. 1 tr. consent formally to abandon; surrender; give up (a claim, right, possession, etc.). 2 tr. repudiate; refuse to recognize any longer (renouncing their father s authority). 3 tr. a decline further association or disclaim relationship with… …

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