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    [Verb]  | "re*nounce" | \ ri-ˈnau̇n(t)s \


    1: to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration

    2: to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further : repudiate

    3: to make a renunciation


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French renuncer, from Latin renuntiare, from re- + nuntiare to report, from nuntius messenger;

    [Adjective]  | "self-renouncing" | \ ˌself-ri-ˈnaun(t)-siŋ \


    1: marked by the renouncing of one's own wishes, desires, or ambitions


    Origin: 1641 ;

    [Verb]  | "renouncing" 


    1: to give up (as a position of authority) formally;


      * e.g., " ... in wake of the corruption scandal, the congressman was forced to renounce his seat in the House "





    2: to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to);


      * e.g., " ... after another failed romance he vowed that he was renouncing the world and becoming a monk "



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    [Verb]  | "renounce" 


    1: to give up (as a position of authority) formally;


      * e.g., " ... in wake of the corruption scandal, the congressman was forced to renounce his seat in the House "





    2: to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to);


      * e.g., " ... after another failed romance he vowed that he was renouncing the world and becoming a monk "



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     [ "renounce" ]

    1: to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration

      * e.g.,  ... Many of his former supporters have renounced him. He renounced his old way of life. 

     [ "Renouncing Lucifer" ]

    1: Renouncing Lucifer is the process of someone giving up an acceptance of Satanism and Lucifer.

      * e.g.,  ... The man is in the process of renouncing Lucifer in order to no longer be a Satanist. 

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