renounce in the PONS Dictionary

renounce Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to renounce one's citizenship
odreći se državljanstva
to renounce one's family
odreći se porodice
to renounce one's faith/religion
odreći se vere/religije
to renounce sb's authority
ne priznavati nečiju vlast [or nečiji autoritet]

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He must be informed of his right to renounce his conversion if he wishes.
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He then asked forgiveness and promised to renounce his former ways, carried off to the hospital by helicopter.
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She demands from him to renounce his to forswear piracy.
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However, in 1983 the initial bad economic results forced the government to renounce dirigisme and start the era of "rigueur" (rigour).
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Of the ratifying states, 28 have subsequently renounced the convention.
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It renounced the use of violence to resolve international conflicts.
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As a result, it renounced assassinations (individual terror) as a means of political protest.
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The proposed law renounced reparations and made it a criminal offence for any official to co-operate with their collection.
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Both were charged, convicted, and condemned as heretics, and eventually renounced these views.
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He was overcome by a desire to renounce material life and devote his life to the services of his master.
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