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 then asked forgiveness and promised to renounce his former ways, carried off to the hospital by helicopter.
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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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She demands from him to renounce his to forswear piracy.
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He must be informed of his right to renounce his conversion if he wishes.
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He thus renounced the life of official service while still preserving his reputation in an enduring act of filial piety.
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But after the success of his first book, he renounced writing for twenty years.
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Nobody has to renounce anything or suffer more than temporarilyin other words, grandeur is out.
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He may renounce the worldly life, after sixties.
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It renounced the use of violence to resolve international conflicts.
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Both were charged, convicted, and condemned as heretics, and eventually renounced these views.
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