renunciar

Definitions of renunciar
  1. verb
    stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
    synonyms: abandonar
    ceder
    move in order to make room for someone for something
  2. verb
    cast off
    synonyms: repudiar
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    apostatar
    abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
    abjurar, retractarse
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
    desdecirse
    take back what one has said
    refutar
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
    negar
    refuse to accept or believe
    contradecir
    be resistant to
    responder
    give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
    type of:
    rechazar
    refuse to accept or acknowledge
  3. verb
    deny or renounce
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    type of:
    negar
    refuse to accept or believe
  4. verb
    lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
    synonyms: pasarse sin, perder, prescindir, privarse
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    antonyms:
    atribuirse
    demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
    types:
    caducar
    let slip
    type of:
    abandonar
    forsake, leave behind
  5. verb
    part with a possession or right
    synonyms: liberar
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    types:
    dar, sacrificarse
    endure the loss of
    type of:
    acercar, alcanzar, aproximar, ceder, dar, entregar, pasar, poner en manos de, traspasar
    place into the hands or custody of
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