renounces
Gives up officially
Renounces is the third-person singular form of renounce, meaning to formally declare that one is giving something up or rejecting it.
A person renounces a claim, a title, a belief, or an allegiance: She renounces her citizenship, He renounces violence.
The word carries weight—renouncing implies a deliberate, often public rejection rather than casual abandonment.
repudiates
Formally rejects or disavows
recants · denies · disclaims · disavows · abjures · revokes · retracts · disaffirms · dissociates · rebuffs
forsakes
Renounces or abandons entirely
- relinquishesVoluntarily gives up control
- surrendersCeases resistance formally
- yieldsGives forth results
abandons · leaves · quits · withdraws · resigns · abdicates · cedes · forfeits · waives · releases
- renounce the worldReject secular life entirely
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