renounced

verb

past tense of renounce
1
as in resigned
to give up (as a position of authority) formally in wake of the corruption scandal, the congressman was forced to renounce his seat in the House

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2
as in withdrew
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to) after another failed romance he vowed that he was renouncing the world and becoming a monk

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Recent Examples of renounced China claims Taiwan as its sovereign territory and has never renounced the use of force to achieve unification. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026 China claims Taiwan, a self-governing democracy, as its own breakaway province and hasn’t renounced the use of force to bring it under its control. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 Yermolaiev has lived in the glitzy city state on the Mediterranean coast for several years, having left Ukraine and renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019 to become a citizen of Cyprus. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Their virality comes at a time when the very generation that inspired them has largely renounced the label. — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026 China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control. — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026 The Business Roundtable and several hundred business leaders publicly renounced it in 2019. — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 In 2021, Princess Mako, the niece of the emperor and eldest child of Crown Prince Ashikino and Crown Princess Kiko, renounced her royal titles and left the imperial family in order to marry her college sweetheart, Kei Komuro. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 What follows are dozens of examples of how those whose names are familiar (or aren’t) and legendary (or infamous) for their actions while representing the state have been embraced (or renounced) by the rest of the country and beyond. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renounced
  1. resigned
  2. withdrew
  3. relinquished
  4. retracted
  5. abdicated
  6. denied
  7. repealed
  8. contradicted
Verb
  • Rubin was picked as the department’s fire chief in 2023, taking the helm after former Chief Michael Callahan resigned amid friction with the local firefighter’s union.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Other leaders seem resigned to the fact that this 80-year global experiment in cooperative international relations has ceded the floor once again to the world order of coercion that dictated most of human history.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of resigned
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  • In the past two years, a record number of 4,137 Japanese companies fully withdrew from China, according to Teikoku’s data.
    — Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The president withdrew consideration for a ban after the Group of Seven agreed last week to release up to 100 million barrels of oil and diesel from its emergency stocks.
    — Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of withdrew
Verb
  • Tate Nagy relinquished punt return duties to Keaton Kubecka Saturday.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Suwarso relinquished his standard four-ticket allocation for the game.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of relinquished
Verb
  • When the refill is retracted, the Telegraph Key can also be pressed repeatedly, turning the mechanism into a satisfying tactile interaction even when the pen is not being used for writing.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But the subtitle’s Hail Mary overtones hit everybody wrong, everywhere, all at once, and the movie quickly retracted it.
    — Michael Phillips, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of retracted
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  • After both sisters had abdicated planning the memorial, logistical matters—the casket and its transport, the readings, and, yes, the flowers—had fallen to the front desk volunteer of a church my grandmother no longer attended.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Few performers have ever been so naturally gifted at the pop-star pose, yet few have abdicated the gig so fast.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of abdicated
Verb
  • Hamas has denied trying to carry out attacks or rebuild its arsenal and accuses Israel of undermining the Gaza peace deal.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Clancy’s defense files an emergency appeal to further question the holdout juror, but the appeal is denied.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of denied
Verb
  • Hours later, Paxton said the tax should be permanently repealed.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Democrats, whose support is needed to pass the legislation in the Senate, would like to see most of the new SNAP changes repealed.
    — Tracy Roof, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of repealed
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  • Mickelson hired defamation attorney Tom Clare, who said video evidence contradicted the allegations.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Supporters of the three men said the allegations were baseless and contradicted by documentary evidence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of contradicted

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