Synonyms of renouncing

renouncing

verb

present participle of renounce

1

as in relinquishing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relinquishing
• resigning
• abdicating
• ceding
• denying
• surrendering
• abnegating
• waiving
• stepping down (from)
• abandoning
• vacating
• abjuring
• disavowing
• disowning
• disclaiming
• forsaking
• stepping aside (from)
• deserting
• yielding
• demitting
• giving up
• handing over
• quitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• claiming
• assuming
• appropriating
• protecting
• confiscating
• seizing
• defending
• arrogating
• securing
• usurping
• taking over
• safeguarding
• guarding
• wresting

2

as in withdrawing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• withdrawing
• retracting
• denying
• repealing
• abandoning
• relinquishing
• contradicting
• refuting
• abjuring
• repudiating
• recanting
• forswearing
• reneging
• taking back
• abnegating
• forsaking
• disavowing
• disowning
• disclaiming
• recalling
• unsaying
• spurning
• negating
• surrendering
• revoking
• controverting
• disproving
• disputing
• rebutting
• disagreeing (with)
• negativing
• backtracking
• disallowing
• gainsaying
• backing down
• giving up
• backing off
• bolting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• maintaining
• stating
• declaring
• claiming
• asserting
• acknowledging
• admitting
• affirming
• adhering (to)
• proclaiming
• contending
• supporting
• defending
• professing
• endorsing
• confirming
• upholding
• adopting
• accepting
• backing
• embracing
• avowing
• vowing
• vouching
• espousing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of renouncing

Rama attains liberation after renouncing the world, while Lakshmana’s violent actions lead him to hell before a spiritual ascent later. — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Irma is not going to resolve her dilemma by having sex or cutting loose, nor by renouncing such pastimes and doubling down on intellect. — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Although economic espionage is not without risk, unilaterally renouncing the practice in the current global environment is far more dangerous. — David S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026

Eric Lai, a senior fellow with the Georgetown Center for Asian Law, said every actor in Hong Kong civil society who assumed that renouncing violence and working within the law would be fine has to revise that assumption. — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

In these photographs, the maternal body enters spaces designed around seduction, aspiration, and idealized femininity without renouncing any of them. — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026

The 2019 Business Roundtable statement renouncing MSV changed rhetoric. — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Mark Ford Rosemary Tonks emulated French Symbolist poets before converting to Christianity and renouncing all her own works. — The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

Corbett, of Palatine, announced his independent candidacy days after renouncing the current state of the Republican Party and dropping his consulting business work with GOP contenders. — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026