renounce [verb]: to abandon or give up; to disown.
Example: Prince Siddhartha renounced his kingdom at the age of twenty-nine.
Related words: renunciation [noun], renouncer [noun]
Synonyms: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abnegate, discard, disown, forgo, forsake, relinquish, tergiversate
Antonyms: accept, clasp, embrace, grasp, grip, hold
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