RENOUNCING Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

renouncing

verb

present participle of renounce

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

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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

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Recent Examples of renouncing 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 The program calls for the recognition of Israel and renouncing armed struggle, effectively sidelining Hamas and other factions. — Sam Metz, Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2026

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With all the characters in the show, there’s an exploration of losing control, taking control and relinquishing control, and Chris experiences all of those.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
One panel was falling, then smashing on the path, lead relinquishing its long grip on the glass.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of relinquishing

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In these situations, withdrawing into a literal or symbolic dark room—avoiding sources of stress and going to a safe place—can be adaptive in the short term.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
After two decades of war, the US military was withdrawing from Afghanistan, and Kabul was falling.

— Azadeh Moaveni, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026

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David Robinson, who led the writing of OpenAI’s safety reports before resigning, cited the Hugging Face incident as one sign of a broader problem.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The 1989 Charlotte federal trial was pure spectacle Two years after resigning, Bakker was convicted in Charlotte on 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

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With styling that’s part Art Deco, part Steampunk, and part contemporary elegance, the Supersport comes with the choice of either a removable composite-hardtop roof or a retracting mohair soft-top setup.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026
Vivo and Oppo phones have relied on various gimmicks, like smaller gimbals and pop-out lenses, to improve camera performance, though not to the extent of a physically retracting gimbal.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of retracting

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The lawmakers argued that repealing the credits while major projects were still under construction would jeopardize investments already underway and the jobs tied to them.

— Kayla Morton, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
The Trades Council endorsed the campaign for repealing the law, according to Ballotpedia, while Schmidt spent heavily to defend it.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of repealing

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