All 3 Uses of
renounce
in
Jane Eyre
- Not a human being that ever lived could wish to be loved better than I was loved; and him who thus loved me I absolutely worshipped: and I must renounce love and idol.†
Chpt 27
- He could not — he would not — renounce his wild field of mission warfare for the parlours and the peace of Vale Hall.†
Chpt 32 *
- You own the name and renounce the alias?†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(renounce) to formally reject, give up, or turn away from
(as in to give up the power of a monarch, to change belief, behavior, support, or association)