All 3 Uses of
renounce
in
Bleak House
- "I—certainly—did—NOT," said Coavinses, whose doggedness in utterly renouncing the idea was of that intense kind that he could only give adequate expression to it by putting a long interval between each word, and accompanying the last with a jerk that might have dislocated his neck.†
Chpt 4-6
- "Better to say at once, sir," returned Richard, "that you renounce all confidence in me and that you advise Ada to do the same."†
Chpt 22-24
- Not dead in the first hours of her life, as my cruel sister told me, but sternly nurtured by her, after she had renounced me and my name!†
Chpt 28-30 *
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)