Both Uses of
renounce
in
Angels & Demons
- Looks like Galileo renouncing the geocentric model once and for all.†
Chpt 51-52 *
- The church was called Saint Agnes in Agony, named for St. Agnes, a ravishing teenage virgin banished to a life of sexual slavery for refusing to renounce her faith.†
Chpt 99-100
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)