All 3 Uses of
renounce
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- "Lord," he prayed, "show me my path—I renounce that accursed...dream of mine."†
Chpt 1.5 *renounce = formally reject, give up, or turn away from
- And, indeed, if it had ever happened that everything to the least point could have been considered and finally settled, and no uncertainty of any kind had remained, he would, it seems, have renounced it all as something absurd, monstrous and impossible.†
Chpt 1.6renounced = formally rejected, gave up, or turned away from
- But to judge some people impartially we must renounce certain preconceived opinions and our habitual attitude to the ordinary people about us.†
Chpt 6.4renounce = formally reject, give up, or turn away from
Definition:
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)
(as in to give up the power of a monarch, to change belief, behavior, support, or association)