Both Uses of
renounce
in
Candide
- I must at last renounce thy optimism.†
Chpt 19 *
- For my part I have long since renounced those paltry entertainments which constitute the glory of modern Italy, and are purchased so dearly by sovereigns.†
Chpt 25
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)