Both Uses of
renounce
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Perhaps I might have renounced it; perhaps my hideous thought would have withered in my brain, without bearing fruit.†
Chpt 2.8.4 *renounced = formally rejected, gave up, or turned away from
- In turning vagabond, I have gladly renounced the half of a house situated in paradise, which my brother had promised me.†
Chpt 2.10.3
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)