renounce

Example Sentences

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Later, O’Neill would renounce the play as a repository of “all the Broadway tricks” he had amassed in his “stage training.”

From Los Angeles Times

Although she renounced some of her past conspiratorial views, the House voted to remove her from her committee assignments shortly after she took office.

From BBC

She was trapped in a country not her own and hounded by police who were suspicious of her loyalty because she refused to renounce her American citizenship.

From Los Angeles Times

And what would Tolstoy – who, though born a noble, later in life renounced his privileged upbringing and wealth – think of the bogan version?

From BBC

If he had, they argued, he would have immediately renounced his prejudices.

From Los Angeles Times