renounce

intransitive verb

To give up (a title or possession, for example), especially by formal announcement.

intransitive verb

To decide or declare that one will no longer adhere to (a belief or position); reject.

intransitive verb

To decide or declare that one will no longer engage in (a practice) or use (something): synonym: relinquish.

intransitive verb

To disclaim one’s association with (a person or country, for example).

intransitive verb

To give up, relinquish, or reject something.

noun

In card-games in which the rule is to follow suit, the playing of a card of a different suit from that led.

To declare against; disown; disclaim; abjure; forswear; refuse to own, acknowledge, or practise.

To cast off or reject, as a connection or possession; forsake.

In card-playing, to play (a suit) different from what is led: as, he renounced spades.