RENOUNCE

renounce,vb.1. To give up or abandon formally (a right or interest); to disclaim <renounce an

inheritance>. [Cases: Descent and Distribution 72; Wills 717. C.J.S. Descent and Distribution

• § 69, 77, 116; Wills§§ 1708–1710, 1713–1717.] 2. To refuse to follow or obey; to decline to

recognize or observe <renounce one’s allegiance>. [Blacks Law 8^th]