1. renounce - Noun
2. renounce - Verb
To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.
To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.
To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.
To make renunciation.
To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
Act of renouncing.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe King abdicated when he married a divorcee Source: Internet
She renounced her husband Source: Internet
The parents repudiated their son Source: Internet
I am foreswearing women forever Source: Internet
She vacated the position when she got pregnant Source: Internet
The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds Source: Internet