<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne</li><li>to give up; put aside or desist from: to relinquish a plan</li><li>to give up by formal declaration: to renounce a claim</li><li>to repudiate; disown: to renounce one's son</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>resign, desert, forswear, quit, leave, abdicate, forego, waive, cede, yield</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms</strong></p><ul><li>claim</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of renouncing</li></ul>