renounce
/ɹɪˈnaʊns/noun, verb
renounce is spelled R-E-N-O-U-N-C-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, renounce means “An act of renouncing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of renounce is renounces.
How many letters and syllables are in renounce?
| Letters | 8: R-E-N-O-U-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is renounce?
Renounce appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce renounce?
- /ɹɪˈnaʊns/
Renounce has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-renounce.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of renounce
- renounces plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- renouncing participle, present
- renounced participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does renounce mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of renouncing.
verb
- 1
To give up, resign, surrender.
to renounce a title to land or to a throne
- 2
To cast off, repudiate.
- 3
To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
- 4
To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
- 5
To make a renunciation of something.
- 6
To surrender formally some right or trust.
- 7
To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Renounce in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | aufgeben , verleugnen, desavouieren, abstreiten, nichts mehr wissen wollen |
| Spanish | delejar, renunciar, renunciar a, abrenunciar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does renounce come from?
From Old French renoncier (French renoncer), from Latin renūntiō. Doublet of renunciate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).