renounce

v. abdicate, relinquish by formal declaration; forgo voluntarily; repudiate, forsake, abandon

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Verb
1. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
(synonym) abdicate
(hypernym) vacate, resign, give up
(derivation) renunciation, renouncement
2. leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
(synonym) vacate, resign, give up
(hypernym) leave office, quit, step down, resign
(hyponym) abdicate
3. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
(synonym) foreswear, quit, relinquish
(hypernym) abandon, give up
(hyponym) disclaim
(derivation) renunciation, renouncement
4. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
(synonym) repudiate
(hypernym) reject
(hyponym) apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate
(derivation) repudiation, renunciation

v. zříct se čeho

Czas. zrzekać się; rezygnować

(v. t.)
To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
To cast off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.
  

(v. i.)
To make renunciation.
  

(v. i.)
To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
  

(n.)
Act of renouncing.