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.