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rinunciare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • forsake verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
  • give up phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  • renounce verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.
  • resign verb To formally give up a job or position.
  • waive verb To voluntarily give up a right, claim, or requirement.

Senses

rinunciare is used for these senses in English:

  • forsake (transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
  • give up (transitive) To stop or quit (an activity, etc.)
  • give up (transitive) To abandon (someone or something)
  • renounce (transitive) To give up, resign, surrender.
  • renounce (intransitive) To make a renunciation of something.
  • waive (transitive, legal) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.

forsake — full definition

  1. verb To abandon or give up someone or something, often permanently.
  2. verb To turn down or refuse something that is offered.

give up — full definition

  1. phrasal verb To stop trying to do something because it has become too hard or seems hopeless.
  2. phrasal verb To stop doing or having something, especially a habit or pleasure.
  3. phrasal verb To hand something over, or to surrender yourself, to someone else.

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