Main entry: disown, renounce, repudiate
Definition: cast off
Usage: She renounced her husband; The parents repudiated their son
Main entry: foreswear, relinquish, renounce, quit
Definition: turn away from; give up
Usage: I am foreswearing women forever
Main entry: give up, resign, renounce, vacate
Definition: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
Usage: She vacated the position when she got pregnant; The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
Main entry: renounce, abdicate
Definition: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Usage: The King abdicated when he married a divorcee