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- noun Plural form of
renounce .
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Examples
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Aung San Suu Kyi gets this, which is why she renounces violence in the face of one of the most violent regimes in the world, while at the same time not condemning those who, driven to desperate measures by their mistreatment by the regime, resort to violence in an attempt to defend themselves.
Archive 2009-05-01 Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009
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As an opposition politician in 2002, Mr. Noda said in a media interview that Japan should drop the section in its constitution that renounces the right to have military forces for war or settlement of international disputes.
Yoshihiko Noda Is Low-Key Politician With Hawkish Bent Yuka Hayashi 2011
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He admits he and SCDP made a ton of money from the drug, but renounces it, saying that he can sleep at night with the break achieved.
William Bradley: Mad Men : Nothing Like a Little Lemonade to Rinse the Smoke From One's Eyes William Bradley 2010
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Alain Juppé, the French foreign minister, told parliament he agreed with the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, that "the departure of Gbagbo be preceded by the publication of a document with his signature in which he renounces power".
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They can renounce or they can quit and I want blanket counter-intelligence on every one that renounces and stays.
Robert David Steele: Newt Gingrich, Vice-President for Global Engagement--Waging Peace Robert David Steele 2010
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They can renounce or they can quit and I want blanket counter-intelligence on every one that renounces and stays.
Robert David Steele: Newt Gingrich, Vice-President for Global Engagement--Waging Peace Robert David Steele 2010
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Per the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty (Chapter II, Article 2): "Japan renounces all right, title, and claim to Formosa" (aka Taiwan).
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Mr. Netanyahu has stated that he won't return to negotiations while Hamas is part of the Palestinian side or before it renounces its use of violence against Israel.
Obama's Israel Surprise Jay Solomon 2011
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He admits he and SCDP made a ton of money from the drug, but renounces it, saying that he can sleep at night with the break achieved.
William Bradley: Mad Men : Nothing Like a Little Lemonade to Rinse the Smoke From One's Eyes William Bradley 2010
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But unless the new disciple renounces every act of violence against Israelis, including violence thought to be in self-defense, the welcome doesn't last long.
Carl Medearis: Confronting The Death Our Worst Enemies Carl Medearis 2011
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