Re‐nounce″, v. i. 1. To make renunciation.
He of my sons who fails to make it good,
By one rebellious act renounces to my blood. Dryden.
2. (Law) To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters.
Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10. W. D. Christie.