Renounce
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
To give up, explicitly; to disavow a right or privilege; to disclaim. Renunciation: declaring that one will not assume an office, privilege, or right; disclaimer. Renounce is narrower than abandon, being appropriate where some affirmative act or avowal of disclaimer is involved; while abandon may mean merely to omit or refrain from exercising the right.