| To recant is to withdraw or disavow a declared belief, as in renouncing a philosophy or abjuring fealty to a religion. |
| If you are renouncing expenses in the mining sector, enter the percentage that was or will be surface and underground exploration. |
| Abhorring theological speculations, he did not commend renouncing the world and living the life of a recluse. |
| The common position does not involve anyone renouncing their principles or their convictions. |
| No communing with nature or renouncing hollow consumerism: no, I calmed down by assembling an Ikea chest of drawers. |
| However, the idea of public authorities renouncing their political responsibility is out of the question. |
