renunciar a

v.

1 to refuse to.

María renunció a comer grasas Mary refused to eat fats.

2 to renounce, to give up, to forego, to forgo.

Ellos renunciaron al amor They renounced love.

3 to resign from.

Laura renunció al empleo Laura resigned from her job.

4 to give up.

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(v.) = give up, relinquish, forego [forgo]

Ex. If support for quality cataloging is not going to be given, I think we should give it up entirely.

Ex. The Library will consider relinquishing them only when there is strong assurance that their transfer would not adversely affect the library community.

Ex. I cannot forgo commenting first on Mr Gorman's presentation because I think that it characterizes best the spirit of the present revision.

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(v.) = give up, relinquish, forego [forgo]

Ex: If support for quality cataloging is not going to be given, I think we should give it up entirely.

Ex: The Library will consider relinquishing them only when there is strong assurance that their transfer would not adversely affect the library community.

Ex: I cannot forgo commenting first on Mr Gorman's presentation because I think that it characterizes best the spirit of the present revision.