renounce vs denounce
Definitions
verb
- cast off
- give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
- turn away from; give up
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
Examples
Such a renouncement would not trigger the Electoral Act and would not require a by-election to allow the electorate to review the MP's mandate to represent him or her.
Can a newly minted American renounce his allegiance to Germany but retain his allegiance to Bavaria?
Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the Devil; for which reason I have, long since, as good as renounced it. Thomas Carlyle
Definitions
verb
- announce the termination of, as of treaties
- speak out against
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- give away information about somebody
Examples
So the cost of the strikes, politically, is denouncement from a Pakistani government that can’t tolerate a public acknowledgment of its complicity.
- Pakistani relationship over the drones has only gotten stronger, even if the price of quiet cooperation is public denouncement from the Pakistani government.
It's the walkback scheme, where he lets these outside groups walk out these slurs/smears against Barack Obama, and then those slurs/smears are walked back with a 'denouncement' from McCain, but once they've been walked out and back, they still leave that behind in the public discourse.
