renounce
v.v. to say publicly that you no longer own, support, or believe in something. You use this when you give up a claim or a habit for good.
v. to formally declare one's abandonment of a claim, right, or possession; to reject a belief or habit by public statement. Transitive — requires a direct object.
He decided to renounce his citizenship to live abroad permanently.
After years of heavy smoking, he made a public vow to renounce the habit for the sake of his health.
The former leader was forced to renounce his claim to the throne as part of the peace treaty signed between the two warring nations.
From Old French renoncier (French renoncer), from Latin renūntiō.
The verb is transitive and typically takes abstract nouns like 'claim', 'right', 'faith', or 'allegiance' as its object.
He renounced to his titleHe renounced his titleRenounce is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'to' before its object.