renounce vs turn to

renounce

verb
  • To make a renunciation of something. 

  • To cast off, repudiate. 

  • To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration. 

  • To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led. 

  • To give up, resign, surrender. 

  • To surrender formally some right or trust. 

  • To decline further association with someone or something, disown. 

noun
  • An act of renouncing. 

turn to

verb
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, to. 

  • To consult for advice or help. 

  • To become, to degenerate into. 

  • To direct one's attention or efforts toward something. 

  • To start to do or to use something in an attempt to deal with a difficult and unpleasant situation. 

How often have the words renounce and turn to occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )